ADE tuned Beyerdynamic T1 - Page 3

The problem with these drastic mods is that they usually break more than they fix.

 

 

This works great as a general statement about "drastic mods," provided of course that you have some convincing examples.  I think it's a bit strange that people are coming into this thread to refute the effectiveness or the practicality of the modification.  It's the simplest I've heard of, uses the cheapest and most common sort of material, and most importantly, achieves the sound that the OP likes.

 

You wouldn't do that to your T1?  That's great; you're very lucky to have found a product that fully meets your expectations and preferences.  But suppose you could perform a 5-minute alteration that brought the product closer to what you wanted it to be.  Think of the last headphone you tried that was great except for a dip or a peak that changed your favorite music for the worse. You wave your hand, it's all better; you wouldn't do it?

 

It's a cotton ball in the acoustics.  This is the mod least befitting the term "drastic."  Compared to buying a $1K+ headphone and, what, recabling?  Putty or epoxy?  Wood cups? 

 

I mean, maybe I'm missing something.  Maybe the OP is nuts.  Help me better understand what's so wrong with OP's solution.

I don't really have any idea when it comes to the T1 but it seems like the OP only added a piece of cotton ball next to the driver, so I don't see how this is a drastic mod. It's not like he's drilling holes in the cup or something irreversible that's also super costly, so if he gets better results from this, then what's wrong with doing so?

 

sweet avatar, btw.  [/OT]

Drastic mods - drastic sound changes, not number of holes drilled.

I tried playing around with my hd201 when I recabled it ... subtle mods were ok, but as soon as I messed around too much, the damage was bigger than the gain.

I assume the graph is done with that excellent audio measurement tool called photoshop.
Edited by eugenius - 8/19/11 at 4:32am

This mod works wonders for me.

 

Thumbs up! :)

Very interesting! I used an equalizer to lower the 8 kHz band by 4-5 dB and my T1 suddenly sounded more natural/balanced without losing any of its' qualities as far as I can hear, except maybe a bit of detail-by-brightness or however you call that. Before, something always sounded... off, for lack of a better word. Could you post more pictures with close-ups and how you did the mod? And: I would be really interested in a measurement of your phones. Care to send them to purrin when he accepts stuff again?

woops old thread sorry...

Edited by rhythmdevils - 1/23/12 at 4:23pm

My Mod isn't any different than Airwin's...

And as far as i know, purrin isn't living in the EU...besides, i cannot relinquish my T1...:D

are there any good music track where u can hear

T1's become harsch in the 8khz area?