- Joined
- Mar 30, 2012
- Posts
- 15,788
- Likes
- 2,328
What's the recommended pads for these?
Personally, I like the Alpha Pads. They add sound stage a touch of treble energy an tighten the bass [plus add some SUB]
What's the recommended pads for these?
What's the recommended pads for these?
Personally, I like the Alpha Pads. They add sound stage a touch of treble energy an tighten the bass [plus add some SUB]
Do you have pics of how they look with the Alpha Pads? I've only seen like 1 post with a pic and it was in low light. Do you reckon the Audeze vegan pads would be any good on these?
They look like giant black marshmallows.
I'm doing a bit of listening between my Ultrasone Signature DJ's and TH-X00's through my JDS C5D and, initially, the Signature DJ's were able to handle the analog high bass boost setting much better than the TH-X00's. To my ears, the Signature DJ's bass was far tighter, punchier, and textured. The TH-X00 by contrast was boomy and uncontrolled. However, after 12 or so hours of listening on the TH-X00's they are able to handle the bass boost much, much better. It's not as flappy and all over the place as it was when I first pulled them out of the box. The TH-X00 does seem tighten up AND sound better over time.
Most recent testing: MBP>JDS C5D (high gain, high bass boost)>iTunes/BitPerfect 3.0> Boots Brooklyn Gamma and C.U.R.E. (24/96 lossless).
I poked around slightly and I don't really see anyone mentioning these sound slightly harsh to them? is it just me? I am burning these in but they sound very Hissy and sibilant to me and I get pretty fatigued by them, I was thinking about adding a thin layer of felt or foam over the driver with a glue stick or tape anyone else think about doing this? any recommendations for a good material to use? I expected these to sound warmer. I am coming from a pair of Fidelio X1's, a buddy that has LCD 2's also said they sound harsh to him as well.
I poked around slightly and I don't really see anyone mentioning these sound slightly harsh to them? is it just me? I am burning these in but they sound very Hissy and sibilant to me and I get pretty fatigued by them, I was thinking about adding a thin layer of felt or foam over the driver with a glue stick or tape anyone else think about doing this? any recommendations for a good material to use? I expected these to sound warmer. I am coming from a pair of Fidelio X1's, a buddy that has LCD 2's also said they sound harsh to him as well.
These at times can be sibilant I guess depending on what you are driving them with.
I personally use a warm sounding dac/amp to help tame down the sharp treble issues that plague the HE-400 (NFB-15 due to it's dual WM8741 chips and a Gustard H10).
I should have clarified that with my NFB-15 and H10 there is hardly and sibilance, and if there was it was hardly noticeable.
I only noticed some sharper sibilance when I was testing out my ODAC with the H10 to see how well it played with the TH-X00's.
EDIT:
I use the stock pads, I did try the alpha pads and while they did add some soundstage I sorta preferred the stock tuning.
And yea beyer's can be pretty dry, I have some DT880(600s) (and compared to those, these are hardly sibilant at all).