wualta
Orthodynamic Supremus
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[earflaps fly upward, indicating interest]Did you say.. bass? The reason I find that interesting is that it's the difference in out-of-the-box sound between the Yama HP-1 and the YH-100, and it was the lousy-sounding YH-100 that turned out to have more potential. It needed a severe amount of damping, but the sound was so much improved that it's one of my favorite 'phones.
Am I correct in saying that the HP-50A sounds bassy (whompy-bassy, not tight-bassy), dull, hollow, nearly unlistenable? If so, they managed the extra bass by changing the compliance (and thus the natural resonant frequency) of the diaphragm-- thinner Mylar, shallower pleats, who knows. So put the HP-50A aside for futzing with later. Maybe we'll come back to it after you plumb the depths of AKG's mid-'70s obsession with 2-way everything.
Originally Posted by facelvega ps, the HP-50a are also very different from my other orthos in that they have far more bass than either of the others, which seems interesting in regard to the damping problem.. |
[earflaps fly upward, indicating interest]Did you say.. bass? The reason I find that interesting is that it's the difference in out-of-the-box sound between the Yama HP-1 and the YH-100, and it was the lousy-sounding YH-100 that turned out to have more potential. It needed a severe amount of damping, but the sound was so much improved that it's one of my favorite 'phones.
Am I correct in saying that the HP-50A sounds bassy (whompy-bassy, not tight-bassy), dull, hollow, nearly unlistenable? If so, they managed the extra bass by changing the compliance (and thus the natural resonant frequency) of the diaphragm-- thinner Mylar, shallower pleats, who knows. So put the HP-50A aside for futzing with later. Maybe we'll come back to it after you plumb the depths of AKG's mid-'70s obsession with 2-way everything.