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Interesting Ultrasone Discovery today.
So I contacted Ultrasone a few days ago to see if they'd be willing to sell me some parts to repair a headphone. I knew you could buy drivers from Beyerdynamic, but I've never seen a parts section on Ultrasone's site... Turns out, you can buy parts from Ultrasone. Even drivers! Specifically...- Pingupenguins
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D5000 vs D2000 with wooden cups
Can anyone tell me if the drivers are different in any way with the D2000 vs D5000? Aside from the cup mounting posts. I've always wanted a D5000 but ever since Denon discontinued the line, I've s*** out of luck. Anyone ever have a chance to listen to a D2000 with wooden cups and...- Pingupenguins
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IC: SF bay Area mini-Meet
I never see anyone from the SF bay area getting together and holding a mini meet. So I'd like to see who's alive in these parts. Any takers?- Pingupenguins
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- Forum: Local / Regional Head-Fi Meets, Parties, Get-Togethers
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DIY paint job gallery
Post pictures of your DIY painted w/e's! Painting my HD-25's was a PITA, and took forever, but you learn something everyday.- Pingupenguins
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Convicing your significant other your Audiophilia is founded.
Hey Guys and Gals, Please discus how you either tried or got your significant other to accept and/or appreciate your love for good sound and music. Now I know there are a lot of "Convince my friends" threads, but this is different. With friends, you can just pass them off and go on...- Pingupenguins
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Banana hold...... Ahem, I mean headphone stand.
Enjoy. http://www.amazon.com/Spectrum-Diversified-42978-Banana-Holder/dp/B000G66N2M/ref=pd_sim_hg_1- Pingupenguins
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Blue Leather Ipod Touch case
I'm looking for a genuine leather case in blue. I plan to use a LOD so I need to make sure the socket isn't covered up like in the Noreve cases. Thanks! Btw this is a for a blue setup for my girlfriend. Ipod touch in blue leather -> Hand built LOD -> cMoy in a blue penguin mint...- Pingupenguins
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$100 IEM Removable cable
I'm looking for an IEM that's about $100. I was looking at the Shure SE215's but some say it's bassy while other say its mid centric. Though I may be a DIY'er, I'm also lazy with my own headphones. I want something I can just make a cable for and not have to tear it open. Its also helps to...- Pingupenguins
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- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Comfortable headphones
Since entering the MOT community, I've tried on NUMEROUS headphones, and tbh, never found a headphone that is as comfortable as my Skullcandy Aviators. Anyone know of some spectacularly comfortable headphones? ATH-M50's, Beyer DT770, AKG K601, and Dennon D2000 all have sore spots and give me a...- Pingupenguins
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Full ATH-M50 Deconstruction
Since I have never seen a well documented deconstruction of the ATH-M50's, a very popular headphone, I decided to do my own. I hope you enjoy. Tools: Phillips and flat head screwdriver Needle nose pliers Wire cutters Required parts for recable: Thin wall 28 AWG or...- Pingupenguins
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Quick Beats Joke
This one is for all you physics nerds out there... When you play two notes out of tune, you get Beats. heh. heh. Thanks for reading.- Pingupenguins
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Dremel. Which, where?
I know a lot of people use dremels for DIY. What is the cheapest Dremel, NOT THE EQUIVALENT, out there? I'd like to use pretty much all the dremel bits out there. I guess im asking for a Dremel that can use all the bits w/o breaking the bank.- Pingupenguins
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ATH-M50 Recable
I need help figuring out how to do a one sided cable entry on a M50 recable. I was thinking about soldring the new wires to the old then pulling them through as i extracted the old wire. Any other suggestions? Should I disassemble the entire phone and do it that way? Thanks- Pingupenguins
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WTB: Low Profile IEM. Any suggestions?
My budget is $50. Anyone know or have some low profile IEM's? I mostly want to use them for sleeping. Sleeping with headphones on. I've read about PL50's ER6i's M6-BK Anyone have more, better or back up one of these headphones? I'd like the IEM to go all the way in and have...- Pingupenguins
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Beats or Skullcandy
Yeah I want to buy some cool looking headphones. I'm looking for something with a 40mm driver. I can't figure out how big the drivers are on the Beats Solo if someone could help me with it. Basically I'm going to tear into these puppys and remove the crap driver in them to just have a bad...- Pingupenguins
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KCS75 to Skullcandy Agent
Does anyone have one of these? I intended to buy them at like $23 and replace the drivers with KCS75's. I was wondering if anyone could show me if I could pull this off. Both are 40 mm. Anyone have a pair they'd like to disassemble? I just thought it would be a sick headband for the KCS75 then I...- Pingupenguins
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Cheapest Speaker Amp
What is the cheapest DIY speaker Amp? I prefer RCA output or something that I can mod to have a RCA. I prefer a PCB cause I've never tried to put down traces. I could do toner transfer method using a laser engraver.- Pingupenguins
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T50RP or T40RP
2 things, Whats the difference? and Where can I buy them. They are out of stock everywhere!!!! amazon has one but its $100!!!!!!!!!!! I'm on a $80 budget.- Pingupenguins
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Skullcandy Aviator Dampening
So I have a pair of Skullcandy Aviators and I'd like to properly dampen them. The plastic cups come off the headphones easily so no worries about damaging the headphones. So what materials do I need in order to properly dampen these headphones? Has anyone attempted this?- Pingupenguins
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Planar Magnetic
I have a quick question. Do I need any extra equipment to play a planar magnetic headphone? all i have is a cmoy and zune hd.- Pingupenguins
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- audeze-lcd2-planar-magnetic-headphones fostex headphones over-ear
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Bass under $60
Hey I'm looking for a friend. He does not know what good bass is but he wants a lot of it. I refuse to tell him to get anything with loud muddy bass so I beseech you head-fi'ers to help me find this man true bass under $60. Thanks!- Pingupenguins
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- headphones over-ear panasonic-rp-htf600-s-step-monitor sony-mdr-xb500-40mm-xb-diaphragm-driver-extra-bass-headphones
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DIY Midi to USB cable?
I was wondering if it was even possible to create a midi to USB cable. I don't want to buy a crap cheap cable and I'd rather pick my own parts and colors. So is it possible to make this cable or do I have to make 2 Midi to Midi then get a seperate midi to usb hub. Thanks PS. Can I...- Pingupenguins
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NYS231 guide
You'd think it would be easy to find out what is what about these plugs. Well i couldn't find answers. the big one is ground. is the round one left and the square pole right? thanks- Pingupenguins
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Lettering a Case
How do you put things like "Tone" and "Volume" on a plain case?- Pingupenguins
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DIY Resource Thread
I have had a hard time finding wire and techflex so I thought I'd share my findings and maybe some ppl would share their findings for links to suppliers. I had to scour the Cable Gallery to find things but I only got product names not where to buy. But that also helped. So lets have it. Here are...- Pingupenguins
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