[Vitaly2017]

Things got quiet lately did everyone finish their mods ? How does your new mods sound?

 

[RobertP]

Things got quiet lately did everyone finish their mods ? How does your new mods sound?

I'am just wait for silver sheet to come in for backplate mod. In the meanwhile, I'm still playing around with tuning OrionV2.

I can already tell the copper plate is better than aluminum. Alu sounds a bit muddier on the lower end. Copper make the sound clearer and treble is finer also.

 

[Vitaly2017]

Look what I found Fiio is beefing up their audiophile gear seriously hehe

That is a new one no have any one seen triple metals being set like this? and it has 240 strands that improve sq I guess? I curious gold + copper + silver hmmmm

Maybe put that into 1z cable mod hahaha


https://www.aliexpress.com/item/400...4812d9ea549389327-1593199335696-05933-_ePNSNV

 

[RobertP]

Silver sheet just came in right now. After preliminary test, bass is heavily and very impactful. More dynamic, soundstage, seperation and holographic. Treble is even more finer too.
Copper plate is a bit less energetic overall.

Cost for the same size/price ratio is up to 35x more expensive for silver vs copper.

 

[Vitaly2017]

Silver sheet just came in right now. After preliminary test, bass is heavily and very impactful. More dynamic, soundstage, seperation and holographic. Treble is even more finer too.
Copper plate is a bit less energetic overall.

I would of tought copper had those properties....
Silver is more neutral I would of think

 

[524419]

Silver sheet just came in right now. After preliminary test, bass is heavily and very impactful. More dynamic, soundstage, seperation and holographic. Treble is even more finer too.
Copper plate is a bit less energetic overall.

Did you have it precut?

 

[RobertP]

I would of tought copper had those properties....
Silver is more neutral I would of think

This is just for shielding purpose though.

Did you have it precut?

Nope. There is no precut. It's 28 gauge. Not that hard to saw or cut. I'm gonna triple layer it maybe even more.

 

[Maxx134]

Looking into WM1Z mods. Is the WM1Z + K Mod from Music Sanctuary good enough if I don't want to invest too much time?

I don't think so because it's mainly the output wires.
I will post pics Tuesday, as I will open my 1z which is kmoded.

Cardas Ithink is the easiest to work with and doesn't degrade the sound.

Yes, I experienced this Cardas solder being the easiest also.

How good is cardas vs mundorf supreme?

Although the mundorf looks & works good, I still believe the Cardas was easier to work with. Very smooth.

Silver sheet just came in right now. After preliminary test, bass is heavily and very impactful. More dynamic, soundstage, seperation and holographic. Treble is even more finer too.
Copper plate is a bit less energetic overall.

Cost for the same size/price ratio is up to 35x more expensive for silver vs copper.

So your using it for the exterior backplate, or for the small internal plate?

 

[Maxx134]

Things got quiet lately did everyone finish their mods ? How does your new mods sound?

I needed to wait for some more 50uf kaisie(replacing the elna silmic choice), as I am going all kaisie.
Just came in yesterday.

 

[RobertP]

I don't think so because it's mainly the output wires.
I will post pics Tuesday, as I will open my 1z which is kmoded.


Yes, I experienced this Cardas solder being the easiest also.


Although the mundorf looks & works good, I still believe the Cardas was easier to work with. Very smooth.


So your using it for the exterior backplate, or for the small internal plate?

Going to be internal plate when finish. Will post some photos when it's all done.

 

[Vitaly2017]

I needed to wait for some more 50uf kaisie(replacing the elna silmic choice), as I am going all kaisie.
Just came in yesterday.

I wonder if the kaisie will sound like bg but with a blacker background? hmmm Right now you working on 1a right? or kaisie is for 1z project?

 

[Vitaly2017]

Ok this one I never expected to be an issue but our own ears are at the fault we have some bad hearings!!


https://www.flareaudio.com/pages/ca...SE8YSu1Ukyb_osOoiYQUmhtQdqIbwNuSAHA0ifpYkkbJo

 

[Sonywalkmanuser]

Though I don't think it's a good idea to wear something in your ear canal for long periods of time. It's probably going to cause ear infection.

I switch between iem and headphones to prevent issues.

 

[Sonywalkmanuser]

Just reading about the A&K SE200 which features two different DACs in the same dap. They are suggesting using the ESS dac side to listen to rock while using the AKM dac side to listen to jazz or classical:

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/ast...e-dacs-head-fi-tv.935878/page-6#post-15703831

Well lucky for us, we don’t have to do this kind of dac switcharoo with our Sony S-master HX based walkmans because they will sound great with any type of music genre you can throw at it, even if your Walkman is unmodded with stock firmware. Although you can do further tuning with custom firmware and mods, the stock firmware & hardware by itself is pretty much all genre friendly.

 

[Layman1]

Ok this one I never expected to be an issue but our own ears are at the fault we have some bad hearings!!


https://www.flareaudio.com/pages/ca...SE8YSu1Ukyb_osOoiYQUmhtQdqIbwNuSAHA0ifpYkkbJo

Anyone got any opinions on these?
Am curious!
So basically, some kind of silicone waveguide that you insert into your ear.
I'm assuming it doesn't work with IEMs.
But I want to make sure I'm not being 'baffled by BS' lol; it says things like "resonance = distortion", but surely it's not that simple?

Resonance is just two identical sound waves overlapping and causing amplification, no?
Anyway, would be interested to hear your thoughts about this.
Am autistic and sensitive to noise (it can have a really big impact on my mood etc), so am considering this for daily use (when NOT using IEMs).