That’s so true. Every time I watch Gizaudio videos, I feel like I am going through Crin’s ranking.
Not HBB but a no in the Sundara being a bass head head phone
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@hawaiibadboy I just wanna let you know I’ve probably tried about 6 IEMs a good bit more expensive and ones that people talk more highly about than the Olina and the Olina has stomped them all 
idk how these are only $99 but wow, you really knocked it out of the park with these
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Grado Hemp or 325x are bass monsters
These seem to be the same giveaway? At least, filling in one has left check marks in the other.
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No, one is just for Twitter.
Other is for folks who use other platforms and or are already a follower, they can just re-tweet which retweets the other post cuz that app needs a link to retweet
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Looks like less warmth, but better treble extension, when compared to Michael Bruce’s Unknown Solider mod.
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Based on the graph, the treble changes actually fit my ear to a tee. If the overall note-weight is improved over Olina or 7Hz Zero, this would be a slam dunk for me.
If it’s actually like that I think I’ll go for the original to do that mod. 
I don’t think this frequency region is reachable by dynamic drivers. There is usually a frequency roll off in this region. My guess is that there are small components in the driver housing that have been improved.
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I haven’t been following the modding a ton, but could you not just do the bass mod on the SE and get the best of both worlds?
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If someone could gather all the info on Michael’s mod and put it here we might be able to get an idea whether or not that could be a result.
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Modding those might be a fun project someday. Pricing on the Fostex models is weirdly close - the t20 is $140 and the t40/t50 $150 lol. Are there some graphs around for any of these?
On another note, i recently went window shopping for new headphones and it was kind of a sobering experience. I learned that I straight up wouldn’t be able to place headphones in their correct price bracket by sound alone. I guess i either can’t really hear technical stuff properly or am just not used to it. I also learned that comfort isn’t guaranteed at all as you go up in price, apparently. Sundara was fine. Edition XS sounded noticeably nicer. But what the actual fuck is up with the comfort on them? The headband is hard and they don’t really go small enough for my head. So i’d have to mod them too to be able to somewhat enjoy them. Ananda comfort sucked too for me, thanks to the headband. Arya and up were great, but i’m not spending that much. The 800s had by FAR the best comfort out of anything i tried, which surprised me. That adjustmet system is great.
Anyway, long story short … i like comfort and somewhat spicy treble. Maybe going for modding with a fostex right out of the gate would be a good idea
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exactly why I returned my XS… comfort/fit issues, hifiman replacements are overpriced af and don’t want to wait 3 months for a knockoff from china but dang they sounded good, depending on how the Hinode turns out (supposed to be a warmer Sundara) might keep my eyes out for a Sundara stealth.
I get it 100%. The most uncomfortable headphones for me were the 1more triple driver over ears and they killed me after 45ish min. Where my ears just plain hurt etc. To better explain I’m pretty sure that with headphones the 5-6k region(fostex is bad on this for me) if not done the way my ears like is literally a deal breaker since I will not be able to listen comfortably. For iems its more about the ear gain for me so its probably gonna be just fine for you. Nearly every headphone I dislike the treble on has an elevation around there. Focals and Sennheiser are the exceptions if memory serves. The 1mores are a solid recc too if you can deal with on ear/dont have sensitive ears as the frequency response was very plesant overall.
If you are going to mod it, just get the cheapest. They only differ in the amount of shell vent damping.
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I just was skimming through the comments sections on his videos and apparently he’s going to be making a tutorial on how he came to his most recent iteration.
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Slight re-milling of the driver seat
Kinda like what was done when 02 driver was put in Mele shell.
Didn’t work.
Needed to widen nozzle and mill the driver seat angle and then it worked
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