bluemonkeyflyer
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Just got a pair of these about a week ago and have started modding them. So far, I am very impressed. However, I still have a feeling that they can be improved with some of the slight grain/distortion and sibilant sound. They already sound better than most of my headphones that cost 3-4 times as much. Not sure how realistic it is to expect to improve them even more, but I have a couple questions to see what some of you guys that have more experience with them think.
What I have done so far:
* loaded the baffles with modeling clay
* put dynamat in the cups
* put adhesive felt over the dynamat (used what I had on hand)
* sealed the cup vents
* experimented with cotton and foam filling the cups, decided I like them better with none
* Felt with 4 holes in the corners punched out over the rear of the driver
* dynamat and felt over the ear side of the baffle
* 2 pieces of felt over the ear side of the driver to reduce sibilant sound
* I'm using SRH840 pads
Do you think that using the silverstone acoustic foam in the ladder shape instead of adhesive felt over the dynamat in the cups will help with the small amount of grain/distortion? Any other ideas that might help with the sibilance? The felt on the driver side helped a lot so far.
Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.
Dynamat, Silverstone foam, and other sound proofing things, all they do is stop reflections coming off the inside of the cup back to the ear.
Some argue that the ladder shape will help break up echoes. Something like why studio foam boards are egg carton or triangles.
I'm not sure about distortion, but to my understanding 99% of these mods done, only enable the driver to sound as best it can. Ie: stopping echoes, damping the air so it doesn't go out of control. But a t50rp driver sounds like a t50rp driver. I'm guessing things like distortion are flaws with a cheap orthro. There isn't really a magic peice of felt you can stick on to reduce distortion
Again I'm guessing at this point, I'm don't know enough to say that is correct or not. BMF might be the guy to ask with all his experience with measurements.
I think we are limited only by the inherent constraints of the T50RP drivers' sound quality potential X the creativity of our modification configurations. The rest is up to experimentation and psychoacoustics.