[Frank Stearns]

Frank Stearns writes:

Nate Najar writes:

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hmmm... maybe my headphones are problematic then. The trashiest mic i
own is a 414. Most stuff gets the schoeps and dpa.....

Nate, I still wonder about how well your Sonys are seating on your head.

Is the gel material in the cups still pleasantly squishy, or has it gotten stiff?

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Follow-up to my own post: the MDR7506 cup pads don't seem to be gel, but rather
something akin to that bed foam stuff that feels like gel -- that's the way I
remembered these phones for quite a whilw. But I checked mine, and after
7 years it's now more like plain old sponge rubber rather than gel. I suspect that
if it loses much more compliance, I will start noticing messed up LF response. I
have, come to think of it, noticed some loss of isolation.

Next step is to see how readily & cheaply one can replace those pads. They do slip
on/off with ease.

Nate, the following might still be an interesting test for you:
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If you apply varying amounts of pressure with your palms on the driver bodies to
more firmly seat the phones on your head, do you find some amount of external push that
improves how they sound, particularly in flattening out the low and mid-bass
regions?

If it's improved with a moderate amount of push, perhaps all you need to do is get
those new seating rings (assuming they're replacable and available for a reasonable
price).

Hope it's something simple,

Frank
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