SeEnCreaTive
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Well, got bored of trying to get Sketch-Up to work for my T50RP wave guides. So I finally took a night, gathered a few things and gave my self a perpetual heart attack as I modded those vintage YH-100s
BMF sent be a wonderful little PDF of a YH-100 mod. Tonight I tackled it. It was a very simple easy mod luckly
Im using the smallest setting for pictures, you can click for full sized. Don't expect much though, taken on a phone and compressed through facebook.......
These things are close to 30 years old, took me awhile to build up the nerve to finally peal the pads off. Slowly but surely I made my way around taking it off bit by bit trying to save as much as I could. Sadly neither pad made it. They are mostly competely together, but are now missing a full layer of material that got left behind on the baffle. I didn't expect them to live anyways, they were flaking and cracked) I dug my way through the pad carnage to find the screws and took the baffle off
The make-up pads I managed to steal from my girlie fit perfectly in the smaller circle of the can, but they needed to fill the whole cup. So I stuffed the rest of the open space with cotten ball. The recipe called for a 4 layer with only 1 side being embossed. I only had 3 layers, so I just kept both embossed sides.
Then I sealed the baffle with some Tac. I stretched out a thin line, then rolled it and stretched it to make it as even as possible and the right size
So, I put them back together, and ran them for a half hour on slightly higher then normal volume just to get them back to where they should be (Haven't been used in 15 years or so)
I messaged the pads on the baffles enough for them to stick enough to get them on my head
Then I ran them through a slue of test tracks I know very well. From high production quality, and highest quality file and some low quality files I have (Scorpions, Joe Saterani, Audioslave) to good production but iTunes (Imagine Dragons, Andy McKee) to low production and quality (Maroon5) and everything in between .
They are very fast, detailed, and smooth as silk, as I would expect from an orthro can. Bass is nicely dialed back, freq-response seems fairly wide. Highs don't sparkle, even my T50RPs have better highs. But the bass really reaches down down low, but is tight and still maintains a nice balance. But sadly mids seem rather muddy (haven't been used in a long time?)
Sound stage is surprising in its size, by no means big, but surprising. They sound very natural (Sound like nice wood? is that a thing?).
Overall, I say the operation was a success
The poor pads are no more, so now comes the question. Any pad suggestions to replace the now dead ones?
EDIT: http://www.ebay.com/itm/White-Black-Leather-Ear-Pads-Replacement-Cushions-For-Yamaha-YH100-Headphones-/251666029150?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item3a9876da5e
Hmm those look alright
BMF sent be a wonderful little PDF of a YH-100 mod. Tonight I tackled it. It was a very simple easy mod luckly
Im using the smallest setting for pictures, you can click for full sized. Don't expect much though, taken on a phone and compressed through facebook.......
These things are close to 30 years old, took me awhile to build up the nerve to finally peal the pads off. Slowly but surely I made my way around taking it off bit by bit trying to save as much as I could. Sadly neither pad made it. They are mostly competely together, but are now missing a full layer of material that got left behind on the baffle. I didn't expect them to live anyways, they were flaking and cracked) I dug my way through the pad carnage to find the screws and took the baffle off
The make-up pads I managed to steal from my girlie fit perfectly in the smaller circle of the can, but they needed to fill the whole cup. So I stuffed the rest of the open space with cotten ball. The recipe called for a 4 layer with only 1 side being embossed. I only had 3 layers, so I just kept both embossed sides.
Then I sealed the baffle with some Tac. I stretched out a thin line, then rolled it and stretched it to make it as even as possible and the right size
So, I put them back together, and ran them for a half hour on slightly higher then normal volume just to get them back to where they should be (Haven't been used in 15 years or so)
I messaged the pads on the baffles enough for them to stick enough to get them on my head
Then I ran them through a slue of test tracks I know very well. From high production quality, and highest quality file and some low quality files I have (Scorpions, Joe Saterani, Audioslave) to good production but iTunes (Imagine Dragons, Andy McKee) to low production and quality (Maroon5) and everything in between .
They are very fast, detailed, and smooth as silk, as I would expect from an orthro can. Bass is nicely dialed back, freq-response seems fairly wide. Highs don't sparkle, even my T50RPs have better highs. But the bass really reaches down down low, but is tight and still maintains a nice balance. But sadly mids seem rather muddy (haven't been used in a long time?)
Sound stage is surprising in its size, by no means big, but surprising. They sound very natural (Sound like nice wood? is that a thing?).
Overall, I say the operation was a success
The poor pads are no more, so now comes the question. Any pad suggestions to replace the now dead ones?
EDIT: http://www.ebay.com/itm/White-Black-Leather-Ear-Pads-Replacement-Cushions-For-Yamaha-YH100-Headphones-/251666029150?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item3a9876da5e
Hmm those look alright