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Had a listen recently. Compared Takstar HI-2050, Superlux HD-681 (treble reduction mod) sounded better: clarity, soundstage rocked in HD681
Had a listen recently. Compared Takstar HI-2050, Superlux HD-681 (treble reduction mod) sounded better: clarity, soundstage rocked in HD681
Yeah,
Dont buy takstar coz its inferior. you will be wasting your money.
You will need to remove the foam inside the earcups, that is the main culprit responsible.
Our aim is to make this headphone as open as possible to allow air in thus sounding more natural.
Open the ear cups. remove the foam that is around the driver. Remove black colored paper filter. Make holes in white colored paper filter.
Now you will see you have much open sound-stage, reduced treble but also leaner bass. Overall a much welcomed change!
I'm really intrigued by these ISK ones, but I'm trying to not pull the trigger, since I've already got the Soundmagic HP150, and as good as these phones might be, I have a hard time believing that they'll beat the HP150.
However, I might do the mod with the extra port in the outer shell, just for fun. As someone said - if it doesn't give the desired result, it's easy to just close again
I'm probably giving the Pro80 to my girlfriend anyway, since she likes them and I've upgraded to the HP150. She needs some kind of mic though, so I'm thinking about buying a "cell phone headset" style cable with mic and either replacing the stock cable with that, or do a replacable cable mod with a female 3.5mm connector.. I have no idea if that'd work well, but it might be worth a try..
Yeah,
Dont buy takstar coz its inferior. you will be wasting your money.
I just received the Takstar HP2011, and yeah I find it inferior to my HD668B.
Time to mod the superlux. I will also probably buy the Zorloo Zuperdac to drive it, since I find the Sabre sound smoother than the Fiio sound (and the Superlux has quite strong trebles)
i used to own gemini hrs1000 annd it was such a balanced HP. i just recieved samson sr950 few days back and although samson calimed it was one off the least treble headphone they made but to me i became deaf rite away i listened the sr950 because of its harsh trebles. i think the isk2011 will be better if they are takstar rebranded.
Hi just got isk hp2011 that I compared against my Pro 80. Just remind you this are some first quick impressions.
Hp2011 is brighter while Pro 80 is warmer and fuller and more efficient (in my rockboxed X3 I'd say the difference would be in between 2-3 clicks).
Sub bass extension goes to Pro 80 but the one in the isk is quicker, midbass is more present in the Pro's too but midbass does not get into the mids in neither of them.
Mids on the isk hp2011 are a bit laid back compared to the Pros.
Hp2011 is airier and soundstage is similar maybe a tad bigger in the Hp's.
Clarity and resolution goes to the Pro's.
Build quality goes to the Pro's too.
In all the Pro's justify the price difference I feel lucky now because I bought them before discontinuing them, now prices are getting too much to handle I regret not purchansing 2 now....
Isk's are good but not quite there imo.