I very much agree, Cain. I find them to be really, really good at reproducing music. A few audiophiles around these parts have disagreed on the subject, but I honestly don't know what faults you can find in these cans.
For those that use the White velour pads, do they happen to get grubby real quick? I know a friend who uses them and after merely 5 days he told me they turned, well, black.
After having my HD25's for eight months, they still impress me with the music that reach my ears and the amount of isolation. I'm not gentle on them either and they haven't shown signs of wear.
Recable time... but then I run out of cotton sleeving, dangit. I didn't bother sealing the connectors permanently with epoxy like I normally do, that way I can reuse the connectors when I build another cable with nylon over cotton all the way through and not just part way, lol. Heatshrink will hold just fine.
I just wanted to do away with the steel cable already.
Recable time... but then I run out of cotton sleeving, dangit. I didn't bother sealing the connectors permanently with epoxy like I normally do, that way I can reuse the connectors when I build another cable with nylon over cotton all the way through and not just part way, lol. Heatshrink will hold just fine.
I just wanted to do away with the steel cable already.
Just wondering, not sure if it's been covered in the last 95 pages, does positioning the headbands together give the least clamp pressure or does opening them up give them less?
Mine are brand new pretty much (maybe ~20 hours of music) but I can't seem to comfortably wear them for no longer than 20 mins before I have to reposition them. Sound is getting better but clamp force is not. I stretched them over the box for a night but they just spring back after 15 mins. Advisable to expose them over a heat source to make the band malleable just to widen the band a few mm/cm?
Just keep stretching them over a stack of books or a box. They will eventually get reasonably comfortable for prolonged use. The split headband gives a bit more clamp IME, making for a secure fit when needed.
I want the band to stay at a certain amount of clamp pressure, though. I want a long term fix cause wouldn't they just shrink back to normal if I stretched them over a box?
Also, wanna know if splitting the band gives more pressure or less? I can't really tell because as of the now the difference is very miniscule.
It's just regular nylon multifilament braid from furryletters on fleabay.
The cotton sleeving underneath it I got from DoubleHelixCables. I used up more of it than I thought when I recabled my sister's V700.
You need nylon over cotton throughout to dampen the cable against microphonics.
As far as clamp pressure, it is least when the cups are all the way up on the headband, then you can try wearing the headphone with the headband going around the back of your neck, "sport-style" or whatever you want to call it. No, opening up the headband does not alleviate clamp pressure.
Thought I'd post a pic of my modded HD25's. I'm actually using an SP headband with the padding off the HD25-1 II's and added a custom silver cable. Sounds awesome through my Matrix Mini-i but pictured here with the FiiO E7 off my MacBookAir.
Love the HD25-1's. Use them all around the house and this setup is great for travelling.
(Just to the right is a Matrix Mini-i off a MacMini driving a pair of HD650's).
Just wondering, not sure if it's been covered in the last 95 pages, does positioning the headbands together give the least clamp pressure or does opening them up give them less?
Mine are brand new pretty much (maybe ~20 hours of music) but I can't seem to comfortably wear them for no longer than 20 mins before I have to reposition them. Sound is getting better but clamp force is not. I stretched them over the box for a night but they just spring back after 15 mins. Advisable to expose them over a heat source to make the band malleable just to widen the band a few mm/cm?
I'm at 50-60hrs. of usage and the clamping force does loosen after a while, you just got to keep wearing it or stick it on a box with your head width whenever not in use. I hated them at first, but it does get tolerable with usage. I probably wouldn't stick it over a heat source just because if you heat it too much then there's no going back.
WHAT?! hahah your head must be really small cause at about 30 mins they actually become unbearable.
My hat size is 7-1/4 and my ears don't point out or anything.
I'm at 50-60hrs. of usage and the clamping force does loosen after a while, you just got to keep wearing it or stick it on a box with your head width whenever not in use. I hated them at first, but it does get tolerable with usage. I probably wouldn't stick it over a heat source just because if you heat it too much then there's no going back.
I'm actually getting annoyed with the clamp force but I gotta keep at it I suppose.
Just put on my M50s and they feel AMAZING after having the HD25s on aha.
If I were to heat the band I would avoid repeated attempts as well as be really careful about adjusting them.
It'd be like adjusting eyeglasses where they heat the arms and adjust.
WHAT?! hahah your head must be really small cause at about 30 mins they actually become unbearable.
My hat size is 7-1/4 and my ears don't point out or anything.
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