Damping closed headphones

[goodsound]

Has anyone ever tried adding some damping (sound absorbing) material inside closed headphones that suffer from that typical muffled, resonating, plastic-y sound, to see if it improves anything or not ?

Well I used some fiberfill (or fiberglass) which is known for its great damping properties and also used by DIYers in loudspeaker boxes, and put it inside a pair of some cheap closed headphones (the make and model of which I dont even dare mention here), and those headphones are no longer as annoying as they used to be!

Anyone else tried this yet ?

 

[XxATOLxX]

I usually hear about people using Blu-Tack to stop their phones from resonating. Never heard of fiberfill though.

 

[goodsound]

well I dont know much about blu-tac other than that its some sort of glue(?).

You get Fiberfill at Home Depot and is used as isolation/insulation material in building.
I might try this too - http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=268-010

 

[skyskraper]

here is some info on it, it's not really a glue, more like a malleable rubber, surely you guys have something similar in the USA?
http://www.bostik.co.za/stationery/blutack.htm

 

[bg4533]

I used putty similar to blue tac in my HD650 Woodys. A thin layer lining the back of the cup helped a lot.

Beware if the fiberglass has individual threads that could break loose. They could interfere with the driver. People have complained about strands of hair causing distortion.