Hilton Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Bengineer said: What cable is that to the headphones? It's a Frankenstein ALO Litz Pure Silver MMCX with MMCX to 2 pin adapters I found online. I bought the cable for my Andromeda's orginally for use with the DX220 AMP8. Don't use the DX220 anymore so probably going to sell that soon. (DX220 sounds too bright for me and too slow and gets really hot and not great battery life - Using phone/tablet with the ifi iDSD is much more pleasant and enjoyable) Edited February 21, 2021 by Hilton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengineer Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Thought the plug looked familiar! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilton Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 (edited) The Bass in God is a Woman (Ariana Grande), Dancing With a Stranger (Sam Smith) and Magic (Kylie Minogue) .....are.... SUBLIME with the Black Limba's and the iFi iDSD on normal gain @ 1 o'clock on the volume dial! This is how POP music should sound. MAGIC. :yum Loud in yer face and thumping. That's where type 1 or 2 woods truly rock! Type 4 Wild Chechen can't compete with the kick, power and warmth of the Type 1 Black Limba where you just wanna feel da bass... and that's without flicking the xBass or 3D switch on the Amp. Type 4 with the xBass come close to the Type 1 but still lacking a little warmth. They are still great though for rock or more complex music, or Jazz where you need a little more articulation in the bass. Black Limba's kicking it Intimacy of Wild Chechen with Hoff Ensemble - Polarity.... Edited February 23, 2021 by Hilton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilton Posted July 5, 2023 Author Share Posted July 5, 2023 (edited) Finally get to properly A/B test my Lawton Chambers... Edited July 5, 2023 by Hilton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilton Posted July 8, 2023 Author Share Posted July 8, 2023 And i have minidsp ears on the way to try measure frequency response differences and other tonal differences! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilton Posted July 12, 2023 Author Share Posted July 12, 2023 (edited) Here's some measurements for the doubters... Im new to REW so excuse me if I got this wrong... This is comparing a brand new pair of TH610 out of box with another brand new pair with Wild Chechen measured on minidsp EARS using the HEQ Mic calibration. This is with a very light clamping of the HP to the EARS with a small elastic to properly seal the headphone at the top of the earcup. As you can see the sub-bass is significantly better - Wild Chechen chambers are even flat down to 10hz (where I started the measurement from) The occasional sibilance you could hear in stock TH610 is also drastically reduced as you can see with the dip at 3K compared with stock chambers. Much more to come. I also have some "reference" original HD600's with new earpads to measure against and several other HP's. Left Stock TH610 Black Walnut Chamber Left TH610 Wild Chechen Chamber Left TH610 Wild Chechen vs Stock Walnut Chamber ( Purple Chechen / Orange Stock) Edited July 12, 2023 by Hilton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilton Posted July 12, 2023 Author Share Posted July 12, 2023 (edited) Black Limba Wild Chechen vs Stock vs Black Limba (Purple/Orange/Green) Edited July 12, 2023 by Hilton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilton Posted July 12, 2023 Author Share Posted July 12, 2023 Here's Flame Marble Walnut Wild Ziricote Wild Chechen vs Stock vs Black Limba vs Flame Marble Walnut vs Wild Ziricote (Purple/Orange/Green/Yellow/Red) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilton Posted July 12, 2023 Author Share Posted July 12, 2023 (edited) HD600 Wild Chechen vs Stock vs Black Limba vs Flame Marble Walnut vs Wild Ziricote vs HD600 (Purple/Orange/Green/Yellow/Red/Light-Blue) Edited July 12, 2023 by Hilton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilton Posted July 12, 2023 Author Share Posted July 12, 2023 Last one for today with RAW calibration file loaded in REW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilton Posted July 14, 2023 Author Share Posted July 14, 2023 Time for the good stuff. Not sure if I've captured this correctly but I've given a shot! TH610 Stock Chamber Waterfall Wild Chechen Waterfall Black Limba Waterfall Flame Marble Walnut Waterfall Wild Ziricote Waterfall HD600 Waterfall TH610 Stock Chamber RT60 Decay Wild Chechen RT60 Decay Black Limba RT60 Decay Flame Marble Walnut RT60 Decay Wild Ziricote RT60 Decay HD600 RT60 Decay (contaminated by background noise???) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilton Posted July 14, 2023 Author Share Posted July 14, 2023 TH610 Stock Chamber Noise + THD Wild Chechen Noise + THD Black Limba Noise + THD Flame Marble Walnut Noise + THD Wild Ziricote Noise + THD HD600 Noise + THD TH610 Stock Chamber CSD Wild Chechen CSD Black Limba CSD Flame Marble Walnut CSD Wild Ziricote CSD HD600 CSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilton Posted July 14, 2023 Author Share Posted July 14, 2023 I've also retested the TH610 stock Chamber again after someone thought 6db gain from Chambers alone seems too good to be true... but alas a retest clearly shows that the difference is indeed 6db (apart from the Ziricote which is a very dense heavy wood) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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