[zazex]

Hmmm...
Wondering if there are any spots that I can lube to make the creaking go away?

Over the past few years I've seen many posts on Head-Fi addressing this issue -
though none as I recall specifically for the MA 900.

Recommend you do a "tight" search here on the forums...

 

[chrismercurio]

Hi,

I looked everywhere and came up empty. I remember seeing a very expensive small production Japanese headphone ($2-3k USD) that had a very similar construction to the MA900. It finally occurred to me to just ask. do you guys know the one I’m talking about?

Thanks in advance!

Kindest regards,

 

[amigomatt]

Hi,

I looked everywhere and came up empty. I remember seeing a very expensive small production Japanese headphone ($2-3k USD) that had a very similar construction to the MA900. It finally occurred to me to just ask. do you guys know the one I’m talking about?

Thanks in advance!

Kindest regards,

Maybe the Sony Qualia, or the MDR-SA5000?

Happy New Year!

 

[chrismercurio]

In this case, small production meant boutique company. I’m familiar with the SA5000 and the Qualia. Thank you! And Happy New Year to you too!

 

[Ufasas]

Tried out new recent toy, UP4 BT 5.0 AMP, no colouration, laid back, easy listening for the ears, has been good for me using on a laptop wirelessly or wired on PC, even tried in FPS games on PC (using Low Gain Mode, as ma900 so easy to drive, and mostly aptX / aptX Low Latency (LL) codec was automatically kicking in, sometimes SBC), was good, dunno if anyone has better setups and have advantage over me during game, lol. Rock/metal sounded enjoyable, as I am not audiophile, but I was able to sense separation between instruments, drums, keyboard, guitars, nothing muffled, still warm sound

 

[zomvid]

Hey everyone, does someone know of a place to send my MA900 for repair/mod? Unfortunately my pair developed channel imbalance (leans towards the left 60/40), it's fixable with software but since I want to fix them, might as well pay to mod them with a removable cable, any help is appreciated, thanks.

 

[Trunks159]

You know, after getting crazy cans like HD800s and Focal Clear I would've guessed that this headphone wouldve been completely useless but man I still love these. The soundstage and overall tonal balance holds up no matter what price you're looking at.

 

[Sp12er3]

I have better headphone these days but the MA900 still get around these days because it sounds good no matter the source, still haven't modded out the impedance compensator circuit inside because of it.
i use it for playing piano late at night, plugging it to my Oculus Quest 2 for late night VR movie watching, etc.

 

[Maxx134]

Hey everyone, does someone know of a place to send my MA900 for repair/mod? Unfortunately my pair developed channel imbalance (leans towards the left 60/40), it's fixable with software but since I want to fix them, might as well pay to mod them with a removable cable, any help is appreciated, thanks.

Sounds like one of your tiny resistors on the driver causing issue, unless it's the wire.

 

[winterfury]

Hey everyone, does someone know of a place to send my MA900 for repair/mod? Unfortunately my pair developed channel imbalance (leans towards the left 60/40), it's fixable with software but since I want to fix them, might as well pay to mod them with a removable cable, any help is appreciated, thanks.

In case you decide to go with the repair/mod, I'd be very interested to hear about results since I'm pretty much in the same boat with this balance problem. I've been thinking about replacing the resistors, and then, it it doesn't help, trying the cable mod.

 

[chrismercurio]

I finally remembered what the upscale MA900/F1 was. Kurada KD-P1.

https://www.kurada.co.jp/kd-p1

 

[Ufasas]

Anyone would be interested in buying a used ma900 with non-original earpads?

 

[Ufasas]

Found some DIY wicked pads in China on Ali site, the last pads i want to try with ma900

 

[plmon]

Would anyone happen to have any recommendations for a replacement headband for the MA900? Mine's started to fall apart and I also wouldn't mind getting a little more clamp force on them as well.

 

[Ufasas]

Would anyone happen to have any recommendations for a replacement headband for the MA900? Mine's started to fall apart and I also wouldn't mind getting a little more clamp force on them as well.

Only something from aliexpress, headband which you can zip up with buttons