dBel84
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Originally Posted by wualta /img/forum/go_quote.gif I was looking at your photos again and... are we absolutely sure the Yamaha drivers in that DR-11 were the original drivers? That hot glue looked juuust a little suspicious. |
Originally Posted by dBel84 /img/forum/go_quote.gif try the method that I PM'd you. I have just fixed the 4th YH1000 driver ..dB |
Originally Posted by wualta /img/forum/go_quote.gif Don, what was the original problem with this HP-50A that was flung at you? and how did you successfully get it all back together? |
Originally Posted by krisio06 /img/forum/go_quote.gif In fact for a 30 ( maximum ) bucks investment it's a huge improvement I can't possibly go back to stock cable. I 've read a lot of posts with people complaining about recabling effects, that their rthodyamics have lost bass and all other things. I can say that Conducfil Sonolene 3014 is a request of your problems. |
Originally Posted by BoilermakerFan /img/forum/go_quote.gif My cables I had made cost a wee bit more, but they're 6, 8, 12, or 16 conductor braids that do not have to be sleeved. Even the low end 6 conductor (2-neg, 1-pos 26ga non-cryo'd stranded SPC) audibly improved my beloved T10s and I have several recabled Yammies here. All had either larger conductors of more smaller ones to allow more current to the orthos. I have a 8 conductor 28ga solid, cryod'd SPC cable on the way with a Vampire jack that I'm really excited about trying. |
Originally Posted by krisio06 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hang on, you are using the Silver Plated Cooper to recable orthodynamics? Sorry, but this is the last cable on earth wihich I would recable my YH100 with. My friend tried recabling a lot of headphones with SPC wire and he wasn't satisfied wtih the results. He said that there is improvement in trebles, but the bass is totally not "ortho-like". I personaly use SPC wire in DIY projects but only becasuse I don't fancy buying pricey Jena for a simple cathode follower buffer ( for example ). I am not talking here about Cyro wire because I haven't heard one ( in speaker cables and interconnects too ). Conducfil 3014 is an OFC cable. My next DIY project, which is an heavenly powerfull headphone amp for my YH100, would be wired using this cable |
Originally Posted by bjarnetv i could probably live with them stock if i were to use them as a workphone only (which i probably will), where pleasantness takes precedence over details, but im looking forward to wringing some more performance out of them by stuffing them with felts and bitumen |
Originally Posted by bjarnetv /img/forum/go_quote.gif the mids are nice, but the highs needs a boost. headstage is narrow, and instrument separation slightly fuzzy. |
Originally Posted by mypasswordis /img/forum/go_quote.gif I pretty much never leave things stock, sometimes just to try things out and see what happens. But imo, definitely don't leave the T20v2 stock; sounds like a mid-bass/low mids bloated mess. I damped mine with 3 stacked discs of medium density felt and the bass is still kind of bloated (in the sense that it doesn't have a clear attack and lingers on for a bit longer than it should). |
Originally Posted by bjarnetv /img/forum/go_quote.gif did the faust2d mod earlier today, sans chamois lens, but with some bitumen added to the back of the cups. cleared things up a little, and added some impact to the bass, but it still feels slightly fuzzy. |
Originally Posted by bjarnetv as for holographic orthos, i think the modded T30 and tds-15 sound pretty good. better then the jecklins, hp50 and t20 at least |
Originally Posted by mypasswordis /img/forum/go_quote.gif That mod was optimized for the T50RPv2. My recommended mod for the T20v2 is damp like crazy until the bass hump is gotten rid of. Because I apparently dislike bass humps very much. |
Originally Posted by mypasswordis /img/forum/go_quote.gif You best not be trash-talking my (and your) Sturzhelm of Awesomeness. You're talking about the 'stats, right? I think they're the only "headphones" I have that are capable of soundstage, as opposed to headstage. |
Originally Posted by bjarnetv they remind me of the esl63 actually. involving and big sound, but not the most detailed. the jeckins are the best headphones i own (or at least the ones i like the most), and though the soundstage is huge, they do lack proper instrument separation and "depth". |
Originally Posted by bjarnetv /img/forum/go_quote.gif i like humps; my modded t30 now has a hump at around 40-30hz and i like it |