[markl]

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A shame that fantastic Mahogany is reserved for LA7000, I would have loved it for the LA2000 you will be building for me

Jan, you did indeed get the last pair of these made for D2000, here they are on the left:

 

[markl]

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Well.. except that page covers the D5000 but I got the Sheaok cups for my D2000 .. and the D2000 cup isn't just a simple matter of unscrewing those 'little round screws'. Because I did that but the cups and the driver assembly seem fused together

They come off the exact same way. Did you remove the screws in the holes or the ones on the surface? The screws that release the cups are underneath the surface of the driver face.

 

[nc8000]

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Originally Posted by markl /img/forum/go_quote.gif Jan, you did indeed get the last pair of these made for D2000, here they are on the left:

That's fantastic. Thanks a lot

 

[Bojamijams]

Well I got it off.. I had the screws but the driver housing had some kind of adhesive with the plastic cups that was just REALLY strong!! Now to test the new cups..

 

[Bojamijams]

I just want to state here how utterly beautiful these cups are.. though the sibilance and harshness is still present and still painfull, when you find a song that doesn't exhibit these problems, the sound is phenomenal.. still, need to tame that harshness but just wanted to say.. great work on the cups !

 

[Bostonears]

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Originally Posted by Bojamijams /img/forum/go_quote.gif I just want to state here how utterly beautiful these cups are.. though the sibilance and harshness is still present and still painfull, when you find a song that doesn't exhibit these problems, the sound is phenomenal.. still, need to tame that harshness but just wanted to say.. great work on the cups !

Possibly, the harshness is from your source, DAC, or amp. What are you using to feed these?

 

[Bojamijams]

The essence STX sound card with the build in HP amp. The sibilance was present on the Corda 3MOVE DAC+AMP but its less here on the STX.

It does seem like I have a mismatch that these phones don't react nice to

 

[HeadphoneAddict]

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Originally Posted by Bojamijams /img/forum/go_quote.gif The essence STX sound card with the build in HP amp. The sibilance was present on the Corda 3MOVE DAC+AMP but its less here on the STX. It does seem like I have a mismatch that these phones don't react nice to

My woodied APS V2 cabled D2000 have no sibilance with the 3MOVE DAC/amp. Wierd. My hearing works from 16Hz - 16Khz (46 years).

 

[nc8000]

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Originally Posted by HeadphoneAddict /img/forum/go_quote.gif My woodied APS V2 cabled D2000 have no sibilance with the 3MOVE DAC/amp. Wierd. My hearing works from 16Hz - 16Khz (46 years).

That could be the effect of the APS cable. I had some sibilance on the stock ESW9 (and other issues) that completely went away after the APS recable.

 

[Bojamijams]

Well I know some people also returned their D2000's simply because of sibilance.. some people are just too sensitive to it and it seems, I may be one too .. shame

HPAddict, yours are balanced though. But I'm 27 also so maybe thats why?

 

[HeadphoneAddict]

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Originally Posted by Bojamijams /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well I know some people also returned their D2000's simply because of sibilance.. some people are just too sensitive to it and it seems, I may be one too .. shame HPAddict, yours are balanced though. But I'm 27 also so maybe thats why?

I have a 4-pin XLR plug but also have a single ended adapter to listen to it, and I use it all time time with my portable DAC amps on the Macbook and with the Woo WA6.

 

[Bostonears]

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Originally Posted by Bojamijams /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well I know some people also returned their D2000's simply because of sibilance.. some people are just too sensitive to it and it seems, I may be one too .. shame

I don't recall hearing sibilance with my D2000s, although they're now recabled and have Lawton's African Sepele Mahogany cups. Maybe the stock cable is a factor. Also, I burned in my D2000s for more than 200 hours before I did any seriously listening on them.

 

[markl]

Without discussing any one particular cable (as I don't believe I am allowed to), IME there is a reason silver cables have a stereotype as being thin, grainy, etched and yes, sibilant. Silver cables are not my first choice for most applications, but most especially not for the Denons. Read the average rave review of a silver cable and it almost always starts with the reviewer swearing that *this* silver cable does not sound like a silver cable. Well, if the best silver cable is the one that doesn't sound like silver.... Copper is not as bling-bling as silver, but perhaps conductivity or sound of a metal is unrelated to its scarcity on planet earth.

If you like the sound of silver, more power to you, it's all about you and what works for your ears. Enjoy! Cheers.

 

[markl]

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[markl]

OK, some more pics for some customers.

Here is the latest pair of the Tasmanian Blackwood V4 cups for the D2000. This pair is sold, but we can and will be making more. The magical thing about the blackwood is the way this stuff just lights up and takes on a golden glow when angled a certain way. To show how dramatic the color shifts are, check out these two photos of the same pair:

Here we have the latest LA2000 to ship with V4 Jarrah cups. This pair of D2000s has been fitted with a D7000 cable that has been shortened and a quality Neutrik jack put on for termination. I think these are the prettiest Jarrahs so far:

Finally, let's take a look at the latest shipment of D2000 Sheoak cups. First my Quality Control expert sniffs out any anomalies before giving two paws up. With his approval, we then take a closer look inside the box.