| Originally Posted by iQEM /img/forum/go_quote.gif ahahahaaa, no no no... |
| Originally Posted by lecky /img/forum/go_quote.gif The differences between T20v2 standard pads and Chinese ebay pads with dt990 foam (the foam is necessary for comfort and fit): The ebay pads make the sound less warm in the mids, and listening to a test sweep shows that whilst the t20 is pretty balance either way there is a little more emphasis on lower mids and bass with standard pads. This is just a small matter of emphasis. I expect I could warm up the lower end by altering the damping, but I'm happy as it is. The volume needs to be turned up a fair bit to get the same volume using the e-bay pads. But there is soundstage with the ebay pads (unlike standard), a pretty fair soundstage at that, not so far off my '80s 600ohm dt990s, although headstage shows itself a bit more readily than with the 990s. The general signiture is now quite similar to the old 990s (not to be confused with newer 990s), but with ortho silkiness. The soundstage helps instruments separate out, makes music less muddled. Given that with the e-bay pad I still get a reasonable (if not quite old skool ideal) slam from the bass in DMX Krew's 'DMX Bass' (my electronic bass test), the low end is not compromised. I don't really listen to much electronic music, but rather mainly to jazz and orchestral classical, and for this these pads are a brilliant upgrade. In comfort it's swings and roundabouts. The new pads are almost but not quite cicumnaural, so there is a bit of pressure on the tops of my ears which isn't great, but the old pads are a bit wearing for long listens too. edit: to be precise about the soundstage going to headstage - close instruments can tend to sound within headstage rather than soundstage, particularly in front, but further away instruments tend to appear in soundstage quite nicely. Instrument separation is quite nice, not too analytical (my k340s tend to be too analytical - a bit hyperreal). |
| Originally Posted by malldian /img/forum/go_quote.gif i would edit that out - avoids bidding wars.. edit: is it even an ortho? |
| Originally Posted by gurubhai /img/forum/go_quote.gif ^^thanks. So, you would do a ebay search for me but won't tell me about your secret dampening material. I guess there are no free lunches here in the ortho thread. OK, time fire up the Ludoo's search engine. |
| Originally Posted by DefectiveAudioComponent /img/forum/go_quote.gif Quote:
That's not been confirmed. One has been found with a yamaha driver glued inside... but it didn't look quite genuine to me .... |
| Originally Posted by Kabeer /img/forum/go_quote.gif Telefunk-who!? Its totally cupless (well unless you count my awesome sellotape as cups..). Eat your heart out Smeggy, you cant buy this kind of workmanship
you cant tell from the pics, but its super thin, its basically just as thick as the pads heh. |
