A900 Woody

[Xanadu777]

Since I will not be making another pair of these due to the time involved, I thought some may be interested in taking a look. Upon arrival I took a quick listen to stock A900's to gauge where they might be improved. The D.A.D.S. (Double Air Damping System) inside the stock cups is not my idea of more than a way to inhibit sound potential, goodbye to that. I recabled and woodied 'em up and this is the result...

Safe to say they have improved in sound to where I gave them hours of listening. I will probably have them at the next Seattle area meet if anyone is interested in hearing them.

 

[dj_mocok]

wow... neat...
look like high end phones now... and as big as CD3000 or even more now... hehe...
mind telling us more about how the sound is different now larry ?

 

[tennisets]

You never cease to amaze me

. What type of wood is that anyway, it's beautiful.

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

Was fabricating hte actual woodies more time-consuming, or taking the cans apart, and getting them back together properly?

 

[einolu]

so they are fully closed now? they look amazing

 

[tkam]

Nice work they look great!

 

[andrew3199]

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Originally Posted by Xanadu777 Since I will not be making another pair of these due to the time involved, I thought some may be interested in taking a look.

Now then, are you quite sure about that..??..

 

[mjg]

xanadu777 is the wood pimp.

your designs are real cool, you the man. I wish i could hear this some day. I really hope wayne or somebody brings them to the next grado labs meet ; )

 

[tiberian]

w00t!

 

[null]

awesome man!

 

[Madcat05]

simpily beautiful.

 

[james__bean]

Personally, I think they would look better black. I guess I'm just not into wood color.

 

[Xanadu777]

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Originally Posted by andrew3199 Now then, are you quite sure about that..??..

That's easy, quite sure! Quote:

What type of wood is that

Paduak
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Was fabricating the actual woodies more time-consuming, or taking the cans apart, and getting them back together properly?

Yes... no... just the pads since the tuck in part is not of the quality of say, CD3K pads.
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so they are fully closed now?

Still are, yes
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I really hope wayne or somebody brings them to the next grado labs meet ; )

I suppose you'd want the woody DT770/80's too? (they're next btw).
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mind telling us more about how the sound is different now

Better bass, better mids, better highs, better soundstage but no miracles, they still are A900's...

 

[D-EJ915]

That is sweet Xanadu, those look awesome, totally pimp.

 

[Norbert]

These are aesthetically more beautiful than my W1000's. How does the larger chamber effect the sound --I know you can't compare them to the W's but my guess is they open up the sound and give a wider soundstage. Correct? By the way, you have made me very jealous.