April 24, 200917 yr comment_227412 You touch my ding ding dong... Seriously: what is the G for? Report
April 24, 200917 yr comment_227428 You touch my ding ding dong... Seriously: what is the G for? Goldring. That's the donor housing, a Goldring DR50. I had those cables at my house for a bit too, and Nate outdid himself, they're frickin' nice! Report
April 24, 200917 yr comment_227472 Heh you went from massive relfex strip and damped the f' out, to no damping! There is damping from some added magnetic effects? Report
April 24, 200917 yr comment_227509 I'm definitely also in favor of minimal damping. Although, this T20v2 is really giving me the finger about that. I already have 3 layers of felt in there and it's not enough. Report
April 24, 200917 yr comment_227515 Pretty much all my orthos have needed heavy damping. The exception seems to be the T50v2, which with the normal T50 damping (two discs of mineral wool) and some circumaural pads they sound quite good. I think all I need to do is experiment with circumaural pads to find the most compatible one. Report
June 12, 200917 yr comment_244329 What pads fix the t50? I used a pair of rectangular circum Pads from a 1970's Ross dynamic headphone. Btw, Im talking about the 1980 vintage T50. NOT the modern T50rp Report
June 21, 200917 yr comment_247165 I've got minimal driver damping on my Grundig 224. But then I've got heavy damping on the grilles. Report
June 30, 200917 yr comment_250889 If by interesting you mean dead sexy, I agree. At least with the amazing pics DAC took on his fancy DSLR. Report
July 3, 200917 yr comment_251597 I was watching that, too bad I am not making any audio purchases for a while. As for the head fi one, I am scared of buying orthos with permanent mods unless they were done by one of the pros . I had bought a HP3 on ebay but the seller never shipped it, hopefully getting a refund soon. Right now my ortho projects include finding a Pro-30 yoke replacement and finding a busted Bose headphone to put SFis in. Pretty much all my orthos have needed heavy damping. The exception seems to be the T50v2, which with the normal T50 damping (two discs of mineral wool) and some circumaural pads they sound quite good. I think all I need to do is experiment with circumaural pads to find the most compatible one. Where do you buy mineral wool? Haven't found anything online that seems suitable. Report
July 13, 200917 yr comment_254754 Where do you buy mineral wool? Haven't found anything online that seems suitable. Not entirely sure, Im using the actual Fostex wool biscuits from my NAD and Aiwa vintage T50 variants. I guess something like the wool stuffing used in roof insulation would be similarish...(but careful with handling, do not inhale). Report
July 24, 200917 yr comment_258940 How are you liking the grundig, interesting looks. The Grundig is pretty much amazing actually Report
September 28, 200916 yr comment_280386 Has anyone here heard anything with the Strathearn drivers? Kinda a bit before my time. I've found some interesting info in US patent 4,156,801, sorta cool read for the planar dorks among us. Anyone know if this ribbon takes the "most difficult to drive" award? 0.35 ohm nominal impedance (without the associated transformer box), I'd think that easily wins... Some of the DIY amplifiers to drive this were pretty cool in and of themselves. Yes, direct drive a flat 0.35 impedance (250 Hz - 20kHz) Anyways, seems one of the rare things that the interwebs never "rediscovered". Edited September 28, 200916 yr by luvdunhill Report
September 28, 200916 yr Author comment_280427 Ouch!! I thought the ML SummitX was bad with a dip to 0.4ohm at 18kHz... Report
September 28, 200916 yr comment_280515 Speaking of ribbons, there has been no update on the new ribbon driver headphones since march ( Report
September 28, 200916 yr comment_280552 Has anyone here heard anything with the Strathearn drivers? Kinda a bit before my time. I've found some interesting info in US patent 4,156,801, sorta cool read for the planar dorks among us. Anyone know if this ribbon takes the "most difficult to drive" award? 0.35 ohm nominal impedance (without the associated transformer box), I'd think that easily wins... Some of the DIY amplifiers to drive this were pretty cool in and of themselves. Yes, direct drive a flat 0.35 impedance (250 Hz - 20kHz) Anyways, seems one of the rare things that the interwebs never "rediscovered". Looks like a speaker driver. But Strathearn were part of the Rank Organisation. In turn these were all basically the old school Fostex drivers. Report
March 22, 201016 yr comment_337252 I recently got another modded ortho in the mail from dbel84. I'm so amazed that I need to get a second opinion on this one I haven't tried out damping option B, but I'm hoping to help some help in this department, as I'm going to be real busy for the next couple weeks.. anyways, amazing stuff and perhaps someone else will post on this very headphone soon, after hearing it on a certain beta22 Report
March 22, 201016 yr comment_337254 Glad it made it safely Once I am settled in new state/home etc, if there is interest, I will put together a "travel box" so that people can sample a few of the ortho flavours out there. ..dB edit .... looking forward to someone else's opinion on a certain B22 and now the comment of "some help which requires a screwdriver" makes total sense Report
March 22, 201016 yr comment_337275 I recently got another modded ortho in the mail from dbel84. I'm so amazed that I need to get a second opinion on this one I haven't tried out damping option B, but I'm hoping to help some help in this department, as I'm going to be real busy for the next couple weeks.. anyways, amazing stuff and perhaps someone else will post on this very headphone soon, after hearing it on a certain beta22 What amazing modded ortho is that? (A secret? Like to share the secret in here?) Report
March 22, 201016 yr comment_337284 Ah, so there's the easy, kitchen table project you were alluding to. Can't wait to hear whatever they may be! Are they 4 pin XLR terminated? I hope so. I'll try them on the Krell too. Report
March 22, 201016 yr comment_337296 What amazing modded ortho is that? (A secret? Like to share the secret in here?) Nothing secretive, just a pair of T10's ..dB Report
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