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Lol, that is awesome. I looked into getting a full-size Dalek but they were charging 1,500 UK pounds I don't know that any Dalek could ever be as cool as pink cake Dalek

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Well my YH-2 doesn't sound very spectacular, not bad by any means but nothing special. I still have to finish modding it though I doubt it'll ever be one of my faves. With enough work the SFI drivers are still killers. I prefer the SFI to any Yammy I've heard.

If it's just a new variant on the same old shit I'll be highly unimpressed. If it's something fresh and exotic I won't be able to afford it. Damn the world to hell and back!!!

Ack! Dammit, I turtally fergot those were still here... I gotta get a new brain fitted one of these days.

Same thing going on here, my more 'expensive' cans aren't getting much of a look in. I love the organic sounds of the various orthos here and modding is purely a matter of taste and preference. Some absolutely need work, anything with an SFI style driver in it for example because, generally, they suck without serious work. The Yamas and Fostexes may benefit from some modding depending on what kind of sound you're looking for. Modding isn't always a necessity in my view, but it is fun

The Yamas are likely never going to worry the O2, however, they can still sound very nice. I had the same thoughts with the T30, do I damp the crap out of them for speed and detail or do I let them breathe and wallow in that wonderous full sound and great bass. I kept them a little underdamped and went for the more luxurious sound. I already have stats and K1000, I don't need to replicate those sounds and what the Fostex does well, it does exceptionally well.

Those Master Blaster earpads look damn interesting to me. I'd love to get a set of those to play with. The pads, not the phones.

Hmm, I could live with those thighs on my ears

Mmmmmmmmm, Dalek.....

Sennheiser has had nothing of interest to me for the last 10+ years, so it's about time they came up with something cool, just for me because I'm special.

I got a T40s which is in bits at the moment awaiting time to play. Should be fun

I prefer the Fostexes to the Yamahas myself. The Yamas do sound good but there's something about the old Fostex drivers that is very appealing to these old ears. I haven't heard the newest versions yet but no doubt will one day. They do have bass thump to die for and can be tuned to go toe to toe with most stats for speed and attack. Good stats and the K1000 still win at the top end, I haven't been able to match them with ortho mods yet.

Nice! Some of these old phones are pretty damn nice, the only dynamics I have left are the K1000 (hardly normal) and the KSC 75. Everything else is ortho, electret and electrostatic. I guess I'm a planar head at heart.

The Left channel + wire had disconnected in the cup. The wires were clamped inside but not outside and it may have been flexing inside the cup because there's nothing to stop it slipping inside. Is that driver really the same size? It looks smaller to me. Either way, I love it to bits.

I don't have any internal pics but here's the outsides. The drivers are backwards in the housings, a reflex dot is on the front face and the damping is the thick greyish-browny Italian felt. I made a wedge of epoxy modeling clay to angle the housing, covered that in leather and used K240 pads to make them circumaural. The T30: Realistic pro30 headband and pads. Mineral wool puck and thin craft felt damping. The original T30 mount is painful due to lack of swivel.

Yep, looks like the same design but shrunken and it sounds extremely nice. I'm very happy with them, they sound as good or better than my highly modded RP18, maybe different would be more apt than better, both sound exceptionally nice to me. The RP18 is very smooth and the T30 has more bite. Both are better than the T40 though I'm still working on those. I never thought I'd ever end up with a 30, 40 and 50v2. Lucky guy indeed! I don't hold out much hope of ever getting a 50v1 but I think what I have is pretty awesome anyway

I'm really excited right now, I received a Fostex T30 in the mail today. Damn it's an awesome driver. The phones were in pretty ratty condition and not working on one side but a few hours downstairs fixed all that.

That set and the set here are both low numbers and others who've heard other, later S/N pairs said my ones sounded better than any others they'd heard. It's also been said many times that early sets are more bassy than later ones though I can't confirm that personally. Nobody who listened to them noticed much deficiency in the low end, even in a room with L3000 and HP-2s etc. They're pretty damn nice phones.

Cool stuff Steve, sounds like you're having a whale of a time with them. I should be getting my NAD back from Walt soon so it'll be fun listening to them again. I have to say, I'm really enjoying the Wharfedales and Fostexes too.

Especially in a posh British accent, like the one I have