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Author Topic: New upcoming HD800 mod... Rabid Dawg ][ (anax 3.0)  (Read 82756 times)

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IamwutIam

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Re: New upcoming HD800 mod... Rabid Dawg ][ (anax 3.0)
« Reply #110 on: March 26, 2013, 01:51:32 AM »

It appears that the USPS is not going to show with my ALO cable for my new cans. So I decided to brave & give these cans a listen using the Sennheiser "we don't want the headphones to sound as good as they can to people who can tell the difference , because then we won't sell as many of the High End Headphone Amps we're selling now" cable.

Brave you are. Give that cable a few hundred hours to oxidize then try it again. Sound will be even bettar.

He,he, he... I didn't have to be "Brave" for too long, the ALO cable was sitting at the Post Office.
(Literally,across the street & through a parking lot.)

Turns out they tried to deliver it to a "68" address, my address is "86". The shipping label clearly had an "86" on it. Just what I needed a dyslexic mailman (I had a great mailman for years, & then they changed his route about 8 months ago. The USPS cries about how tough things are because of completion, I think they are trying to self-destruct)

Oh yeah, I'm getting these phones in shape, a real cable, mod (in various state of progress), & I ordered a tubed headphone amp today(I know the amp is seperate, but I think "tubes" flesh out most of the Senn cans pretty well)

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Re: New upcoming HD800 mod... Rabid Dawg ][ (anax 3.0)
« Reply #111 on: March 27, 2013, 02:57:31 PM »

The Anax 2 mod w/ the seperate ring & trapezoid pcs is the way to go. It's much easier to control your circular cuts if you can spin the pcs. 360 deg. as you cut them.

I picked up some "Broyhill rug liner" at a Home Goods store. Someone mentioned this stuff is PITA to work w/ ,so I'm going to try sandwich it between something w/ less "give" (leftover Creatology foam sheet pcs.?) when I cut it. I know it's not suppose to sit on the screens, but I can't tell from the picture if it just fits underneath the upper lip. I guess I'll figure it out once I have some workable pcs.

If & when the "real deal" Anax 3 mod kit (my choice for the name, no offense but "Rabid Dawg" does'nt fit as well,... I know the story, but the materials are'nt going to be "pre-treated" are they ?) I can just pull my DIY out.

(I was having a really bad day today so I shortened this posting to where I'm not suggesting much of anything to anyone) (I assume it's okay to "modify"a posting this late or the icon would'nt still be visible ) Thanks




« Last Edit: March 29, 2013, 03:35:17 PM by IamwutIam »
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Re: New upcoming HD800 mod... Rabid Dawg ][ (anax 3.0)
« Reply #112 on: March 30, 2013, 02:56:48 PM »

Completed the mod a bit earlier today - pretty impressed. Need more listening, but I'm getting less glare or wonkiness in the treble.

Listening USB -> NAD M51 -> Mjolnir
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Re: New upcoming HD800 mod... Rabid Dawg ][ (anax 3.0)
« Reply #113 on: March 30, 2013, 04:05:50 PM »

The great thing about this mod is you can adjust the results a bit by changing the materials a bit.

I had some leftover foam board/felt "sandwiches" from the first mod I made up (Tyll's vid.) so I used that w/ the newer templates I downloaded. I tried this w/ the "rug liner" cutout for a while & decided that w/ the foam/felt rings I liked it better w/out the additional "liner"

I think what you like w/ this mod is going to be dependant on what equipment you're using in front of your 'cans' & what type of source material you generally listen to.

The bottom line is you have nothing to lose & a huge amount to gain by trying this mod
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Re: New upcoming HD800 mod... Rabid Dawg ][ (anax 3.0)
« Reply #114 on: April 12, 2013, 12:10:09 PM »

Hey Anax
Thanks for your mods, looking forward to trying anax 3.0.
Do you think an ear pad mod would do any good ? The microfiber on my pads started to fell off (ordered new pads) and thinking maybe of modding the old pads, right now planing to cover the pads with some leather, bad idea ? :)p8
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Re: New upcoming HD800 mod... Rabid Dawg ][ (anax 3.0)
« Reply #115 on: April 12, 2013, 01:52:51 PM »

I think you only want to cover the ring around the driver to absorb sounds to improve decay.  Modifying the entire pad with leather seems like it would influence the sound coming out of the driver too much.
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Re: New upcoming HD800 mod... Rabid Dawg ][ (anax 3.0)
« Reply #116 on: April 23, 2013, 06:43:16 AM »

Thanks to Valentin I did anax 2.0 and man, they do sound very different now. Most noticeable difference are the highs - no sibilance whatsoever, very easy on the ear, I can even rock on with HD800 now  headbang
Bass goes a bit lower and has more oomph, overall I really like the change.
Very very nice Anax, looking forward to anax 3.0   :)p6
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Re: New upcoming HD800 mod... Rabid Dawg ][ (anax 3.0)
« Reply #117 on: April 24, 2013, 04:44:02 PM »

All you guys are welcome. Glad sharing what I got. The big thanks goes to Marv/purrin for taking the time to buy and ship all the stuff, without even asking a dime for it. Glad that I could share the remains with an additional 5 people. 3 here on Effin Ringin' and 2 with my friends!
 
A'hoy mates!
 
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Re: New upcoming HD800 mod... Rabid Dawg ][ (anax 3.0)
« Reply #118 on: April 26, 2013, 07:42:39 PM »

As of now, all future Anax mod production has been cancelled due to a new revolutionary process!

http://www.changstar.com/index.php/topic,953.msg24229/topicseen.html#new
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Re: New upcoming HD800 mod... Rabid Dawg ][ (anax 3.0)
« Reply #119 on: May 04, 2013, 04:00:05 PM »

For the Rabid Dawg mk 2 do you guys use adhesive to stick the foam into place?  As I understand the thick side of the foam ring goes next to the trapezoid piece so the thin part is at the front..is that right?
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