Oh man, thanks for the link, those reviews are gold lol. Stolen from a review: "We were fools, fools to develop such a thing! Sound was never meant to be this clear, this pure, this accurate. For a few short days, we marveled. Then the whispers began. Were they Aramaic? Hyperborean...

Dang, I own the q701, but this is really tempting. I'm not sure I want to spend $200 on it because I was saving up for better portable gear haha. The struggle is real xD

Finished all the stuff, good luck everyone! Thanks hifiman for offering this opportunity :)

Nice haha. I got a second pair (for about a week) which is left stock though they aren't technically "mine." (but I'll appropriate them heh)

Oh man this thread... Lol i leave for a week and I have no idea what's going on. Well anyways, I've actually had some non-audiophile friends try these and got pretty positive reactions. One person was surprised to hear a violin in a song lol and another said they would have bought a pair if it...

LOL that patent :P I wonder if different party streamer types have different effects... with paper you would  think that different companies use different manufacturing processes and result in slightly different effects though I wouldn't think it would be too significant of an effect. In any...

Oh lol sorry for not updating. I'm pretty busy with school stuff on weekdays. I've settled for a bit on having dynamat, the 2 layers, but I've actually added different shapes of felt. I don't really have any rectangles so I've been using circles lol. I currently have 2 quarter circles at...

Seems likely because I'm not using putty... don't really have any around and too lazy to buy some haha. (its stickier and seems like a thinner layer than what Lorspeaker is applying). Combined with the fact that I think my preferences are slightly bass light because I've gotten so used to the...

Yeah I was having similar opinions with the amount of bass. I think bass is affected by how obstructed the hole is because more airflow will allow the driver to move more freely... not an expert in these matters but I think that has some effect. Try using different materials to cover the hole...

Oh thanks Cagin for the heads up on that plug. Didn't notice the post until you mentioned it on the DIY questions thread :P. I'll look to ordering that when redco finally gets their gold plated amphenol 1/8" connectors back in stock (or just go with the nickel plated one, shouldn't make a...

Never said they were lacking bass though :P But yeah oddly enough the vali/modi combo sounds pretty good- there doesn't seem to be any major impedance mismatch issues and the noise/microphonics really don't cause any problems. Don't have any nice solid state amps at the moment but the random old...

With the Mikros 90 for maybe 2 hours, I feel like it has better timber than the kefs, but some of the songs I've listened to sound a bit less natural because of the treble. Overall the kefs feel  a bit more natural and are smoother in general and mids seem a tiny bit more forward (quite a small...

Hmm that's probably the case. The kefs treble is a bit more subdued so it works well on some aggressive edm tracks. Though with some other music I listen to its not as bad... Though i don't think sharp was the exact, accurate term to use.

Thanks a lot! I guess I'm going to be giving the heat shrink option a shot then lol

Man i was wondering if I was the only obe who thought the treble was a bit sharp :p. Going to see how things go after a bit of burn in. Oh btw sf, never said I wasn't going to try the bass mods. Just in due time. A little sub bass boost might be interesting... But again going to wait and see...

+1  Much bassier than I was expecting after all the comments about lack bass, not crappy bass but yeah definitely bassier...  Oh yeah just got mines in like 10 minutes ago... and you can take off the earpads without destroying them. Lol seems like I missed that point :P now I don't have to go...

So I've seem some people use these types of 3.5mm connectors. Could anyone comment on the outside diameter of the connector? Also going to do a mikros 90 cable so hopefully these are thin enough...

Ooh diy cables are pretty fun lol. After i give theses a try on Wednesday along with some good burn in I'm going to decide on either a occ or ofc copper or spc cable. I kind of want to try paracord on this but bare braids look so good lol.

well I ordered them... (obviously to get the $35 free shipping with a phone case I needed... lol). They should arrive wednesday. I'm expecting godly headphones after all this hype :P. Oh and if you need to destroy the earpads to mod these what earpads that don't cost a ridiculous amount of money...

Hey, so first post in a while on head-fi. So after seeing this on the discovery thread I found this thread and now I'm really tempted... especially at the newegg price. I'm having some concerns over bass extension and also quantity since I listen to a fair bit of EDM. Can anyone chime in on...

m100s are definitely nice for your genres... I believe they actually came out with "XL" earpads which are...well... larger and deeper. I don't know what the consensus is on those in sound quality and comfort, but its something to look into. XL earpads: http://v-moda.com/xl-memory-cushions/ I...

Oh man this is long over due but I kind of checked out of head-fi for a bit with finals and all recently. Anyways, a while back I asked about how the modi would work with a usb 3.0 port and I just wanted to say thank you to all the people that helpded out :) It turns out that I'm not even...

Hey guys, I'm sorry if this has already been answered, but I recently bought a new ultrabook which, unfortunately, only has usb 3.0 ports. Is anyone aware of any way of getting a usb 2.0 dac (specifically the modi of course) to work well with a usb 3.0 port?   I've tried the modi with my...

Hmm this question is better posted in the faq thread but Frank fron Toxic Cables is UK based I believe. Other then that, no clue.

Hmm, not really headphone sighting but higher end headphone users in my school seems to be growing. A guy recently got an hd 598 and one of my other friends also got a w3.