[Ishcabible]

Got them today! They're heavy little things! Gorgeous though.

 

[Deep Funk]

Welcome to the club...

 

[Ishcabible]

Pics!!!!
 





 
 
Look at the production date!!!! The day before Christmas! Haha

 

[Ishcabible]

I just noticed something. See those screws on the above pictures? (I feel this needs a separate post) Those are their terminals. Unscrew them, and they (terminals) come off. This is basically a failproof headphone to recable because it's impossible to kill the drivers by overheating them! Awesome. Good thing too, because they sound pretty crappy mono, and the cable smells like...old and it bothers me.

 

[svyr]

I just noticed something. See those screws on the above pictures? (I feel this needs a separate post) Those are their terminals. Unscrew them, and they (terminals) come off. This is basically a failproof headphone to recable because it's impossible to kill the drivers by overheating them! Awesome. Good thing too, because they sound pretty crappy mono, and the cable smells like...old and it bothers me.

impressive. need a thin soldering tip though, is the black rim next to it is plastic?
Re: impossible to kill the drivers - I'd be mindful of how the soldering terminals are connected to the drivers (how heat conductive are those and which part of the driver they stick to)...

 

[Ishcabible]

Nope, aluminum as far as I can tell, and no idea. You don't need a thin tip though, because you can remove the piece of metal with the solder, which I meant if it wasn't clear. I'll post a pic when I recable them.

 

[svyr]

by the way did anyone try EQing the DT48E (modern) bass?


I find 5,5,5db (60,80,100hz) (for bassheads and bloated), or 5,4,3 or (4,3,2, or even 3,2,1) sound quite nice for more of an easy listening feel (lower registers of piano no longer feel crippled).
(yay for musiland's system-wide bass EQ lol)

 

[MDR30]

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Nope, aluminum as far as I can tell, and no idea. You don't need a thin tip though, because you can remove the piece of metal with the solder, which I meant if it wasn't clear. I'll post a pic when I recable them.

Be very careful and check the solder points first. On my DT48 (probably 1969) the thin voice coil wire is soldered to one end of the metal piece - red rings - with the cable at the other end:
 

 

 

[Ishcabible]

Mine are actually totally different.

 

[MDR30]

So, who grabbed the Kudelski pair on ebay.de?

 

[svyr]

man the headband is a PoS on the DT48e... seems like the padding is decorative and it (the metal inside) eats into your head after just a few minutes (that's aside from the headband itself crushing your skull)...Has anyone swapped the headband for any other stock one without any changes and for err better comfort?

 

[Rossinator]

I would think the headband would be exactly the same on the dt48a and I don't think it's that bad. I tried wearing my dt48a without the headband and it was very painful.

 

[shamu144]

 
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... I tried wearing my dt48a without the headband and it was very painful.

Seriously, Svyr, I think you can reduce the pressure by adjusting the headband height with the sliding mechanism at both sides of the headband (some require to unscrew some bolts, other just slide manually).

 

[svyr]

 


Seriously, Svyr, I think you can reduce the pressure by adjusting the headband height with the sliding mechanism at both sides of the headband (some require to unscrew some bolts, other just slide manually).

first thing i did when I got them. Didn't help. It's not the height. It's the lack of padding at the top.

 

[shamu144]

Let me insist

 
You should be able to adjust the height so that the headband does not even touch the top of your head, as it will be self-sustained by the clamping force. Then you can gradually reduce the height untill the headband touches so slighlty the top of your head and rests confortably even for long period of time. That unless the padding is completely worn out.

 
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first thing i did when I got them. Didn't help. It's not the height. It's the lack of padding at the top.