[Patrick82]

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Originally Posted by TheBigCW /img/forum/go_quote.gif Patrick. Please, please take my advice. Upgrade your source. Buy a better DAC, a better amp, and it will almost undoubtedly increase your resolution. Or, alternatively, you could hire a surgeon, and have your insides coated with ERS paper. It would improve the way your body interprets the sound.

I have done everything I can think of to my K1000. I have changed the size of the diaphragm and poked holes in it etc (I was unsuccessful in repairing it with scotch tape so I bought a new pair). I have tried dCS sources ($31 000+), many amps, power conditioners, 5 different headphone cables, hardwired everything, shortened cables (huge improvement), levitated with Magix and mass dampened with books, ERS Paper for everything, RGC-24 Ground Conditioners, humidity tweaks...To get the max resolution I also need to warm them up for 12 hours at the normal listening volume under a towel. Also, the whole audio system needs to be warmed up for 5 weeks (unplug the cable for a second and you need to start over). K1000 are very revealing in the midrange but not good enough, I can't make them any better. I need a surgeon who wants to operate on me.

 

[JaZZ]

Seriously, I don't think you need a new headphone. What you need is to take more pleasure in your life – then you will be able to enjoy the music again.
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[b0dhi]

Jazz nailed it.

5 weeks?! It's a headphone, not a womb.

 

[IPodPJ]

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Originally Posted by Patrick82 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I need a surgeon who wants to operate on me.

Make sure it's a neurosurgeon. You have the most unhealthy obsession I've ever seen on Head-Fi.

 

[Pyriel0]

Pat, I have read through a few of your threads and while very entertaining, I gather that you are never going to be happy with what you have.

 

[aimlink]

You're getting some great advice there Patrick82!!

 

[wavoman]

Back to headphones.

Patrick, Catscratch has it right.

We listened to a lot a the NJ Micro Meet, comparing them to my just-arrived K1000s.

Omega 2s, Orpheus, Baby Orpheus, HD 800s, beyer 880/600 Customs, Grados galore.

For mid-range detail, the O2's are in their own class when amp'd by Blue Hawaii. I assume hi-end amps from Woo, RSA, etc. would be OK too.

Get yourself used O2's and a BH.

 

[Patrick82]

I drink Omega3 for breakfast. Time to try Omega2!

 

[Redo]

Keep this thread alive. Keep all of Patrick's threads alive.

 

[Valens7]

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Originally Posted by Patrick82 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I drink Omega3 for breakfast. Time to try Omega2!

Freakin' awesome.

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Originally Posted by Redo /img/forum/go_quote.gif Keep this thread alive. Keep all of Patrick's threads alive.

Word.

 

[BlueSundays]

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Originally Posted by Piotr Ryka /img/forum/go_quote.gif My friend, you need some electron microscope, not headphone.

LMAO! The k1000s made my ears bleed and you want more of that crap? Did you serve on a battery?

 

[krmathis]

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Originally Posted by Patrick82 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I drink Omega3 for breakfast. Time to try Omega2!

You got it!

 

[Shimmer]

Seasonal affective disorder?

 

[wink]

Patrick 82,
If you want more detail, give up headphones and only go to live concerts, first row - middle.
Or get a position on stage in the band.

 

[wink]

Patrick82,
Have you thought that when you punctured the diaphragm of the K1000 you let the details of the music bleed out.......??????????????