bdh
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First, the problem:
I recently bought a Darth Beyer DT770 from Headphile, because I couldn't stand the fatigue of the Sony V6's I still had after selling my R10's. I also bought a Grado 325i for home use. The 325i has the musicallity and slam I wanted - it could use more low end for my taste though, and since I have to have a pair of closed phones for work, I still needed the Beyers. However after getting the Beyer's, I was dissapointed. The mid-range and treble were too recessed and the bass was so woolly and boomy, I was getting bass fatigue rather than the treble fatigue of the V6's. After two weeks of trying to like the Beyer's, I felt resigned to sell them and try an IEM like the Westone ES2. However, after realizing how ridiculously small changes like different pads on the Grado's significantly change the sound (I think reversed Todd-flats sound the best), I thought I could do something simliar to the Beyers.
The solution:
I cut a 7 and 1/8 inch piece of 1/2 inch diameter rope. A soft rope of course. Took a small 3mm strip of duct tape to wrap each end so that it wouldn't fray. And lined the inside of the ear cups of the Beyers. There's a natural gap they just fit in, which is where I think the boominess comes from. After doing this, the bass tightned up and the mids were brought up to have a great balance with the bass. Wow. Before doing this, there wasn't a lot of interest in listening, and the boominess made me want to take them off, but now I listened to song after song and couldn't stop listening to the whole song! It was fun! It has musicallity! And no fatigue! Yeah!
Admittedly, I still would like a little more detail, and a little more mid and treble energy, but this sounds great!
No, having the ropes in do not affect the comfort for me - I barely notice it.
I am listening through an ESound CD-E5 and Melos SHA-Gold at home and Njoe Tjoeb 4000 and work.
-bdh
I recently bought a Darth Beyer DT770 from Headphile, because I couldn't stand the fatigue of the Sony V6's I still had after selling my R10's. I also bought a Grado 325i for home use. The 325i has the musicallity and slam I wanted - it could use more low end for my taste though, and since I have to have a pair of closed phones for work, I still needed the Beyers. However after getting the Beyer's, I was dissapointed. The mid-range and treble were too recessed and the bass was so woolly and boomy, I was getting bass fatigue rather than the treble fatigue of the V6's. After two weeks of trying to like the Beyer's, I felt resigned to sell them and try an IEM like the Westone ES2. However, after realizing how ridiculously small changes like different pads on the Grado's significantly change the sound (I think reversed Todd-flats sound the best), I thought I could do something simliar to the Beyers.
The solution:
I cut a 7 and 1/8 inch piece of 1/2 inch diameter rope. A soft rope of course. Took a small 3mm strip of duct tape to wrap each end so that it wouldn't fray. And lined the inside of the ear cups of the Beyers. There's a natural gap they just fit in, which is where I think the boominess comes from. After doing this, the bass tightned up and the mids were brought up to have a great balance with the bass. Wow. Before doing this, there wasn't a lot of interest in listening, and the boominess made me want to take them off, but now I listened to song after song and couldn't stop listening to the whole song! It was fun! It has musicallity! And no fatigue! Yeah!
Admittedly, I still would like a little more detail, and a little more mid and treble energy, but this sounds great!
No, having the ropes in do not affect the comfort for me - I barely notice it.
I am listening through an ESound CD-E5 and Melos SHA-Gold at home and Njoe Tjoeb 4000 and work.
-bdh
