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post #16 of 27
2/1/12 at 9:49pm

it says they wont fit the adh 2000 is that true or just bs

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post #17 of 27
2/1/12 at 10:00pm
In true head-fi tradition I'll recommend something way outside your budget and totally impractical but which will sound wonderful: Stax 4070! One of the few closed electrostatics ever made and a strong candidate for best sounding closed cans ever made.

You know you want one.
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post #18 of 27
2/1/12 at 11:05pm
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Hmmm, thanks for the heads-up. I'll look into this for certain.
 

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If you're worried about damaging the wood cups, they have a pretty significant amount of laquer, and aren't really what I would call fragile. Though if you're still worried, you could sand them down to the wood, this'll make them much harder to damage, and possibly gain "character" with any damage. You can do this with stock replacement cups if you wish (you can sometimes get them from Lawton Audio for $59).



 

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post #19 of 27
2/1/12 at 11:07pm
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I didn't even know that Stax made full-sized closed headphones.

 

Oh, if only I could...
 

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In true head-fi tradition I'll recommend something way outside your budget and totally impractical but which will sound wonderful: Stax 4070! One of the few closed electrostatics ever made and a strong candidate for best sounding closed cans ever made.
You know you want one.


 

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post #20 of 27
2/1/12 at 11:15pm

Wellll.... being $2k for the headphone only, I don't think they'd be in your budget of less than $1k...

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post #21 of 27
2/2/12 at 8:48am
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Yeah, nowhere near my budget. Fun to dream big, though.
 

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Wellll.... being $2k for the headphone only, I don't think they'd be in your budget of less than $1k...



 

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post #22 of 27
2/2/12 at 9:02am

I use AH-D7000 for work :)

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post #23 of 27
2/2/12 at 10:45am

 

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it says they wont fit the adh 2000 is that true or just bs


I don't think they do, but I'm willing to bet the screw holes are just in a different place. You can probably find a guide on how to mod them for the D2000's on Head-Fi.

 

 

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post #24 of 27
2/2/12 at 12:11pm
In all seriousness though get yourself a pair of Smeggy's Thunderpants (woody modded Fostex T50RP). Now he changes them a lot and not all pairs will sound alike but the ones I've heard have been exceptional. They are not easy to drive though, you will definitely need a desktop amp.
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post #25 of 27
2/2/12 at 12:34pm

I just bought the D2000 for work as well.  Another pair I was looking at was the Fisher Audio FA-003, whihc is also considered the Brainwavz HM5.  it is more neautral then the D2000 and less.  I say buy another pair of D2000 and do the Lawton mods.

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post #26 of 27
2/2/12 at 5:06pm
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The Thunderpants have always been at the back of my mind--but at this point, I think I'd rather sit back and see where he takes them. Plus, with all the press he's been getting recently, it seems like he really has his hands full at the moment. I'm not an impatient person really, but the quicker I settle on a pair of headphones *and* get them in my hands, the happier I'll be. :-)
 

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In all seriousness though get yourself a pair of Smeggy's Thunderpants (woody modded Fostex T50RP). Now he changes them a lot and not all pairs will sound alike but the ones I've heard have been exceptional. They are not easy to drive though, you will definitely need a desktop amp.


 

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post #27 of 27
2/2/12 at 10:51pm

Beyerdynamic T5p is supposedly excellent, and can occasionally be found used under $1k. If I had a grand to spend in that situation, that's what I'd do! :p

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