Canadian411
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I believe there are two types of r10 right?
Bass heavy and the neutral one?
Bass heavy and the neutral one?
I believe there are two types of r10 right?
Bass heavy and the neutral one?
4 different drivers actually, the later ones (#4) are more like modified CD3000 drivers since they ran out of r10 stock.
Bass has more to do with the damping foam/ foam rings inside the R10 and different states of decay- earlier ones have less bass since most of the foam is deteriorated. Once replaced all revisions have almost the same amount of bass in terms of quantity.
Nothing like the TH900 bass though, which is overwhelming in both quantity and impact.
Where did I say it was "incorrect"?
What I actually said, "more correct" (and let's not go Wittgenstein here) assumes that nothing is correct per se, that the expression is subjective anyway, and its truth value is given by how many other people would perceive it the same way. When I said "more correct" I meant it relative to the Stax 007 Mk1 and the HD800 I compared it against, both of which have "more correct" bass and more open sound, although not necessarily and subjectively better for your taste and/or music.
Nevertheless, let me express mea culpa for the blasphemous expression, and try to reformulate "more correct" with "less overhang" and "closer to instruments tonality" if you wish, or just simply say "I like it more that way", whatever it would mean. Yet there is a good chance that there are a lot of people out there who would consistently prefer it, too. That's all. If your TH900 does have "correct bass", whatever that may mean, then obviously I am not talking about that one.
Interesting. The same is true about the TH900. Changing the foam ring damper changes the sound in similar ways. With wool felt dampers the TH900 does have a magical midrange, and more correct bass. I was thinking to make a fully wooden assembly for the TH900 much like the R10 but initially keeping the nice Urushi cups and only make a wooden front plate.
Where did I say it was "incorrect"?
What I actually said, "more correct" (and let's not go Wittgenstein here) assumes that nothing is correct per se, that the expression is subjective anyway, and its truth value is given by how many other people would perceive it the same way. When I said "more correct" I meant it relative to the Stax 007 Mk1 and the HD800 I compared it against, both of which have "more correct" bass and more open sound, although not necessarily and subjectively better for your taste and/or music.
Nevertheless, let me express mea culpa for the blasphemous expression, and try to reformulate "more correct" with "less overhang" and "closer to instruments tonality" if you wish, or just simply say "I like it more that way", whatever it would mean. Yet there is a good chance that there are a lot of people out there who would consistently prefer it, too. That's all. If your TH900 does have "correct bass", whatever that may mean, then obviously I am not talking about that one.
Interesting. The same is true about the TH900. Changing the foam ring damper changes the sound in similar ways. With wool felt dampers the TH900 does have a magical midrange, and more correct bass. I was thinking to make a fully wooden assembly for the TH900 much like the R10 but initially keeping the nice Urushi cups and only make a wooden front plate.
Interesting.. can you tell me where you get the wool dampening material ?
I still think it is really a shame to replace those magnificent red Japanese lacquer with plain wood.