Recent content by davee5
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SE530/535 Acoustic Filter Mod: More SQ improvement than cables? Dampers!
I would be very surprised if the damper's physical location in the canal has any impact on tone. I figure once the mesh is in-line it's doing its job, there's no obvious resonance tuning to the nodal location or anything like that (I think, but who knows). As far as insertion and removal...- davee5
- Post #81
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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SE530/535 Acoustic Filter Mod: More SQ improvement than cables? Dampers!
Alright, so my green dampers came in and I auditioned them pretty briefly against the browns. Green / 1500 ohm: Thumping bass but with relatively little sacrifice of soundstage. These are heavier and less crystalline than the browns, but nowhere near as muddy as the reds start to get...- davee5
- Post #38
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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SE530/535 Acoustic Filter Mod: More SQ improvement than cables? Dampers!
You can also check Digikey: http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en?FV=fff4000b,fff80054,fffc01a7&chp=0 Given this forum has a global reach, you may just want to check through all of Knowles' distributors to find the one that best serves your country...- davee5
- Post #33
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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SE530/535 Acoustic Filter Mod: More SQ improvement than cables? Dampers!
Lzyboy, Here are the Mouser part numbers I used and I got only the "right" parts in the mail. Gray 721-BF-1999-000 White 721-BF-1859-000 Brown 721-BF-1860-000 Green 721-BF-1861-000 Red 721-BF-1921-000 Orange 721-BF-1922-000 Yellow 721-BF-1923-000 ...- davee5
- Post #31
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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SE530/535 Acoustic Filter Mod: More SQ improvement than cables? Dampers!
Bah, forgot to repost those links: Rinchoi's super helpful blog post. The response curves in particular are invaluable to the damper modder. http://rinchoi.blogspot.com/2013/05/shure-se535.html?m=1 The Knowles product page, which is actually a bit shy on information...- davee5
- Post #14
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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SE530/535 Acoustic Filter Mod: More SQ improvement than cables? Dampers!
First post on Head-Fi, I joined solely to add my experience to this thread. After about 10 years of faithful service, my Shure E5s finally had the cables break badly enough that I couldn't kludge a fix for them. I sent 'em back to Shure for an out-of-warranty replacement, along with my...- davee5
- Post #12
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors