Quote: Actually I've opened up YH-100 drivers and fixed a corroded diaphragm (with conductive ink, like dbel did with YH-1000's) with nothing more than a miniature flat head screw driver.

Quote: 1. That is a controversial question. The answer is, if you believe there to be burn in periods on dynamic drivers, then there is no reason that you would think otherwise about ortho drivers.   2. No it would sound like *ahem* crap *ahem*. SFI's need to be quite heavily...

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Quote: Ahhh okay, well I'm getting a Tektronix DPO3034 Digital Storage Oscilloscope in a few days, so I'll make a point of checking the actual insertion loss :P

Quote:   Not sure what spec's you're reading, but from what I can recall,they are in fact 50ohms impedance.   http://www.cdint.com/catalog/model/CC-SC   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMC_connector   Personally, I'm not very fond of these connectors for headphone connection...

Yamaha made a pair, YH-5M

Quote: Except for the fact that those are not SMA connectors. They're SMC connectors (on he-5/he-6).

Why have more felt on the top right side of the driver? that supposed to be where your ear canal rests?

Quote: Why not get a Zero DAC with that $100, get free samples of LT1364's to put in the pre-amp section, an audio-gd moon or earth discrete opamp for the DAC section, swap out major caps for Nichicon's or Blackgates, and then bypass all the major capacitors with Russian NOS PIO (paper in...

Quote:     Back in the 80's, speaker (and headphone) manufacturers realized that they would get to a point where they would be unable to top their own products. This would evidently eventually lead them to bankruptcy. Fostex would never make something that is their "best shot" if they...

Quote:     Not planar, but I just snagged a pair of JBL TI2K's 2 weeks ago. And all I have to say is WOW.  

PATENTED!

No no no, didn't you read the fine print?  he wasn't lying, he did infact hear things he'd never heard before, just, this was the first time he remembered to wear his hearing aids while listening....

No bass no treble is pleasant?!? :D

You actually pay the exact brokerage fee difference in price from standard to express. So really, winds up being same price for either service, might as well take the one that arrives much quicker!

close. five 100lbs spools of custom cable, shipped over fedex express from the USA. Had I known ahead of time how much it was going to cost for the shipping, I would have let them ship it ground lol.    3602:  customs fees with UPS is only insane if you have it shipped ground. If you ship...

No no, the 1850$ was the shipping charges. the $600 was for duty/customs.   They just forgot to add it into the first bill or something.

Thats nothing. Fedex sent me a bill in the mail for $1850, and then few days later another $600 (USD) in customs/duty charges.  *EDIT*  this was for one package.

or you could just make a big blob of that ink pen on a piece of paper, then take a feather like in the old'en days...

http://www.magnetsales.com/index.htm

Service manual?

Any hardware store. It's roofing tar more or less.

I figured I'd share my ideas/theories and get input on them, given how much this thread has already given to me.   The first being, I've noticed the optimal depth between earpads/ears and the driver is equivalent to the depth from behind the driver to the back wall of the cup. Would have...

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I prefer the 120ohms, some say they can't hear a difference, but I find the more power going into them makes them really "sing". A matter of preference.   hmm....Depends if you're going open cups or closed. Closed cups I wouldn't recommend large spaces.