I completely agree about the AlphaPads on the TH-X00.  I had AlphaPads on my HE-500's and swapped the Alphas over to the TH-X00 and that is where they will stay, a perfect match. Interestingly enough, I actually like the pads that came with the TH-X00 on the HE-500's but will probably do a...

  The review done by moedawg140, early in this thread, shows a detailed teardown of the headphones for cable replacement.   Skim down through that review to the part about 'How to replace cable' and I think you'll find what you're looking to see.

That makes sense, it's that shrillness I'm looking to tame and it does seem to help just a bit on F2.  Seems like if I avoid F1, which tends to enhance that peak in treble, I'm better off.  Thanks for your response, fjrabon.

Hello everyone, like many I'm a long time reader and now participant in these forums.  Been into audio for a long time, since the mid 80's, mostly with home audio and theater equipment but I've recently got the headphone bug.  This is such a great site to get information, which helped me towards...

I own one of the Grace Design m9XX DAC/Amps and have been trying to figure out the effective difference between the four DAC Filter settings (F1 - F4).   Research I've done thus far has been somewhat vague as to the results.  Has anyone tried out the filters thoroughly to see what affect they...