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Headphoneus Supremus
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I got a pair of KSC-35 recently and was relatively happy with them, but there were things that I found annoying. The mids seemed to be clouded by the boomy bass at times, although not severely. I know people have done very similar mods, i.e. the hold-in-the-pad mod. The initial idea of cutting a hole in the pads comes from the idea that the stock Koss pads are too thick and filter too much of the midrange and treble resulting in overpowering bass. But merely cutting a hole exposes the driver to debris, which is not good at all.
And then the idea hit me (actually it was skippy who gave me the initial idea on IRC, talking about modding V6's): you can use pantyhose to cover up the hole.
The result? Definitely more impact and crispness due to the improved midrange and treble response. I plugged them into the modded Corda and was shocked at how close these things get to my HD600. Don't get me wrong, the HD600 is FAR superior in many regards. It still has it beat hands-down in terms of headstage and airiness, due to its better treble extention. Imaging is still only 2 dimentional on the Koss in comparison to the Senn's very 3D presentation. I hear depth on the HD600 while it's quite flat on the KSC-35.
But still, in terms of tonal balance... These Koss cans now come FRIGHTENINGLY close to the HD600. I can safely say that these cans are so FUN to listen to that you forgive them for omitting the details that the HD600 bring out.
I mean after all...
The Koss costs $25 plus the cost of pantyhose vs the $250 or so for the HD600. Does the HD600 sound 10 times better? Hell no! But does that mean I'm going to sell my Senns? Hell no! I guess this is the curse of high-end audio...
Here's a pic.
And then the idea hit me (actually it was skippy who gave me the initial idea on IRC, talking about modding V6's): you can use pantyhose to cover up the hole.
The result? Definitely more impact and crispness due to the improved midrange and treble response. I plugged them into the modded Corda and was shocked at how close these things get to my HD600. Don't get me wrong, the HD600 is FAR superior in many regards. It still has it beat hands-down in terms of headstage and airiness, due to its better treble extention. Imaging is still only 2 dimentional on the Koss in comparison to the Senn's very 3D presentation. I hear depth on the HD600 while it's quite flat on the KSC-35.
But still, in terms of tonal balance... These Koss cans now come FRIGHTENINGLY close to the HD600. I can safely say that these cans are so FUN to listen to that you forgive them for omitting the details that the HD600 bring out.
I mean after all...
The Koss costs $25 plus the cost of pantyhose vs the $250 or so for the HD600. Does the HD600 sound 10 times better? Hell no! But does that mean I'm going to sell my Senns? Hell no! I guess this is the curse of high-end audio...
Here's a pic.
