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xnor said:
The foam removal mod resulted in a slight increase in frequencies around 1.2 kHz followed by a valley at 3 to 4 kHz
The part numbers for the drivers for both the 555 and 595 are 512806 (right) and 512807 (left). I had to buy a new driver for my 595 and it arrived in a package stating that is was for both models. I've compared the 555 and 595 and the foam rectangle was the only difference I could see.
I'm sorry, but there are people here that will still argue the 595 is different (read better), even with overwhelming evidence to support the contrary.
V-bro said:/img/forum/go_quote.gif
Hi,
It seems to me the magnet system is quite different. The back of the 555 looks like a cover made of pressed steel while the 595 seems like one solid block of neodymium...
I can tell from experience that a frequency response curve doesn't say anything about decay and impulse behaviour of the driver, the 595 might still have the edge in the driver quality there...
Usually poorer impulse behaviour shows in a deeper looking bass response in the frequency curve, this is mainly due to the higher Q of the driver, making it swing further because the driver 'motor' has less grip on the mass of the moving system. The 595 would then be more precise and possibly more dynamic.
Kevin, the 515 is not similar to its brothers; it uses a different driver. As for the 535s, they were bottom of the heap in the old 535/545/565 series, of which the latter was king. I've owned them all and would rate the current series as far better than all except the 565. Senn headphones really have improved over the last 20 years, though I'm not sure yet if that trend is continuing.