[headphone man07]

just had an amazing idea (in my opinion)
what if we got some unloved headphones e.g. beats solo, skullcandy hesh e.t.c. took out the innards except the cable and the cable joint and put in speakers from some really nice headphones!!!! Just imagine everyone coming up to you and saying, hey nice headphones with your grado sr60i-beats solo!!! Ideas please, also I have little to no headphone diy-ing knowledge so if this is a plausible idea then please help me 

 

[headphone man07]

and, as a joke, we could put the solos speakers the grados and watch as non-audiophiles turn their noses up 

 

[PanamaHat]

It would work with proper damping and assuming the innards of the headphone have similar dimensions to the donor headphone, for acoustic reasons. I thought about trying this with fake beats exec (gorgeous) a while back but it's a ton of work. Actually, a member here Armaegis does driver transplants, pretty good work too

 

[kimvictor]

I don't think that'll be that easy. There are many things to consider. Damper, air vent, size, placement and more. There just is too much to consider.

 

[GL1TCH3D]

My friend does transplants of his old yamaha headphones and it's always a struggle to find a new host. And even when he does it usually sounds completely different.

If you've ever tried grados and put your hands over them, you'd know.

 

[PFULMTL]

Not even worth the joke...

 

[headphone man07]

the original concept of this was to gain respect from both audiophiles and standard consumers alike, although this is unlikely, thanks for your intel 

 

[kimvictor]

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the original concept of this was to gain respect from both audiophiles and standard consumers alike, although this is unlikely, thanks for your intel 

I had a though about that too, but unless headphone companies are willing to do that, it'd be hard for the users to do that.

 

[headphone man07]

what's the company that makes imod? I'm sure if Jude went to them and did puppy eyes and asked to do it commercially then it would save us the trouble of having to explain our Audiophilia, and we'd get good looking sound. Let's face the truth guys. A heck of a lot of audiophile stuff isn't the best looking

 

[kimvictor]

Red Wine Audio is the company. Well, some audiophile stuffs are pretty good looking, like the AK100.

 

[headphone man07]

you mean "the ear speakers" as lovingly named by headroom (I think)