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I see, you prefer the bigger 6kHz peak then, given you like it better now without the SDR mod. Although I think it does make some other changes that are less significant when I compared the Oratory measurements of SDR mod vs stock.
I see, you prefer the bigger 6kHz peak then, given you like it better now without the SDR mod. Although I think it does make some other changes that are less significant when I compared the Oratory measurements of SDR mod vs stock.
I will eventually come here and investigate my own slightly tweaked oratory EQ and see where tweaking this again will lead me, check my signature haha. I EQ with Equalizer APO. Don't have the motivation/time/whatever to do it currently.
I still think there is something to get out of my HD800 that I SDR modded myself (bought the stuff from that french guy in 2022).
Hi,
received it yesterday, finished my install like 45 minutes ago.
I choose the "unmount everything" without peeling the mesh. That was easier than I expected but also pretty stressful. My headphones work but tbh, I don’t know if I can hear a difference. I do think that I have a little bit more bass to play around with using EQ (copying oratory’s values and adjusting them by hearing what I like more) which is why I did this, so I guess that’s it, besides a replacement for the headband padding and earpads that I want to do.
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For the headband I went with the ZMF Co-Pilot (lambskin), I'm still really happy with it, but I should clean it more often/ give it a bit of love lol. For the earpads I'm using the new HD800/S pads from Sennheiser, tried dekoni pads but really detested them.
I will eventually come here and investigate my own slightly tweaked oratory EQ and see where tweaking this again will lead me, check my signature haha. I EQ with Equalizer APO. Don't have the motivation/time/whatever to do it currently.
I still think there is something to get out of my HD800 that I SDR modded myself (bought the stuff from that french guy in 2022).
Hi,
received it yesterday, finished my install like 45 minutes ago.
I choose the "unmount everything" without peeling the mesh. That was easier than I expected but also pretty stressful. My headphones work but tbh, I don’t know if I can hear a difference. I do think that I have a little bit more bass to play around with using EQ (copying oratory’s values and adjusting them by hearing what I like more) which is why I did this, so I guess that’s it, besides a replacement for the headband padding and earpads that I want to do.
[..]
For the headband I went with the ZMF Co-Pilot (lambskin), I'm still really happy with it, but I should clean it more often/ give it a bit of love lol. For the earpads I'm using the new HD800/S pads from Sennheiser, tried dekoni pads but really detested them.
The new HD800/s pads from Sennheiser are the best ones to use for the HD800 if you need new pads - Oratory said something like 50% of his units he's measured for his HD800 measurement are using the new HD800/s pads, rather the old woven ones that the HD800 used to come with. (Nowadays, both HD800 & HD800s are the same). I suspect Oratory's HD800s EQ is more accurate for HD800s headphones than Oratory's HD800 EQ is for HD800 headphones, because of the pad change, and praps he has measured more HD800s (bit of a guess). Of course the HD800s has always come with the same pad, so there's less variability there. Oratory says the HD800 woven pads don't make much difference vs the now new HD800/s pads, but solderdude measured some reasonable differences that would be noticeable, so I think the HD800 Oratory EQ is a bit less accurate than the HD800s Oratory EQ.