Eek! I had a feeling they were light on the bass. Seemed to be that way since putting on this particular coffee filter over the drivers -- as I think the type that I use is a bit restrictive of airflow. Wasn't sure if it was just because I was comparing to LCD-2, though.

And now that I think about it, I may or may not have left random bits of cardboard inside. Was playing around with it and rushed to send the box down without remembering to take it out.

Anyway, thanks for helping with these measurements. Very helpful to have these to work off of.

Nope. No stock damping paper on mine. I took it off early on, and then am using the coffee filter to substitute now. I attached it with rubber cement. Not sure of the brand, as I stole the filter from my work. I do distinctly remember there were two types there, and one seemed denser than the other. I picked the one that seemed most like the stock paper. I did try this same setup on my friend's pair with the stock damping felt, and there definitely was more bass, although I felt it was a bit "bloomy" especially with male vocals.

Didn't think to try poking holes in the paper actually. Thanks for the tip!

looks nice(except the bass part of course). so that what basically happens if you remove the felt on the driver? actually interesting and i wonder why. i actually found no issues getting bass out of the fostex, i found it more difficult getting a good air response out of them then anything else but i'm pretty much done with mine now and haven't touched mine for about couple days now.