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It's basically the same thing except they modified it the headphone cable from single entry to double entry and terminate with xlr plugs. Moon audio did the same thing for me with the split mod, directly hardwiring the cable to the driver which is the way i prefer. Hated the single entry system...

I did the standard Kees mod at first, but found that the while it did control the bass, my mids and treble sounded horrible. I suspected it was the culprit was the cotton under the drivers, so i cut away the part of circular pad that would have been under the driver and positioned it such that there would be no cotton under the driver and just like that, the effect on the kees mod on the mids and treble mostly disappeared while still doing its job on tempering the bass. The steps are: 1. Find suitable circular contton pads of appropriate thickness (abt 2mm) You can try cutting from a rectangular piece, but i find the circular ones nicer to work with. Tip: You can find them at sephora, don't even have to buy them, just koup some from the tester makeup counters. (who says going shopping with a girl doesn't pay off? haha) 2. Unscrew the driver housing (the big metal plate) from the headphone. Dun take out the wrong screws or you'lll be unscrewing the driver from the metal plate itself. 3. Cut out part of cotton pad that would cover the drivers with some guesstimation after looking at drivers. Position cotton pad where it won't cover the drivers. Put back into headphone cups. 4. Screw everything back on tight and you're done! Note: pls refer to original kees mod thread for pics and other steps. personally i find the adhesive cotton thing to be optional though i did paste one in the cup. they're cheap anyway and can be easily found at hardware convenience stores. Source and amp is headroom balanced desktop with home DAC. For single-ended, i find them to be not-so dependent on amping, they are efficient and can sound good without a powerful amp. Like most if not all headphones, they benefit from proper amping , but the difference isn't as great as say, for the HD650. Would say they benefit quite a lot from balanced drive however. The difference was very great for that improvement. Even ultrasone launched a balanced version of the Pro900s, which should be at least some sort of validation for that move.

Own a PRO900, have to agree the stock Pro900 doesn't sound impressive, esp when it's not burnt in. After proper burn in and a recable (blue dragon on mine) however, it's a different animal haha. The mids are a lot more pronounced, though they not lush sounding like the HD650s. They have great bass, though it can be overpowering so i tempered it with my own version of the Kees mod. Treble can be harsh, and i find them particularly dependent on the recording of the music. None of my chinese cds sound good, with vocals being shrill and sibilant. But paired with well recorded acoustic and rock material, they blow my mind. Overall, not a pair of headphones that people will fall in love with immediately. They need time and some commitment for you to get used to the sound signature, but they've rewarded me with many a good evening of music

Any kind folk going who live in the north and is driving there and is willing to tompang poor student? pm me pls thx..

Haha bro you're coming! Awesome. Dun worry there's plenty of poison to go around Oh btw, since i got new-old camera again, i can help with the photography again, if there's still space in my camera bag. time to exercise the new flash.

As usual, the problem i have when reviewing a cable is that i am unable to attribute which improvements in sound are due to a better cable and which are due to going balanced. All i can say is that the balanced APS does bring the HD800 to a whole new level, especially in the bass and details department. Can't really go into specifics as i've only been listening it for a few nights and my head still hasn't really wrapped around the sound of the HD800. But some of my impressions are, the sound is just a little too perfect, making it a bit harder to get into the groove of the music.. Not in such a hurry to get these cans now that my curiosity has been satisfied

Nope.. Just a normal headroom balanced desktop with home DAC and modules, will be bringing it to canslam but no fight with the apache la! This i have to try as well! PM sent kopi..

Headroom balanced desktop.. surprisingly good SE performance too from the amp.

Got my hands on the HD800 loaner today, dying to try it out with balanced cable.. Any kind soul? SE already very awesome, but balanced will be that much better! haha

Not including weekends, so free 2 days if you time it properly

Hahaha just made a reservation to pick it up tmr! Precious few days of Aurvana. Now, does anyone have a loan program for a balanced HD800 cable? Lend please??

Agreed, on most stereo computer speakers (cheapo - $200+), one should not hear an improvement in sound from a better soundcard, assuming you're just using it for music and not gaming / movies with surround and the shebang. I skipped the soundcard altogether when i built a new com. used my trusty old iBasso D1 DAC out to active M-audio BX5as. At least my source will be decent haha

Hi, sorry i won't be able to help with photo taking as i'm selling my dslr today. Waiting for EOS 7D to be released haha. Pls update thread accordingly Aaron or any of the good folks at Stereo, thanks!

Yup, I'm so excited to be able to try your Apache! If you'll let me.. I've drooled at your setup for quite a while now

Attending Can Slam after missing CanJam. Woot! Bringing: 1. Laptop with lots of FLAC goodness 2. Kimber USB 3. Headroom Balanced Desktop with home DAC / Modules 4. Silver Dragon HD650 Defoamed 5. Blue Dragon Ultrasone Pro900 w/ Kees Mod 5. Markl Modded Denon D5000 All headphones are balanced That's all folks, cya there!

Anyone looking to sell some spare tubes for the LD Mk III? drop me a pm

Yeah, heard the 8397s are good for bass as well. but i think in the long run, i wanna get another pair of headphones that's easier to drive to go with the D1. Prob the Ultrasone Pro 750 or the new Pro 900. i've auditioned the older proline 750 run by the stock D1 and it sounded amazingly good!

They're the stuff that the opamps sit in. I tried the AD743s this morning and they seem to drive the HD650s a lot better than the 4841-2. everything sounds more natural, the hardness that i was talking about earlier was gone. Bass is better, but still not where it can be. still using the 6643 buffers, will try the 6655s soon.

Thanks Mimi, i believe the IC sockets are abt $1 each at SLT. are there sockets of various qualities or they're all of the generic variety? Hmm.. i can almost swear the line-out sounds better after swapping the L/R and buffers. maybe it's all in the mind.. single-to-dual adapter just arrived. that means AD743 can begin operations very soon... hehehe...

Finally i've begun on my opamp rolling journey! thanks to PPkiller for his excellent workmanship on the soldering work! I've run into a problem wrt the DAC opamp socket. there's not enough clearance on the sides for the browndog adapter to be seated properly. the stock opamp comes on raised adapters with extended legs. How do i solve this problem? can i just get an IC socket from SLT which should give me enough height to clear the blocks at the sides? finally, some impressions: i'm really surprised the D1 can drive the HD650s pretty well! The mids and highs are very acceptable though it seems to have a harder nature than what i'm used to. the bass still sorely loses out compared to when driven by the LD mk V, but still listenable. soundstaging and openess is still good. Using the 4841-2 with 6643 buffers currently, and stock 8616 dac opamp. One last question: if i run the D1 using the line out, does the L/R and buffer opamps affect the line-out sound as well?

Phew, my browndog adapters finally arrived after 1 month. I'm currently looking for L/R recommendations. I'm thinking of getting the AD4841-2. I also have 1xAD743, so i'll need to get 1 more. Problem is, i didn't order the single to dual adapter! does anyone have a spare? Any other recommendations? I also have 2 spare LMH6643s, if anyone wants them

Hi, would like to clarify something with regard to the L/R opamp. If i want to use single amplifier opamps like the AD797 or the AD743, does this mean i need 2 of each and solder them to a Single-to-Dual Adapter before it can be used? Thanks in Advance! Also, what are u guys using for the L/R?

Ur sig states you're already waiting for a Little Dot Mk II, so you're already set! I'm sure the Mk II's gonna be great. Using the Mk III now and it's so good i'm getting a Mk V as well in a day or 2, maybe you should consider that too haha.. With both a tube and SS amp, you're good to go!

LD Mk VI, interesting. i should be visiting Little Dot in Shenzhen in abt 2 weeks and hope to get to listen to the Mk VI myself, too bad i dun have to moolah to land myself one of those.. i think you'll need a balanced source to use one cuz it doesn't come with the phase-splitter.

If I'm not wrong, people use the high gain switch for high impedance headphones and low gain for low impedance headphones.