If by updated you mean the copper mesh vs the yellow. Mine is definitely the copper.

Both

Mine is nothing drastic like that. I'm guessing my leather band is longer than yours. Stock, it pretty much rests touching the plastic directly when on my head. With the mod, I can just barely fit my fingers between the plastic and the leather, when it's on my head.

Previous to this, the plastic band had no clearance to the leather strap when it was on my head. The back of the plastic band would be resting on top of the leather, and thus digging into my head a bit. It was creating a hotspot. Now the plastic doesn't touch at all, only the leather strap...

The strap stays in position as it was. All 4 holes are used. The plastic band shifts up and is only screwed in by it's two bottom holes, to the top of the strap holes. Essentially creating a bit of a gap between the plastic band and the leather strap when you put it on your head. edit - you...

Here you go. You can see from the inside, nothing looks different, the same holes are used. From the outside, you can see the plastic band has simply been shifted up. So essentially the 2 bottom holes of the band are being held by 2 top screws on the inside. The bottom screws just go through...

OK I fixed the plastic headband part digging into my head. I have no idea why Audeze ships these with such loose leather headbands, but there is a simple workaround using the existing holes. I found the answer in the response post here ( the OP uses a destructive method, not recommended )...

Hey guys, I tried to find this in the manual, but I'm wondering if the TT2 gives you any sort of visual indication if you clip the A/D? Intersample or otherwise?

My wallet sends its regards...

Closest dealer is 5+ hours away unfortunately. How sturdy is the black finish? Is it anodized aluminum? In my brief used searches ( I'm going to buy new), I noticed one that seemed to have chipped flakes of black missing along the edges, and it looked silver underneath.

I have a super important question as I'm leaning towards picking one of these up shortly. Black or Silver? P.S. No I'm not Paul.

The other option I'm thinking of ( since I don't need mobility so much ) is to start with a Qutest and pair it with my THX 887 amp.

Ya he does own a lot of the stuff I'm looking at lol. I think it's probably small upgrade vs big upgrade debate for me at this point. If I drop Hugo2 cash now ( middle of the road), it may have been better served saving it for a bigger upgrade to the TT2. I just wonder how good toppings...

So I don't have a D90, but I do own an 887. My 887 clips in the high gain ( mode 3) out of my Prism Sound Lyra2's XLR, so I suspect it will clip out of the D90 XLR. XLR is 4v & RCA is 2v. Assuming the 887 has the same design as the Drop version... there was a post on the drop version describing...

Really enjoying these, especially with the Audeze profile. If I look at the above post again, and move the midrange to 0db, it's about a +2db boost to the low end / 3.5k range, and a 5db boost to 8.5k. I've been listening to them for several days, and returning to specific albums along the...

I don't own one of these ( yet ), but having just read the entire 640 page thread, I can tell you the recommendation of a USB 2.0 compliant "Supra" cable has come up several times. I also recall Mr Watts commenting that the USB on the Chord TT2 has galvanic isolation so noise is less of an issue.

Got it! Found a hint on google to load the plugin into APO EQ. It shows the effect of the vst preset in the bottom. Looks like they do some minor scooping too.

Looks like it's just a UI that gets exposed. It definitely feels like they've bumped up the bass a little bit by 1 or 2 db, boosted 3-4k slightly and maybe dipped the 10k+ range very slightly. It's really subtle but I like it. It gives drums a bit more oomph and guitars/female vocals pop out...

Ya good point. I think they have a VST plugin. I'll see if I can load it up in something like Reaper and see if it exposes the curve in any sort of UI.

I tried Roon for the first time today, to get easy access to the Audeze EQ for these. It's very subtle, but I can hear a very slight bump upper mids/low highs? I wonder what the exact graph looks like? Does anyone know if there is a way to show the actual EQ they're applying for these...

I'm contemplating upgrading my DAC to one of these too, at the same time thinking about a TT2, but it's quite the leap lol

What DAC/Amp do you use with yours?

What kind of differences did you experience after the burn in?

Oh wow really!? This could get interesting...

hmm I could swear more bass is coming to life in these. Do planars need a breaking in period like dynamics?