^ Pilot pad installed and original pads removed and replaced. Comfort and fit are now good.
^ Definitely built to a premium compared to its cousins: T50 and T30.
^ That wide open grill and floating baffle is cool. The baffle seems to be held in place at 8 points that are tensioned just enough to hold the baffle in place but also allow some relief for head fitment.
First impression is that SS-100 is similarly competent as T50+T30. ime, the difference between T50 and T30 was former had harder hitting bass and the latter had smoother/clearer treble, I preferred T30 (until experienced some driver failure, good luck
@Kabeer ). I am too lazy to search again, but I think
@takato14 hypothesized that T30 had smoother treble due to the shape of its magnet structure with which SS-100 shares. Ill try comparing to T50 (RP18) and HE500 eventually. I still think SS-100 would benefit towards my preferences (increased bass) by removing stock damping material which I know is controversial move and accessing also increases chance for accidentally damaging so opting to refrain though then that might mean I have less interest in actually using SS-100 over other phones…
I would like to reterminate for balanced XLR so can utilize power of Jot2. I may ask for help on conferring correct wiring later…
A weak point for failure on these drivers is some foam gasket in the driver thats used for maintaining a seal. Its described somewhere earlier in thread with some description how to replace the
expired foam. I know takato14 is well aware of the procedure and probably some others who may have also actually performed the repair too but I cant recall such as GREQ, Kabeer, khbaur, dBel84, etc. Anyways, the point is that if I open the cups to remove damping then that increases chances of disturbing the possibly delicate driver foam gasket and messing up bass and channel balance. i think, needs references