MYSPHERE 3.1-UNIQUE in SOUND&DESIGN&BUILD QUALITY

[FiGuY1017]

What is shocking to me is the level of transparency I hear from these dynamic drivers, I'm not remembering my Ca1a being as resolved as these 3.2 atleast equal, yet insanely more holographic sounding. Would love to compare these to the new tier of totl's

 

[KaiSc]

Can anyone tell me if I can buy everything except the mysphere driver separately? So is the price cheaper? I will find a way to bring the k1000 driver to mysphere. I can't afford to buy a complete mysphere!

I have an idea what you‘re after, but the core of Mysphere is of course it’s driver.
So, transplanting K-1000 drivers into a Mysphere frame wouldn‘t get you into the Mysphere experience.

I‘d ask you to head over into the K-1000 thread and let‘s discuss what‘s possible with it there.
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/history-of-the-akg-k1000.57805/post-17803929

 

[FiGuY1017]

Can anyone tell me if I can buy everything except the mysphere driver separately? So is the price cheaper? I will find a way to bring the k1000 driver to mysphere. I can't afford to buy a complete mysphere!

You could not sure if you still can, buy refurbished MySphere for pretty cheap

 

[buidoimiennui]

You could not sure if you still can, buy refurbished MySphere for pretty cheap

That's great, can you give me a link, refurbished products are no problem, as long as they're cheap.

 

[buidoimiennui]

I have an idea what you‘re after, but the core of Mysphere is of course it’s driver.
So, transplanting K-1000 drivers into a Mysphere frame wouldn‘t get you into the Mysphere experience.

I‘d ask you to head over into the K-1000 thread and let‘s discuss what‘s possible with it there.
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/history-of-the-akg-k1000.57805/post-17803929

I have listened to Mysphere, I am confident that I can mod the k1000 driver to mysphere, and have the same sound quality. Although their drivers are slightly different, we can adjust them using cups and other materials. Best of all, I can experiment further with other types of drivers. Even if I bought the original mysphere, I would definitely mod them. They have uniqueness but also have disadvantages. sorry sir @hrklg01 about my intentions.

 

[John Buchanan]

I have listened to Mysphere, I am confident that I can mod the k1000 driver to mysphere, and have the same sound quality. Although their drivers are slightly different, we can adjust them using cups and other materials. Best of all, I can experiment further with other types of drivers. Even if I bought the original mysphere, I would definitely mod them. They have uniqueness but also have disadvantages. sorry sir @hrklg01 about my intentions.

Good luck with that.

 

[buidoimiennui]

Good luck with that.

Thank sir!

 

[KaiSc]

Thank sir!

Maybe have a look into the Raal SR1a’s ribbon free air headphones construction.

A ribbon driver is much easier to built DIY than a dynamic driver.
It even has certain advantages over a dynamic driver when used in free air.
DIY, size, shape and other properties can easily be tailored to demand.

 

[qazxsw80]

I have listened to Mysphere, I am confident that I can mod the k1000 driver to mysphere, and have the same sound quality. Although their drivers are slightly different, we can adjust them using cups and other materials. Best of all, I can experiment further with other types of drivers. Even if I bought the original mysphere, I would definitely mod them. They have uniqueness but also have disadvantages. sorry sir @hrklg01 about my intentions.

I hope you are just joking, because it is safe to say that what you are planning to do is almost impossible, and for sure meaningless.
1. You cannot buy the K1000 drivers separately. Even fifteen years ago AKG were out of stock of them and the drivers were unobtanium. I saw them sold only once on the second-hand market over the course of fifteen years. Sure, you can buy a working pair of the AKG K1000 and get the drivers, but it would cost you about half the price of a used/refurbished pair of the Mysphere.
2. No store sells the Mysphere without the drivers. The only place where you can get is the manufacturer itself. But I highly doubt they would sell it to you. And even if they would, the Mysphere without the drivers combined with a pair of the K1000 would cost you more than a used/refurbished pair of the Mysphere.
3. Both the Mysphere and the K1000 are not usual headphones which you can simply open, unscrew the driver and put the driver in a diffrent cup or frame (like Grado).
This square plate IS the driver of the K1000. The membrane is not removable. It is glued to the plastic frame.

The same can be sad about the Mysphere. Its frame was specifally made for this exact unique driver. You cannot fit anything else in there. No other driver will fit, least of all the driver of the K1000.

 

[buidoimiennui]

I hope you are just joking, because it is safe to say that what you are planning to do is almost impossible, and for sure meaningless.
1. You cannot buy the K1000 drivers separately. Even fifteen years ago AKG were out of stock of them and the drivers were unobtanium. I saw them sold only once on the second-hand market over the course of fifteen years. Sure, you can buy a working pair of the AKG K1000 and get the drivers, but it would cost you about half the price of a used/refurbished pair of the Mysphere.
2. No store sells the Mysphere without the drivers. The only place where you can get is the manufacturer itself. But I highly doubt they would sell it to you. And even if they would, the Mysphere without the drivers combined with a pair of the K1000 would cost you more than a used/refurbished pair of the Mysphere.
3. Both the Mysphere and the K1000 are not usual headphones which you can simply open, unscrew the driver and put the driver in a diffrent cup or frame (like Grado).
This square plate IS the driver of the K1000. The membrane is not removable. It is glued to the plastic frame.

The same can be sad about the Mysphere. Its frame was specifally made for this exact unique driver. You cannot fit anything else in there. No other driver will fit, least of all the driver of the K1000.

thanks for your sharing, i understand what you said. but unfortunately, my intention is true, i don't mean to joke at all. i have heard of mysphere. it has its own uniqueness and advantages, but it also has its own disadvantages that cannot be overcome, that is distortion, and the bass is not enough to respond when moving the angled driver away from the ear to create more speaker effect. i want to replace other drivers with higher performance and advantages than the mysphere driver. because i have seen some that meet that. if they don't fit i will find a way to fit. for me this is not a difficult task. on the contrary, it is an easy task. i have modded many things that are much more difficult than this. for me, the difficult thing is to buy a headband without a driver. once again thank you for sharing. sorry for my poor English so i use a translator.

 

[buidoimiennui]

Maybe have a look into the Raal SR1a’s ribbon free air headphones construction.

A ribbon driver is much easier to built DIY than a dynamic driver.
It even has certain advantages over a dynamic driver when used in free air.
DIY, size, shape and other properties can easily be tailored to demand.

my goal with the mod. i wanted something that wouldn't touch my ears, and was further away from my ears than the current mysphere. as sir Hrklg01 said on previous pages, only dynamic drivers can bring strong effects of airflow. i could only use dynamic drivers, and there is really no shortage of high performance dynamic drivers and they are easy to buy. thanks for sharing!

 

[FiGuY1017]

What an insult to Heinz and his team of engineers to suppose you could come up with something "better" you gotta be kidding!

You have no idea the engineering brilliance that went into these drivers! You have no idea what your talking about considering you've never owned MySphere as these aren't cans you just slap on and get an accurate impression.

The bass is fine, everything is excellent with MySphere. If you want a lot of bass your ideal headphone shouldn't be looking at any float type of any kind, simply because it's limited by nature, to the extreme expectation.

 

[buidoimiennui]

What an insult to Heinz and his team of engineers to supposed you could come up with something "better" you gotta be kidding! You have no idea the engineering brilliance that went into these drivers! You have no idea what your talking about, considering you've never heard of owned MySphere you are clueless! The bass is fine! Everything is excellent with MySphere.

Following your logic, i would understand that k1000 and mysphere, because of the same father. is that what you mean? And this is a perfect product?

I am not a good sound engineer like Heinz, but i dare to affirm that mysphere was created by Mr. Heinz's ears, and my ears are different from his. i find distortion, and i find the bass is not enough when pulling the driver away from the ear. i also say that they have uniqueness and advantages. i am not saying that this is a bad product. they are very unique. please listen carefully to what i want to convey.

 

[John Buchanan]

What an insult to Heinz and his team of engineers to supposed you could come up with something "better" you gotta be kidding! You have no idea the engineering brilliance that went into these drivers! You have no idea what your talking about, considering you've never heard of owned MySphere you are clueless! The bass is fine! Everything is excellent with MySphere.

I have to agree with you here - that's why I said good luck with that. I use the B pads and Oratory EQ - plenty of bass - it's a wonderful headphone. The AKG K1000 drivers produce less bass than the Mysphere. I can see a clusterf**k ahead.
I think it is very tactful of Heinz to remain silent.

 

[KaiSc]

Maybe have a look into the Raal SR1a’s ribbon free air headphones construction.

A ribbon driver is much easier to built DIY than a dynamic driver.
It even has certain advantages over a dynamic driver when used in free air.
DIY, size, shape and other properties can easily be tailored to demand.

my goal with the mod. i wanted something that wouldn't touch my ears, and was further away from my ears than the current mysphere. as sir Hrklg01 said on previous pages, only dynamic drivers can bring strong effects of airflow. i could only use dynamic drivers, and there is really no shortage of high performance dynamic drivers and they are easy to buy. thanks for sharing!

I have both, Mysphere and Raal SR1a (and a “bass-heavy” AKG K-1000).
SR1a is clearly more bass-capable due to a simple reason:
Maximum driver excursion is about the same, but SR1a has multiple times the radiation area.

(K-1000 BTW can do more bass than Mysphere, but Mysphere is superior in all other qualities).

@hrklg01 explained that once:
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/mys...und-design-build-quality.819658/post-16796795
In Mysphere it’s not the driver that runs into it’s limits.
With loud bass, it’s the strong, wide diaphragm movement that causes intermodulation distortions.
The bass “modulates” the higher frequencies.

The only way to overcome this in an open-air-design is, to increase the driver’s active area.
With dynamic drivers this comes at the cost of all other qualities.
You don’t want a woofer to play your midrange and treble.

With a ribbon this is possible, it’s diaphragm is lightweight all over, and driven across the whole area.
More area doesn’t come on cost of treble quality.


Personally, for me Mysphere has enough bass capabilities.
I’ve created an EQ setting that leads to a VERY satisfying sound at the volume levels I’m used to listen:
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/mys...und-design-build-quality.819658/post-17398912