rstark18
New Head-Fier
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I've had my ATH M50 for a little over a month. These are my first full size headphones. I'm pretty happy with them for now. One thing I've noticed over the past few days is that I perceive less bass than the first few weeks.
Tonight, being fed up with sweaty ears I decided to do the sock mod. I had played with this a few weeks ago but the sock I cut were a little long and I was securing the socks with different types of material (section of cat 5 cable, long zip tie) to tuck in the material. This changed the sound charecteristics I felt and didn't like it so I set it aside. Playing with it again tonight I cut the sock a little short so it didn't tuck in under the padding. This seems to squeeze the padding in from the tension of the sock and make the pads a little stiffer and maybe a little taller. Well the bass seems MUCH better now. So would the pads flattening out create less bass? Does any of that make sense?
Tonight, being fed up with sweaty ears I decided to do the sock mod. I had played with this a few weeks ago but the sock I cut were a little long and I was securing the socks with different types of material (section of cat 5 cable, long zip tie) to tuck in the material. This changed the sound charecteristics I felt and didn't like it so I set it aside. Playing with it again tonight I cut the sock a little short so it didn't tuck in under the padding. This seems to squeeze the padding in from the tension of the sock and make the pads a little stiffer and maybe a little taller. Well the bass seems MUCH better now. So would the pads flattening out create less bass? Does any of that make sense?
