EYEdROP
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You can make them adjustable by loosening the nuts on the headband just enough, so they feel tight and dont move but is adjustable with light force.
Based on the dramatic change in sound with just a small difference in the oval earpads for the new DT-48E, I would guess changing to a more isolating earpad (or any different earpad) would change the sound of the DT-48 in a very big way.
I have just been recently thinking myself about the role of amplification in bass response with the DT48, and I heartedly agree amplification does influence in a meaningfull way. I have currenlty the Meier Stepdance and Graham Ultra-Linear at home and have been able to A/B them. While the Stepdance offers a lean, accurate and tight bass (actually, almost sharp), the Graham UL does offer a deeper, relaxed, textured, powerfull bass (for a DT48 that is). Now, I just don't know yet how to explain it, as I tend to think both amps are powerfull enough and techically competent to move the DT48 (the Stepdance is a little beast for a portable amp).
BTW, Drosera, I have just read you have a new toy... How's that Luxman P1u paired with the DT48
Whats the difference between a dynamic driver, high definition driver, & telsa driver?
Drosera, I was thinking in similar ways. If the HD265 ear pads could work and the presentation would improve in spaciousness the improvement could be dramatic. My HD265 had ear pads which were so comfortable you could just forget there was a HD265 on your head.
Right, I have to try it at some time and if it works apply the modifications on a second DT48E, especially if modifications help to let the low end breath more freely.
Power is not control. Control is for a large part about the ability of the amplifier not just to drive the 'phone but also to deal with the signals the headphone sends back to the amp. As said so many times on these forums by some of the more experienced/knowledgeable members: you can get enough power from a CMoy to drive virtually any headphone. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean it will sound well.
Well, what can I say, the Luxman works very well.
It's funny actually, planning to listen to the combination attentively and write something about it, I thought what I would write would be much more negative in tone. But listening to it again it mostly strikes me how well they compliment each other. First of all, it's an amazingly clean-sounding amp, meaning that it deals very well with the feedback of the load. One of the strengths of the Luxman is its bass authority and that really shows with the DT48E. Now they seem on occasion to outperform the W5000 in bass quantity. (Although, the W5000 is certainly not a bassy headphone either.) Still nothing much happening below 30 Hz though.
What also helps is that the Luxman is certainly not a cold or even (over-)neutral sounding amp, which makes the DT48 far more pleasant and involving to listen to. Call the Luxman slightly warm if you will, it certainly isn't clinical sounding. The DT48E had fallen slightly out of favour with me in the last few months, I was rarely listening to them. But with the Luxman nicely catering to its strengths and compensating for some of its weaknesses I will certainly be listening a lot more to this headphone in the future.
Has anyone compared the DT48 to a high end stax?
Quote:Has anyone compared the DT48 to a high end stax?
I had a Stax SRX MkIII, and I'd say the DT-48 holds up OK on the low end, perhaps on the high end but I'm not sure of that yet. But I'm pretty sure that despite a great sounding midrange overall, the DT-48 still has some midrange coloration that the Stax would not have, and the Sennheiser 800 also does not have.