Jermo. Our new hero. Please recreate baby Orpheus. Thank you

Not sure about the other fella, but I took a driver from 580 and transplanted into new shell so I can have I) increased clamp Ii) new cable As much as I love 580 it was too loose and the sound was better with tighter clamp. And the old cable is not that good. I've heard 660s2 and there is...

Why 990 and not the 770 80 ohm? The latter would provide that extension required to satisfy the sub bass need Unless you just have to have open back like hd600

The 580/600/650 drivers come off quite easily and the risk of damage is minimal if you watch a video on them before attempting. However, the 660s/2 is two piece driver and more difficult to remove and IME they required the springs to be put back in Although the risk of damage is minimal...

There was 2000 ohm DT100 which has the spookiest most silent blackness background and the voices are so realistic. Also noticed differences between the 32 ohm, 80, 250, 600 , and 2000 Though oddly their 5 ohm and 25 ohm are deadly silent. So both points are valid

I like this explanation of having minimal coloration. In that; you can shape the sound to your desire. Or for professionals to match their systems in studio. Most drivers seem to have sweet spots in terms of volume sometimes and when I'm other regions the sounds fall apart. Or driver rub...

Yes I believe ZMF has the 300ohm biocellulose drivers and their own special line of amps As well as Philiphone? They have the custom 300ohm in the Audio Technica air wing shell. But like some of the above comments it's not a hard written rule The "KING" R10 IIRC is 32ohm so XD

Very true. Even the Foster biodyna in the Denon/ Fostex line is very annoying to deal with with tubes since they have low impedance. I've had some luck with OTC low gain and tube buffer like ifi itube to get the tube flavor with less background noise.

So I have seen people use open back but very rarely in public. For example on the subway. So for audio books or mostly dialogue based it's not a problem. And yes since people do talk on the plane and airline staff etc, plus plane engine noise, they all will overpower any leakage of such low...

Having the sr-5nb (Gold) and hearing the x9k , your explanation is clear to me. Though one can influence sr-5 with different pads. So I am hoping that the X1 also can have that luxury in case the pads are not up to snuff I'm other words it would be awesome if the x9k pads worked nicely...

As long as it's closer to the smooth x9k sig and not on thinner and bright that would be awesome It would be nice to have round stax. I cannot help but wonder if 007/x9kx pads would fit on them as they both feel nice Sr-5 allowed for every pad imaginable since it accommodated your typical...

Oh I'm Canadian and being inconsiderate to fellow passengers was not my goal LoL I was watching sitcoms like Fraser on low volume and always double checked if it leaked. I even told the two people beside me if I fell asleep I can hear them and basically elbow my ribs to wake me up and that...

I had to order some foam donut ring for demo for my 5ks (Lawton walnut cups and 610 pads) I literally rolled donuts from the 2k, 7k, and th900 and they all sounded different Possibly due to aging but the density were different. Th500rp also not same So with replacing them for fresh foam...

Are the black paper 600 the best matched one of the 580s Because late version 580 has like white screens So this 600 with black paper and the driver ring and their claim of well matched drivers relative to 580s I believe 650 also had a black paper version but I never saw one

Decided to wear on plane. Since I had aisle seat and the middle/window seat passenger can ask me to move if they need the loo Was able to watch movies at good enough volume, can hear the airline staff ask me what I want to eat/drink etc Also it seems to attract some attention since no one...