[Alex258218]

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Take one heavily scratched iPod, some hard work, and voilà ! the brushed aluminium look

 

wa~!so beautiful.

 

[limpidglitch]

Sofa-Fi
 

 

[alphaphoenix]

Interesting setup chain: clip-->ZO-->O2-->Thunderpants.  I bet it makes it damn hard to get off the sofa.

 

[Achmedisdead]

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Interesting setup chain: clip-->ZO-->O2-->Thunderpants.  I bet it makes it damn hard to get off the sofa.

I'm guessing there's no shortage of bass response there!

 

[Br777]

hey i recognize those  
wow are you really using a zo with thunderpants?!?!? are you trying to blow your eyes out of your head?
 
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Sofa-Fi
 

 
 

 

[limpidglitch]

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hey i recognize those  
wow are you really using a zo with thunderpants?!?!? are you trying to blow your eyes out of your head?
 

Oh I don't max the ZO out (at least not all the time).
I don't think the TPs have a very accentuated bass in the first plase, they just don't taper off below 100Hz as most headphones seem to do.
That combined with the ZOs bass boost starting very low means the the bass isn't of the nauseating headshaking sort, it merely gives a proper fundament to the rest of the music, without imposing in any annoying way.
Well, in my experience at least.

 

[MorbidToaster]

A Thunderpants in the only closed can I desire to own at the moment...

 

[Thing Fish]

 
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Minor update - for when I'm not wearing a fedora and using the Audio-Technica EW9, I finally got new pads (I prefer the velour) and a new headband for the HD25's so I can use them again. Actually, at this point, I think only the drivers are original.
 
iPod Classic 80gb > RSA Mustang P-51 > HD25-1 ii
 

Thought your bands were great for the money. Found them on Amazon but the following message was displayed - sorry currently unavailable. We don't know when these will be back in stock. Typical!! just my luck. Also couldnt find them on the Nuforce web site...

 

 

[StargateRecords]

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Nice! How long will it look fresh like this?

 

The fine grooves made by the Scotch Brite do not change with use. However, the properties of the metal remain the same so it's still a finger print magnet.
 
 
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If I were you, I'd put a clear screen protector on it now while it looks so pretty.

 
The great thing about this fix is that new scratches don't appear very often, but when they do I just get the Scotch Brite pad out and brush them all away.
 
 

 

[qusp]

@ limpidglitch: are they stained birdseye maple? beautiful figuring

 

[Br777]

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@ limpidglitch: are they stained birdseye maple? beautiful figuring

 
amboyna burl

 

[qusp]

haha ive got a slab beside me that i never got around to getting denon cups made from due to a bit of an iffy knot we thought might explode on the lathe, but its a totally different cut so looks so different

 

[Varley]

Got to admit, that iPod looks fantastic man,

 

[cifani090]

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As AnakChan has said above, this technique has been around for many years. I suspect that someone somewhere had a scratched iPod and tried to remove the scratches with whatever came to hand, they noticed it looked like brushed aluminium and posted the results online. There are numerous tutorials but I will summarize the basics of how I do it:
 
 
1) Carefully mask the face plate of your iPod using a thick paper template and masking tape, be very careful to cover the sides of the faceplate.
 
2) Create a workspace with a non slip mat and an alignment block, this will prevent the iPod from moving and keep the groove cut straight.
 
3) Take a new Scotch Brite Pad and gently move it back and forth across the iPod, taking care to keep it located in alignment with your block.
 
 
Note: It's a good idea to block the ports by plugging in an old jack and dock connector.

So its the Scotch Brite Pad that does all the magic?
 

 

[emonkey]

This is my first foray into HIFI so no portable amps or dacs here:
 
UERM poses with apple family members:



Close-ups of my UERM


Size difference between UERM and Shure SE425

That's all for now...
 
All the pictures are taken from a Nokia N8.