Silent One
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The demand is there, so no problems with finding buyers. You are fortunate...
A resounding NO. But, absolutely love my Zeus balanced cabling (4x22awg copper). Seriously though, I do have an open mind and love to experiment. However, despite these mods being reversible, I'd need an audition first. And that's sayin' something, considering all of my purchases are blind.
I don't want anyone putting their grubby lil' hands on my Bass!
Much of this has to do with my front-end being thinner and flatter sounding than with sources in times past.
That's smart, actually. I went for it without auditioning first and it ended up being one of the better (audio related) decisions I've ever made. However, everyone is different, and I would never want to have to remove something like Dynamat from a headphone like the D7000's (that crap is too sticky!).
I can say, though, that in my experience it turned a great headphone into an incredible headphone.
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That's smart, actually. I went for it without auditioning first and it ended up being one of the better (audio related) decisions I've ever made. However, everyone is different, and I would never want to have to remove something like Dynamat from a headphone like the D7000's (that crap is too sticky!).
I can say, though, that in my experience it turned a great headphone into an incredible headphone.
After doing the mods are you finding them to be a little sibilant at times? I'm finding that on female vocals mine are starting to sound a little bright. Any ideas on how to dampen down the sibilance?
After doing the mods are you finding them to be a little sibilant at times? I'm finding that on female vocals mine are starting to sound a little bright. Any ideas on how to dampen down the sibilance?
I found the angle pads made them unbearable sibilant. Without the pads, they sound like regular old D7000's with better controlled bass. They are perfect - $100 well spent.
I always found them sibilant, even stock (I'm very sensitive to high frequency, which is a shame since I love me some good highs!), but the angle pad mod made it absolutely unbearable, so I removed that mod. With the unmodded stock pads and MarkL mod, the sibilance was the same (if you didn't notice any before, I doubt you'll hear any after). If you do, you can buy something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/foam-2-Inch-cover-philips-headphone/dp/B003BRNZTM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1355260245&sr=8-1&keywords=foam+ear+pads
And cut them to fit the inner circle where the driver is, I used two layers because I'm very sensitive. I actually did this mod before I did the MarkL (if I remember correctly) to calm the sibilance it had stock. The MarkL mod didn't do anything to the sibilance (add or subtract), so I added this mod back in after doing the MarkL.
I'm pretty happy with my D7000's after the mods. I'm not finding any sibilance issues. I do find myself listening to them more than I did before the modification.
I'd recommend the mods for someone who already likes the D7000 and wants to get the most out of them. It's not going to dramatically transform the headphone into something it isn't.
As a matter of fact I am planning to purge the bulk of my collection having started to put together an electrostatic based system that will be my main listening rig. I am trying to determine which dynamic headphone(s) I will keep and the D7000 is still on the list as the potential keeper. The reasons I am considering it:
- I still dig the looks
- Easy to listen to and comfortable for long sessions
- Quite different flavor than the 007 Mk II
- At least somewhat closed, so if I listen in bed with the wife there is "some" isolation
- Easy to drive. I don't really need to keep any particular amp to enjoy them.