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Re: Sony MDR-V6 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plots
« Reply #50 on: November 16, 2014, 08:13:35 AM »

I got the MDR-V6's as a graduation gift the early 90s, so I know mine are real :-) If you want to measure a really old pair, let me know. I have replaced the pads with EDT250 pads, but I also have Sony pads.
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Re: Sony MDR-V6 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plots
« Reply #51 on: April 04, 2015, 07:10:57 PM »

Much better now.

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Re: Sony MDR-V6 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plots
« Reply #52 on: April 04, 2015, 08:22:47 PM »

That's very interesting! I should get some acoustic foam soon to play around with.

If you haven't tried dining tissue/napkin in front of the driver, I think... they're worth a try. I dropped the treble of my DT770 that way.
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Re: Sony MDR-V6 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plots
« Reply #53 on: April 04, 2015, 08:42:08 PM »

I was thinking of doing the dining tissue mod, it seems ZMF uses that for his mods, as I have the MDR-V6 right now there is still considerable treble glare that I would like smoothed out. What kind of dining tissue did you use?
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Re: Sony MDR-V6 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plots
« Reply #54 on: April 05, 2015, 12:27:34 AM »

It's the Bounty paper towels. I take a huge chunk and block the entire driver with it. Seems to have worked with 2 headphones so far with the only side effect being smoother treble. :)p1
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Re: Sony MDR-V6 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plots
« Reply #55 on: April 05, 2015, 02:46:04 AM »

Huge chunk? I was just thinking of using one sheet lol
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Re: Sony MDR-V6 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plots
« Reply #56 on: April 05, 2015, 02:47:36 AM »

I mean I block the entire driver with a really big sheet. One layer of the thing.

The DT770, on the hand, needs like... 3 layers, with felt on top, since its treble is 12dB too high! That seems to have calmed it down to a reasonable level.
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Re: Sony MDR-V6 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plots
« Reply #57 on: April 05, 2015, 03:41:58 AM »

Ah I see I will do it later tonight, I'll report back with my findings and some pictures
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Re: Sony MDR-V6 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plots
« Reply #58 on: April 05, 2015, 07:14:47 AM »

Put a sheet of the paper towel underneath the creatology foam and ended up actually using 2 other sheets for a total of 3 layers. The foam I am using is half the width of the one in the second picture. Really smoothed out the peaky highs without causing the mids to become recessed, which is what I was afraid of. The tonal balance of the MDR-V6 is much better now and I've been listening to it all night. I was tempted to buy the massdrop AKG K553 but I am happy with what the MDR-V6 offers now. The drivers in the MDR-V6 are pretty fast and the bass has good impact with the creatology foam in. The mids pretty neutral, they aren't recessed or too forward. I am still using the HM5 pads on them.

To be honest, I'm actually quite impressed with them now. It seems the drivers are not being used to their full potential and I'm sure there is even more we can squeeze from them. They're still on my head and I haven't been tempted to reach for my HD800, K7XX, DT880, or Blackwoods.



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