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Re: probably unobtainum headphone
« Reply #20 on: February 25, 2015, 05:53:36 PM »
Haha, I only have limited experience with Chinese firewater, but I also have used turpentine to get rid of glue on the turbular tires for my bike, never crazy enough to drink that though.
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Re: probably unobtainum headphone
« Reply #21 on: February 25, 2015, 07:07:56 PM »
Quote from: Anaxilus on February 25, 2015, 05:04:41 PM
I assure you the Chinese Fire Water (no doubt it was cheap) I've had has much more taste in common with turpentine than Junmai Daiginjo sake. It made Bombay Sapphire taste like Evian.

Back when we were doing the Wineass video wine reviews, we had some of that stuff...one of my friends opined that it would probably taste better if it was run through a new garden hose. Eddie (of Schiit fame) poured most of a bottle into a length of garden hose, capped it off at both ends, and left it a few days. It *did* taste better. Not that any of us would drink it either way.
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Re: probably unobtainum headphone
« Reply #22 on: February 25, 2015, 08:28:46 PM »
Quote from: Bill-p on February 24, 2015, 03:09:21 AM
Well... I think probably the only thing that can get close to all of those is a semi-open planar-magnetic headphone.

I have yet to hear a closed planar that I enjoyed.  They always sounded veiled to me.  I think I'm using right word here.
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Re: probably unobtainum headphone
« Reply #23 on: February 26, 2015, 03:32:18 AM »
Quote from: Byrnie on February 25, 2015, 08:28:46 PM
I have yet to hear a closed planar that I enjoyed.  They always sounded veiled to me.  I think I'm using right word here.
I have yet to hear a planar that I really enjoyed, though the HE-500 is not bad, still have it. Audeze never floated my boat. Did you ever hear a Denon AH-D5000? I see you have the D600. Some say the D600 is not quite as good overall as the D5000 or D7000 was. Then again the TH900 should be better, right? I've heard the TH900 but not A/B with the D5000.
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Re: probably unobtainum headphone
« Reply #24 on: February 26, 2015, 04:10:28 AM »
Quote from: Byrnie on February 25, 2015, 08:28:46 PM
I have yet to hear a closed planar that I enjoyed.  They always sounded veiled to me.  I think I'm using right word here.

I think that's more as a result of tuning rather than as a fault of the technology.

I think Audeze was the first company to attempt a serious closed-back planar, but they just couldn't tune it right. I heard the pre-production tuning, and I liked that better than production tuning.

Right now, to me, the best closed back headphone is a modded Sony MDR-Z7, but... since I'm the one that did the modding, I'm probably biased. Still, it's still lacking the last bit of clarity and detail extraction that my pre-fazor LCD-2 is capable of (this one is also tuned, so it'll sound very different from your regular LCD-2).
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Re: probably unobtainum headphone
« Reply #25 on: February 26, 2015, 04:10:47 AM »
The only TH900 I heard that actually sounded decent to me was the Markl fully modded one, with wood cup change and new dampening and cable change.
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Re: probably unobtainum headphone
« Reply #26 on: February 26, 2015, 12:49:36 PM »
I might come across as silly but Takato knows this too. There are some vintage headphones that are surprisingly good, the Pioneer Monitor 10 is a good example. I have had numerous headphones to try in the past and a Pioneer Monitor 10 or 10 II, should get close to the OP's wishes.

If you want to go alternative, the Sennheiser HD250 II Linear is one of the rare headphones that can do many things right.

My experience with planars is non-existent unfortunately. Even so, there are still some gems in the vintage realm. 
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Re: probably unobtainum headphone
« Reply #27 on: February 26, 2015, 04:04:08 PM »
Quote from: kapanak on February 26, 2015, 04:10:47 AM
The only TH900 I heard that actually sounded decent to me was the Markl fully modded one, with wood cup change and new dampening and cable change.

Someone changed out the cup on the TH900??
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Re: probably unobtainum headphone
« Reply #28 on: February 26, 2015, 04:06:12 PM »
Quote from: Armaegis on February 26, 2015, 04:04:08 PM
Someone changed out the cup on the TH900??

Yes, I have seen pictures of wood cups shaped like muffins! Personally, I love the urushi lacquered wood that the 900 has.
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Re: probably unobtainum headphone
« Reply #29 on: February 26, 2015, 07:31:47 PM »
Replacing a cheap plastic Grado or Fostex shell is one thing, but those Urushi cups are a pretty big cost component.
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Do you think there may be an acoustic leak from the jack hole? ~Tyll Hertsens

Not sure if I like stuffing one hole or both holes. Tending toward one hole since both holes seems kinda ghey ~Purrin
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