Crikey, I didn't expect that! I know the Mogami's good but out-performing Cardas? Well that's just jolly brilliant then, isn't it
Look forward to more from you, Mr Git.
It seems i'm not the only one who has not been bowled over by Cardas cable. To be fair, i've only tried it with HD 540's and HD 250's, maybe it performs at it's best with the HD 600's? Some cables appear to be 'headphone specific'.
Due to unseen circumstances i've not yet spent as much time as I would have liked with the Mogami cable, but I agree with you, if the recording has DEEP bass the Mogami will produce it admirably. Some recordings sound no better than with stock cable, but play a quality recording and the Mogami shines.
So .... how are the listening sessions going with the Linear IIs? I seem to see them, rightly or wrongly, as a closed set of HD540s, though I think they have been tweaked in the balance. I've been doing quite a bit of reading on them, looking over technical graphs etc, some of them have great variances in the capsules, especially if they come from Ireland, where the QC seems somewhat more relaxed. You might get a goody ... or you might not. I've seen one set that had 7% distortion in the bass with one capsule and 2% in the other side. Not good.
I'm still keen to get a pair though!
Meantime, Mogami'd HD540 Ref reviews, anyone?
Yes, SolderDude's pair are hopefully a rarity, that level of capsule disparity would possibly alter soundstage focus significantly with some music and muddy the bass somewhat. Low level detail would suffer too. I wonder how much the bass detail might, or might not, improve with careful cable choice? Otherwise it would just be something with those cans that is just part of their nature, love it or dismiss it. His were assembled in Ireland too, something I was told to avoid if given the choice between German or Irish assembly. This guy knows his stuff, going by the communication I've had with him, having rebuilt many Senn models for years and having German contacts helps
Double sided sticky tape or velcro sticky tape may work also if that’s the case.A perfect and elegant solution to using after market pads in your HD 540 . . .
Using 3 or 4 looped pieces of electrical tape and the pads sit in perfectly inside the cups
Job's a good un'
I have yet to experience the Golds. I only know how fantastic my Ref1s sound these days and man do I love them! If I go and do something else for a day or two then come back to them, I always have the biggest grin on my face immediately, they are just so alive! I'm beginning to think that adding the pleather pads (in particular) and the Mogami cable has brought the bass more in line what I've been hearing and reading about the HD250 Linear IIs, maybe less boomy in the bass, I was getting gorgeous bass guitar this morning with Xavier Rudd's, Koonyum Sun album, steel strings twanging, deep clean and organic .... just wonderful. High frequencies are so natural on this album it's almost demeaning calling them high frequencies! Clean, natural cymbals that sound real and alive, harmonics shimmering in space. Knock out. What a set of cans, they put many other newer models to shame in the most important of ways; communicating real people playing together, with integrity and unexaggerated life.Hello there,
Technically the golds have much more care taken when they build them in terms of matching the drivers
Its not known what differences there are in terms of tuning or whether the Golds are made in a different way but
in my experience they are definitely a step above the 540 1's and II's
Its not easy to explain because its within the details and the presentation of the frequencies where the difference can be found and this may not be immediately obvious to an inexperienced ear!
I haven't got time to write more today but to use an analogy:
The 540 I are like 720 HD but the 540 Gold are like 1080 HD . . . on a better model !
`they are both High Definition but the experience of the Golds is just 'better'
There will be more people chiming in soon Im sure
