Used Deals Thread

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  1. gaspasser

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    https://www.head-fi.org/threads/wts-denon-ah-d5000.944124/ Denon D5000 $400 OBO

    Nice headphone as-is, even nicer with some TH900 drivers (Full Compass has them in stock again AFAIK), custom cups, new pads, fancy damping, custom die-cut foam rings. This has a fixed cable. Silver accent could be nice with certain woods. I know a guy who will build extra deep cups (or even vented cups) and has some overstock Bubinga. Just sayin.

    Might just pick it up myself and keep a spare pre-modded set stocked to sell post-tour. edit: bought em. ignore this.
     
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    nice find. i loved the d2000 at the time for value. the d5000 has always been super tempting. now with small kids and a standing desk, the hanging mechanism makes me nervous. looking forward to seeing how you mod them!
     
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    Troels was not very kind about the T90A

    http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/The-Loudspeaker-2.htm
     
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    Good to know, this is a nice collection of tweeters measured in the same environment
     
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    I saw another independent measurement that matches the dip Troels found. Safe to assume this is consistent.

    When paired up with full range drivers many people tend to run the drivers without any filtering and would overlap the range of the tweeter. Maybe the tweeters are primarily made for that kind of use. Very different from what Troels does.

    Even so, the Fostex datasheet seems very inaccurate
     
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    @E_Schaaf, I'm actually curious what your modding services look like! A modded TH900 might be the ticket to outdo the HP3 for hip hop. Unfortunately, when I owned them back in the day, I had them on a bad pairing with a ZDSE and wish I had heard them reach their potential with less of the mid suck out.
     
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    @zerodeefex DM me! I won't charge anything until you're happy with the sound :) I tune these at 90db+ with EDM and hip hop with some R&B and pop, they flatter these genres particularly well.

    Edit - it mostly involves opening up driver vents, tweaking baffle vents, possible cup vents, cup damping, swap of pads, and custom die cut foam front rings. It's pretty involved, about a dozen materials, many precise cuts, lots of measurements. They become a lot more tunable as soon as the driver vents are opened. I have a wood worker who can build custom spec cups on a lathe too so it's infinitely configurable. I can hit most fr profiles pretty closely with enough trial and error. Generally no front damping necessary, but if I must, 50% or less front coverage. It's a passion project for me, I just love working on them. Have been tuning them nearly exclusively for about 9 months now. Probably cheaper than you think!

    Edit 2 - there will be a loaner tour with what I hope will be a crowd pleasing tuning. Had a driver failure on the loaner pair (didn't happen during modding, it's just a very old TH900 that was falling apart even when they first got here, SN under 00600) but I had a fresh pair of drivers arrive today. Just have to copy my work, that will ship to @DEATHxMACHINE (owner) this weekend, at which point there will be a tour sign up thread and onward from there!
     
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