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    Teardown of goldplanar GL400 picture

    I tore down my damaged GL400 driver that sucked a screw while trying to modify the damping of the driver. I just thought you people might like to see what it looks inside the driver. There are only magnets in the back of the driver. First item is actual driver. Second is the magnets which are...
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    Not sure if this good place to post this but i didn't see any better place. It's about headphone listening in general. Does any one else feel bass in the body while listening to headphones?

    Cool. Its a nice experience isn't it? For me I have auditory tactile synethesia which for listening on headphones is great. I don't need a separate device to vibrate my body that you can find online. I get an extremely good feeling that is almost the same as listening to speakers.
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    Not sure if this good place to post this but i didn't see any better place. It's about headphone listening in general. Does any one else feel bass in the body while listening to headphones?

    I feel bass in my body that is so realistic to the source material that I have frequently reached down to feel my subwoofer to see if it is somehow playing even though I know its impossible due to my system setup. This is true all the way from 10Hz to 200Hz. I tested the 10Hz frequency using a...
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    Got my Goldplanar GL600's today.

    Comparisons between my speakers & headphones show very close sound signatures which is one of the goals that many headphone manufacturers shoot for. My speakers are slightly modified JBL LSR305's augmented with a modified Tannoy TS10 subwoofer with the goal of extending bass into the truly sub...
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    Monoprice Monolith M565 immpresions

    I deleted original posts but moved the main one here. https://www.head-fi.org/threads/got-my-goldplanar-gl600s-today.940112/post-15827671 You people modding m565 may look at this as to possible ideas for modding the m565 if you find other ideas didn't work to your satisfaction. Not the same...
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    Got my Goldplanar GL600's today.

    This is a post I moved from another thread. I deleted the parts that didn't apply here. I decided after further listening to make the following changes. I put some foam inside the ear pad behind the grill cloth to increase damping on the front side. I took the back off & placed 2 pieces of old...
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    Comment by 'germanium' in item 'Gold Planar GL600'

    Forgot to put in my 2 bits about sound stage. I found the sound stage very deep & wide once the upper midrange peakiness is dealt with. I'm not talking strong left right & center sound with nothing in between but a wide panorama of sound with excellent imaging across the whole width & depth.
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    Comment by 'germanium' in item 'Gold Planar GL600'

    I bought the gl600 & I actually found them to be somewhat bright with an emphasis in the 1-2KHz region. This made vocals shouty at times. The soft treble is a direct result of not enough damping to tame the upper midrange. When you add damping you lose some volume in the midst but when you...
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    Chinese / Asian Brand Info Thread (On or Over Ear Headphones)

    I have the Goldplanar GL600's and the have an excellent bass & sub bass & are open back.
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    Got my Goldplanar GL600's today.

    After considerable listening & consulting a friend of mine that owns a studio & asked about the characteristics of the mikes used in the recordings he made. I found that my modifications to the headphones took them the wrong direction as there was way to much energy in the 1-2KHz range due to...
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    Got my Goldplanar GL600's today.

    Got my GL600's today and they sound phenominally good except for a kind of nasty peak in the upper midrange-presence area. Otherwise these sound great. In order to address the peak I tried to increase the damping but that didn't work. It made vocals sound thin. I though about removing the paper...
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    Shuoer impressions thread

    The closest parallel I see is that the magneto static driver has all of the elements of a balanced armature minus the rod & arm but the magnets & coil are there & the thin magnetically reactive drive element take the place of the arm & rod. Beyond that everything is just positioned & shaped...
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    Monoprice Monolith M565 immpresions

    Unfortunately no I don't have the m570 nor the m565. They are a little out of my price range. These were just general observations that should apply to the m565 or many other magnetic planar headphones if they were to exhibit similar problems.
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