Proline 750 MOD [adding pics as i progress]

[xinoxide]

i like it, especially where you put my name

ive been working on a few myself, but i have "artist block" maybe ill put a few up to get some impressions.

 

[Contrastique]

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Originally Posted by tbritton /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well, you are now simply driving me crazy!!! What holes did you wind up covering for the grand finale? I'm really interested in what your final changes and modifications were! Was it the 2500 ear pads that just about finished it? And thanks for plunging ahead into this project. Very interesting! Terry

Hey Terry You are Next

 

[Contrastique]

Thanx! You can also put your name like this....:



Would be nice to see some of your designs as well....

 

[Dexdexter]

Looking nice, Indra!

You can find more Ultrasone graphic goodies here:

http://www.ultrasoneusa.com/mediakit.html

 

[Contrastique]

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Originally Posted by Dexdexter /img/forum/go_quote.gif Looking nice, Indra! You can find more Ultrasone graphic goodies here: http://www.ultrasoneusa.com/mediakit.html

Nice! it's all there haha! I took photos from my proline box to come up with the pics cause I wanted them also to be highres.

 

[xinoxide]

this laptop and photoshop dont get along, ill have to wait for a time when my sister isnt home so i can hop on thy deskytoppy.

 

[Contrastique]

Another small mod...

 

[tbritton]

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Originally Posted by Contrastique /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hey Terry You are Next

You have me figured out! Yes, I will have them apart eventually and be experimenting. One thing Sovkiller noted about his Ed9's was a fiber pad covering over the driver also... some kind of cottony material perhaps? There was a pic somewhere in the Ed 9 thread several months ago... I'll look for it one evening soon.

Lovely graphics!

Terry

 

[Contrastique]

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Originally Posted by tbritton /img/forum/go_quote.gif You have me figured out! Yes, I will have them apart eventually and be experimenting. One thing Sovkiller noted about his Ed9's was a fiber pad covering over the driver also... some kind of cottony material perhaps? There was a pic somewhere in the Ed 9 thread several months ago... I'll look for it one evening soon. Lovely graphics! Terry

Haha, now you are talking!

Looking forward to your mod! Can't remember about the fiber pad covering the driver. Did a quick search but it came up with nothing.

 

[tbritton]

I found Sovkiller's references to what he found inside the Edition 9's today:

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showpo...5&postcount=52

In it he says the following:

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Originally Posted by Sovkiller /img/forum/go_quote.gif I managed to peek inside the cup, through one of the holes of the headband support, and the driver is completely covered in the back, with a black plastic circle, and they have some padding inside on the cup, looks like felt, or some kind of stuffing material to enhance the acoustic of the chamber, definitely they did some homework there....The opening for the drivers are also different, and the asymmetric shape of the hole distribution is different as well...every little detail counts, maybe they increase the clarity without making the highs fatiguing...but they are not fatiguing at all....

In another thread, he also mentions thoughts about whether the diodes may be different values offering a different sensitivity to the same driver that the Proline 750 and 2500 share with it.

Also, in the front of the same thread, he shows a picture showing how the opening of the cups and position of the drivers is straight down instead of down and forward like on the 750's.

Very interesting!!! Thanks Sov!

Terry

 

[Sir Nobax]

WOW, xinoxide, amazing mod you did there, kudo's for your courage to hack 'n slash those 750's into that awesome black beauty.
And those RCA plugs sticking out really finishes it.

That headphone is definitely in my 'Top 3: Beautiful Headphones' (along with the ED9's and the ATH-ES7).


Btw, why do i keep seeing the same people in Ultrasone Topic's

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[xinoxide]

i think only the people that have them really appreciate their unique sound, not as unique as they may seem, but its definately different and needs a bit of getting used to.

 

[xinoxide]

stuffed the cups with cotton stuffing recycled from a beheaded pink teddy bear. pretty much the same sound other than the bass, it feels a bit tighter but around the same volumes.

still struggling to find a painting method that works on this plastic.

if anyone has any suggestions on a certain paint i should use with this plastic i would definately try it.

 

[Trippytiger]

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Originally Posted by xinoxide /img/forum/go_quote.gif still struggling to find a painting method that works on this plastic. if anyone has any suggestions on a certain paint i should use with this plastic i would definately try it.

Have you been putting primer on the plastic before painting it?

 

[xinoxide]

yes, the main problem starts where the cups swivel, and it chips its way off from there. right now they are stripped back down to the underlying bare plastic wich is lighter than the proline blue. not as pretty as i would like. i actually just got my car fixed, and its a black subaru, the front fenders and hood are getting repainted in a couple of weeks. and i was thinking about taking my headphones in and inquiring about having them painted that way, that would work out the best, but id have to grind down certain ereas to keep the paint from damaging itself again.