[reeltime]

 
The Chord Hugo is grossly and offensively overpriced imo

A used Chord Hugo is much more reasonably priced, if you don't mind a scuff or two.  I love mine.

 

[zikarus]

Here we go... # 721 has finally arrived. Took its time, but well. Now let's have a close listen...

Hope I can find someone who takes care of a cable mod in Germany or at least the EU.

 

[Vobluda]

Wow first one sold yesterday on ebay for 600 USD!

 

[Capt369]

  Wow first one sold yesterday on ebay for 600 USD!

Holy **** Batman.

 

[cartergaz]

Wow first one sold yesterday on ebay for 600 USD!

It's a shame to see profiteering on a community focused drop. Kudos to those head-fiers reselling at cost price.

 

[Vobluda]

Auction started from 1 USD, it is the market that determined the price..
 
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It's a shame to see profiteering on a community focused drop. Kudos to those head-fiers reselling at cost price.

 

[cartergaz]

Ah ok. Still kudos to those head-fiers reselling back to the community!

 

[sghound]

 
The Chord Hugo is grossly and offensively overpriced imo

 
yes it is
 

 

[cartergaz]

Any thoughts on this as an entry level budget desktop amp for them?

http://www.project-audio.com/main.php?prod=headboxsea&cat=accessories&lang=en

 

[obsidyen]

Any thoughts on this as an entry level budget desktop amp for them?

http://www.project-audio.com/main.php?prod=headboxsea&cat=accessories&lang=en

Output impedance is too high. Wouldn't pair well with TH-X00. Look for something with low output impedance, preferably below 1.

 

[fjrabon]

Any thoughts on this as an entry level budget desktop amp for them?

http://www.project-audio.com/main.php?prod=headboxsea&cat=accessories&lang=en

nooooo.  
 
It will likely sound worse out of that than straight out of an iPhone.  Literally about the only thing these need is low output impedance for damping.  Anything under 4 ohms should be good, but the lower the better.  That amp is 20 ohms.  These are very efficient headphones, and they don't need much in the way of power to make them loud enough, and that's basically all that amp will do, make them louder.  

 

[Barndoor]

I've now put about 20 hours of listening time into my set (not a lot i know). They are for home use only, sticking to Etymotic ER4 and B&W P5 for office at the moment.

In this time they bass has tightened up and I suppose there is potential for more improvements over time.

At the moment i can't decide if I love them or hate them! At times I think the bass is too much and the mids to recessed.

I'm going to try out different pads and see how that goes.

However, was thinking also about these being only semi-closed. With my Sony Mdr1a the bass was improved to me by putting tape on the bass port. I was thinking about trying some similar experiments with the th-x00, but it is not so obvious where the openings are; is there a gap between the wooden cups and plastic? Any thoughts?

 

[fjrabon]

I've now put about 20 hours of listening time into my set (not a lot i know). They are for home use only, sticking to Etymotic ER4 and B&W P5 for office at the moment.

In this time they bass has tightened up and I suppose there is potential for more improvements over time.

At the moment i can't decide if I love them or hate them! At times I think the bass is too much and the mids to recessed.

I'm going to try out different pads and see how that goes.

However, was thinking also about these being only semi-closed. With my Sony Mdr1a the bass was improved to me by putting tape on the bass port. I was thinking about trying some similar experiments with the th-x00, but it is not so obvious where the openings are; is there a gap between the wooden cups and plastic? Any thoughts?

A) in most experiments done on this line of headphones (Denon D7000, D5000, D2000, TH600, TH900) covering up the bass ports turned them into cheap sounding bass head cans that you could buy for $100.  Something like the Sony XB series, with bloated, ugly bass that does sound gigantic, and then nothing else.
 
B) Your options for covering up the bass ports are: 1) Taping over the entire small gap between the wood and the plastic 2) removing the cups and filling the two indents with glue and then putting the cups back 3) don't do this, please.

 

[oqvist]

It's a shame to see profiteering on a community focused drop. Kudos to those head-fiers reselling at cost price.

Yes blame the buyers not the sellers in term of auctions. 
 
As for cable mod do not ask about that here at head-fi. It´s full of scammers. Scammed twice actually so yes do your research. Never got a problem otherwise but cables is as treachorous as snakes.

 

[Barndoor]

Wasn't planning anything permanent, such as glue. Sounds like not much chance of an improvement then. Has anyone gone the other way on denons and opened them up more?