maverickronin
Headphoneus Supremus
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Just don't cover over the vents. Different configurations might need them open or closed to different degrees.
Just don't cover over the vents. Different configurations might need them open or closed to different degrees.
Just wondering, could one use Dynamat Xtreme in place of plasticine for mass loading around the driver? would the results be the same?
I planned on using Akasa Paxmate plus in the earcups...
I'm gonna be opening these damn things up a dozen times, aren't I?
LOL I'll start with the Dynamat and Akasa and take it from there....
I'm gonna be opening these damn things up a dozen times, aren't I?
Final mods? Probably not, but here's what I did today:
1. Added 1 layer of Paxmate to the cup walls.
2. Added a Paxmate reflex dot to the center of the cups above the screw compartment.
3. Covered the back of the driver with 1/16" wool felt secured with 2 strips of double adhesive tape and made sure the vents were not blocked.
4. Placed Paxmate in a "C-shape on the outside of the drivers, around the back side to elevate the pads a bit and focus sound forward.
5. Compared to an unmodified set of T50RP's and my LCD2's. MacBook Pro with lossless files --> optical out to optical in of Dacmini --> headphones.
I think my modded T50RP's produce roughly 80% of the SQ of the LCD2's; oh, that last 20% of SQ is so very sweet but so very costly! The LCD2's have much deeper bass, better integration of all frequencies across the spectrum, and clearer mids compared to the modded Fostex T50RP's. There is no treble attenuation on either set as far as I can tell.
I think the modded T50RP's are roughly 50% better than stock. These are obviously unscientific-subject to bias comparisons. I am amazed that so much SQ goodness can be extracted from $75 studio headphones for about $5.00 worth of materials. You will, however, have about $20.00 of left-over supplies to use on future mods or to share with friends.
I will probably seal the plasticine with some sort of glue.
Thanks to smeggy, sachu, leeperry, joelpearce, mrspeakers, boilermakerfan, and many others for sharing your mods on the forum.