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Re: Jerg / Modulor Pads for HE500 - Measurement Results
« Reply #90 on: November 24, 2013, 06:30:19 AM »
I used the stiffen felt on one channel of my HE-6. I notice the bass being tighter and the vocals have "shifted" over to that side of my head meaning it brought the mids forward too. But at the same time, it sounds a bit congested. The treble is overly tame which also makes the airiness lessened too. I want to say it kinda has that LCD sound to it. *cringe*

I think I will use try using the regular felt to see if I can only bring the mids forward. Or maybe I'll leave the center of the grill alone and only apply felt to the outer edges that are blocked from underneath.
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Re: Jerg / Modulor Pads for HE500 - Measurement Results
« Reply #91 on: November 24, 2013, 10:48:12 AM »
After more painstaking cutting, I ended up with this:


This itself tamed the treble a lot, but did forward the mids a bit. It did tighten everything overall though by a bit.

Looks like the sweet spot is going to be a mix between this and the stock settings.
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Re: Jerg / Modulor Pads for HE500 - Measurement Results
« Reply #92 on: November 24, 2013, 04:27:17 PM »
Quote from: ohhgourami on November 24, 2013, 06:30:19 AM
I used the stiffen felt on one channel of my HE-6. I notice the bass being tighter and the vocals have "shifted" over to that side of my head meaning it brought the mids forward too. But at the same time, it sounds a bit congested. The treble is overly tame which also makes the airiness lessened too. I want to say it kinda has that LCD sound to it. *cringe*

I think I will use try using the regular felt to see if I can only bring the mids forward. Or maybe I'll leave the center of the grill alone and only apply felt to the outer edges that are blocked from underneath.

If you read a few pages back, I noted that there seems to be some weird "waveguiding" effect with the stiff felt that made things sound a bit wonky.

http://www.changstar.com/index.php/topic,1154.msg33419.html#msg33419

Maybe that's what you experienced also.

I don't know about HE6, but my HE500s benefited in terms of airiness and clarity with the full felt application over the whole driver.
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Re: Jerg / Modulor Pads for HE500 - Measurement Results
« Reply #93 on: November 24, 2013, 08:08:44 PM »
I'll do a full felt application then... At least it's a lot less work than cutting the rounded portion. I'm also thinking about trimming the width to prevent as much waveguiding as possible.
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Re: Jerg / Modulor Pads for HE500 - Measurement Results
« Reply #94 on: November 24, 2013, 08:26:54 PM »
Quote from: ohhgourami on November 24, 2013, 08:08:44 PM
I'll do a full felt application then... At least it's a lot less work than cutting the rounded portion. I'm also thinking about trimming the width to prevent as much waveguiding as possible.

You should try and find a relatively thick pen, and use its butt to shape the foam strips (after they have been applied onto the drivers of course) so you taper out their 90 degree edges. I don't find the need of restricting the width necessary, by doing this. Just cut the strips so that their width correspond perfectly to the width of the magnets (about 4mm I think).

Brief MSpaint to show what I mean:

« Last Edit: November 24, 2013, 08:35:13 PM by jerg »
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Re: Jerg / Modulor Pads for HE500 - Measurement Results
« Reply #95 on: November 24, 2013, 10:15:46 PM »
Finished covering the whole driver. Doesn't sound wonky, but the results are very similar from what I had before: slightly forwarded mids, but big loss in treble. It makes the presentation more intimate like I was using the stock velours, except the highs aren't there. Shifted the sound of the HE-6 more towards an LCD.

I think I'll go back to stock or a compromise of something in between. I really like the airiness and sparkle at the top.
« Last Edit: November 24, 2013, 11:26:44 PM by ohhgourami »
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Re: Jerg / Modulor Pads for HE500 - Measurement Results
« Reply #96 on: November 24, 2013, 11:27:58 PM »
OT: but why does typing ("+" 1) say "I hate everything about you and your stupid face"?
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Re: Jerg / Modulor Pads for HE500 - Measurement Results
« Reply #97 on: November 25, 2013, 01:01:40 AM »
LOL, word/phase rephraser script. There are certain HF mannerisms which are discouraged here. This particularly one was not of my doing. Actually very little of this stuff is of my doing. But I do approve.
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Re: Jerg / Modulor Pads for HE500 - Measurement Results
« Reply #98 on: November 25, 2013, 01:02:44 AM »
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Re: Jerg / Modulor Pads for HE500 - Measurement Results
« Reply #99 on: November 25, 2013, 01:25:31 AM »
Don't take any of this stuff too seriously. We have an odd sense of humor here which can really piss certain people off:

http://www.changstar.com/index.php/topic,953.msg24229.html#msg24229
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