1Time
Headphoneus Supremus
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I had been considering the "blu-tack" mod for my HD280 Pro cans for a while now. Last week I bought a pack of "HandiTak" at a 99 cent store, which appears to be the same as "Blu-Tack", but it's yellow.
So tonight I decided to give this a try. The bass is so much more powerful; it is shocking. These cans actually compete with the bass of my Ultrasone Proline 650, but have a much more visceral, pounding quality to it (for all you bass heads out there). Everything else still seems in order. I had to adjust my EQ a little to compensate for the increased bass (from where I had it set for my Ultrasone Proline 650). This mod improves these cans so much I'd estimate if it sounded like this new it would retail from $130 to $150. And it sounds good with the genres I tried: classical, jazz, rock, and techno/trance... what a difference! To me though it's most noticeable improvement is with techno/trance since its bass is SO improved and since I had used my HD280 for listening to techno/trance at work. Good thing I don't use these anymore at work; with this much of a difference I'd never get any work done. I can't believe these are my HD280!
It took me about an hour in all to do the mod. If doing it again I could easily do it under 30 minutes. I'll be glad to help anyone interested in this mod.
So tonight I decided to give this a try. The bass is so much more powerful; it is shocking. These cans actually compete with the bass of my Ultrasone Proline 650, but have a much more visceral, pounding quality to it (for all you bass heads out there). Everything else still seems in order. I had to adjust my EQ a little to compensate for the increased bass (from where I had it set for my Ultrasone Proline 650). This mod improves these cans so much I'd estimate if it sounded like this new it would retail from $130 to $150. And it sounds good with the genres I tried: classical, jazz, rock, and techno/trance... what a difference! To me though it's most noticeable improvement is with techno/trance since its bass is SO improved and since I had used my HD280 for listening to techno/trance at work. Good thing I don't use these anymore at work; with this much of a difference I'd never get any work done. I can't believe these are my HD280!
It took me about an hour in all to do the mod. If doing it again I could easily do it under 30 minutes. I'll be glad to help anyone interested in this mod.