AKG K81/518 DJ/LE Thread and *Review* - Page 6

wow I actually really agree with this. Still unfortunately I don't think it's as clean or fast as it could be for rock, still for the money I don't think you can get much closer, I prefer the sound over the HD25, although if I were hearing both for the first time i would probably say other wise, and still the HD25 has better sound quality, but I love the AKG518 sound. 

Also, the conductor might make a touch of difference in the sound quality, but I doubt the thickness would seeing that it's binary. I'm sure it's a lot more durable. 

so hows the 518 soundstage? 

I just got these headphones about a week ago, and I really like them just for their size and portability. Sound wise, yeah I've heard better, but for $50 they do hold their own, and with their compact design I wouldn't give them up for anything else.

I couldn't hold out, though, and ended up buying 50 feet of silver plated copper wire and a Neutrik right angle plug to have fun with these.

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Originally Posted by randomkid 

i really want to recable these with a silver cable, but have no money, but with velour pads the bass is more refined and punchy.

 

have fun with them, they are great to mod, and dont be worried about the solder pad, as i have recabled and desoldered a few times.

 

regards

I, too, like my modded K81DJ.  Although I have average head, it is somewhat tight and hurts top of my head if I wear it longer than 30 minutes.  Anyway, here's my modded can.  

It's not as fancy as what most people have done, but it is functional and a definite difference in sound impact with the cable.  I use the Canare Starquad microphone cable with Techflex.  It does have microphonic sound to it.  I might do a 3-4 feet of pure silver when I feel adventurous sometime in the future.

Another thing I did was stuffed the cavity with sound absorbing fiberglass.  I don't know if this obstruct the way the driver delivers depth/dimensionality, but it certainly tightens the low frequencies, creating "faster" bass and reducing the boominess.  Like I said, I can't be certain if it does that or not.  What I learned from soundproofing my dedicated home theater, I applied it here.  Any comment/recommendation is welcomed.

Thanks.  I saw your pics with the pad, looks pretty darn nice.  How is the sound isolation with those pads?  I saw the pads selling at eBay for well over $30US.  I paid just $49.00 for a new set of the K81DJ - don't know if it's worth it to shell out that much more for pads.  I would love to have a set though.

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Originally Posted by Raguvian 

Recabled my K518LE's. Don't mind the fact that there's no plastic trim and that the color's all weird. It was a dyeing attempt gone wrong.

 

 

 

 

For being a month old, my headphones look pretty beat up. :P