[Ichinichi]

Hi OvidiuDanut! So glad you found the thread!

Oh. Wow. The Equinox. I find I'll have to parrot what most others have said: everything you get with the stock 650 cable but BETTER. I found wider soundstage, greater detail and resolution, bass tighter, highs as clear and pure as the pure resonant ringing of clink'd crystal champagne flutes. With the Equinox I finally understood what soundstage was, I finally understood what image meant, what real resolution sounds like and heard for myself what attack and decay refers to. I HIGHLY recommend all 580 owners to jump on an Equinox if given the chance. Watch the FS/FT forums (saw a few of late) and just take the dive - you'll be happy you did.

 

[Zorander]

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Originally Posted by OvidiuDanut /img/forum/go_quote.gif And now i was very very close to getting AKG701.

You'll be very happy you didn't (or rather, haven't). The OBH-21 (and I presume, the OBH-21SE) is not a good match for the new AKGs.

 

[cfcubed]

Older thread, but wanted to add impression of a foam mod. I did want to "brighten" the sound of my HD580s having gotten used to SR80 Grados for a bit over a month. Had very thin grill cloth from a broken Mission speaker grill & decided to replace the stock foam w/it. Here's a comparison (HD580 foam on bottom, grill cloth on top):

This seemed to add some crispness to the highs & now I need to spend some time w/them.
Thanks to all those posting their HD580 info (over the years

 

[tbonner1]

Any other ideas on acoustically transparent foam to use for the socket mod?

 

[Zorander]

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Originally Posted by tbonner1 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Any other ideas on acoustically transparent foam to use for the socket mod?

Ask for one from your sister or girlfriend...

 

[cfcubed]

An update on my HD580 foam mod... After listening to these for a while with the thin cloth, I went back to the OEM foam.

The mod did release a little more highs from the drivers adding to some part of the freq response that didn't need it IMO. I guess sennheiser got it right w/the orig foam

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Originally Posted by cfcubed /img/forum/go_quote.gif

 

[Ichinichi]

I just picked up my 650s from Canada and nylon'd them right away. Perfect for classical.

 

[vixro]

I wanted to mention that when I called beyerdynamic they told me they didn't take phone orders and emailed me an order form.

The order form did not come with any type of catelog and I could not find one on their website. I put in the part order number that was listed in the thread linked and went to fax the form over to the # they gave me.

Somebody answered the phone at that number and said "hey this is kent" "hello?". So I just hung up the fax machine and shredded my order form.

Beyer made this way too difficult for my whim.

 

[audiomagnate]

Yeah, they are kind of a pain in the butt to deal with, but what you get for the money - if you're talking about the beautiful 770 headband - is well worth it. They're not really set up to deal with end users, but I think we're getting wholesale prices in return.

 

[yotacowboy]

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Originally Posted by jesse_w /img/forum/go_quote.gif I would just like to emphasize that there is no carbon fiber whatsoever in the HD600s.

This is false. The headband of the 580, 600 and 650 are all made from a fiber reinforced plastic. If you strip the painted finish off the headband, you'll find that they all use a carbon/plastic composite. It appears to be a uni-directional carbon/graphite tape or mat that is impregnated with a black thermoset resin.

The 600's have a fake "carbon" pattern painted on the headband to look like a woven carbon composite.

 

[cursory]

Your thread should be stickied, friend. Thank you Ichinichi.

 

[Ichinichi]

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Originally Posted by yotacowboy /img/forum/go_quote.gif This is false. The headband of the 580, 600 and 650 are all made from a fiber reinforced plastic. If you strip the painted finish off the headband, you'll find that they all use a carbon/plastic composite. It appears to be a uni-directional carbon/graphite tape or mat that is impregnated with a black thermoset resin. The 600's have a fake "carbon" pattern painted on the headband to look like a woven carbon composite.

This has been beaten to death. There were rumors of carbon fiber only in the 600 headband. Not the 580s and the 650s use other materials. I have personally stripped the headband of my 580s and there is no carbon anything - it is just a piece of plastic. As for the 600s there are MANY MANY threads on the topic, the gist of which is that carbon fiber bands were early launch hype, which Senn didn't do anything to stop. It was only later, as paint came off the 600 bands, one way or another, that this rumor was disproved.

 

[Ichinichi]

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Originally Posted by cursory /img/forum/go_quote.gif Your thread should be stickied, friend. Thank you Ichinichi.

cursory,

I am very glad that you and other senn modders have found this thread useful!

:650smile:

 

[Ichinichi]

Bump for pics in nylon method!!

 

[kamal007]

thanks ichinichi for the mod..
but the problem is a pair of hd600 is around $40 from senn usa..

if anyone has a pair lying around, do pm me.