david watt 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2008 Seeing that a few forummers here have either heard or own the Valgrind Recabled HD6xx, i will like to contribute my thoughts here. I received my modded HD600 from Victor/Aaron the Thursday before and have been running in the headphone since (about 120 hours) The mod involves two parts: - Removal of the acoustic foams in front and behind the drivers - Installation of the Valgrind headphone cable for HD600. My opinion of the recabled HD600 that it is very musical and enjoyable. It is able to evoke emotions from its presentation of the vocals- full of subtleties and very realistic. The other parts of the frequency spectrum are also beautifully presented: the delicate bowing of the violin strings with the vibrato effect ; the aptly quick attack and decay of the drums; shimmering highs from the high hats and cymbals that fade into silence. The sound appears to come from around the head. It is easy to tell the relative placement of the main singer and the accompanying vocals/ instruments with the blackness between them. The impression was made using my portable rig which consists of -iRiver H10 (Rockbox) -Valrind Soncaps (Acoustic Revive QR8 placed on acrylic casing) -iQube Portable Amplifier -Valgrind mini-mini cables (Canare F12 Termination) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest dragonboy Report post Posted December 30, 2008 Having heard the HFI780 aron MOD, I'm sure the HD600valgrind mod must be impressive...... How's the damage on the wallet? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
david watt 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2008 Valgrind charges me S$450 for the mod/recable. It is best if you can find time to try out the Valgrind recabled HD600 from Victor/Aaron. I have not tried the ED9 but i think someone has mentioned that performance wise they are nearly on par though naturally, the sonic signature is different. To me, there is a huge difference to the HD600 prior and after the mod. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hellfire112 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2008 Valgrind charges me S$450 for the mod/recable. It is best if you can find time to try out the Valgrind recabled HD600 from Victor/Aaron. I have not tried the ED9 but i think someone has mentioned that performance wise they are nearly on par though naturally, the sonic signature is different. To me, there is a huge difference to the HD600 prior and after the mod. i fully agree on this point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eric Chia 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2008 (edited) yeah !! my hd650 modded with valgrind cables never fails impress me everytime now if i get the vahalla caps to pair with it ............... new killer cans Edited February 17, 2009 by Eric Chia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soundsync 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2009 So you decided to have a re-cabled HD600. It's good to hear about that. I am not alone anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites