Tagosaku's Evil Twins. Headphile DT880 and... K501?

[Jahn]

We all know and love the original Darth Beyers - the DT770 recabled and tweaked by Headphile:

But Tagosaku has taken it a step further. The 770 is like Darth Maul - wild and out of control. Let's smooth this out without losing the Sith groove. That's right - DT880 Darth Beyers!

Mr. Vader, your cans are here. But we aren't done. Tagosaku also decided to give the mild mannered K501 the same treatment. Um, the Darth C-3PO?

I'd really love to give this can a try! Tagosaku needed some help hosting the pics, so here they are - fresh from Larry's workbench to Tagosaku to your eyeballs. I can't wait for Tagosaku to share his impressions. One last pic for the road!

 

[tagosaku]

Thanks Jahn

 

[zool]

Hah, weird! your DT880 and K501 both have cables in both cans.. Which mine does not. I just happen to have a pair of DT880 on loan and I own K501. Both of them only have the cable connected to the left can only.

EDIT: Also the 880's I got on loan has this "phone cable spiral thingy" going on.. Which I'm not so impressed with. Mostly it's just annoying.

 

[BigD]

Hi tagosaku,

Looks impressive! How did k501 change after cable mod? I always felt that k501 could use little mod. Any deeper bass extension? How much was the mod? I see the price at headphile.com.

 

[zool]

Ok, so both are modded *doh*.

 

[Xanadu777]

Haha, I like your comments Jahn, and sense a deja-vu when I see these all again. They all are nice cans indeed, post mod IMO. I sure wouldn't want to have to choose between them, but am happy with my own modded 770/80's. May the force be with you...

 

[tagosaku]

BigD,

I agree with your thinking, but decided to give it a try anyway.
The cable is far from burn in, but the change is noticable. Nothing particular like DT-880's high being smoother. And no added bass to K-501 like it did to DT-880.
However, it feels like the sweetness is deeper. Since I recieved it, it's pretty much been glued on me.

Please contact headphile for price. Sounded like K-501 was a lot of work for Larry, so not sure if it will be part of the regular menu like DT-880.

 

[av98m2]

Welcome to Team Recabled Beyers! Now who says only the hd600/hd650 owners have all the fun?

 

[BigD]

Quote:

Now who says only the hd600/hd650 owners have all the fun?

Finally, k501 and dt880 could play fair game against cable-mod hd580/6xx. Please post some impression on both cans after extensive burn-in. Looking forward to see how they fare against senn siblings.