Whatâs your next planned mod?
Haha! Relax, @M0N 
Like, 24 hours after I bought T50RPs you ask me âwhatâs your next planarâ and now you ask me âwhatâs your next modâ 
Currently enjoying âJazz at the pawnshopâ I just bought (flac) with these. I just⊠could not enjoy jazz with these before. They sounded way too clear, bright, analytical, precise, mechanical, etc. Now they just sound⊠great. More or less, as neutral cough natural-sounding as my HD58Xs, but with a 10khz-ish peak I think (canât do a frequency response graph, sorry). And now, my T50RPs got greater high-treble extension too (air!).
Iâm just speechless. Because of this stupid free and five-second mod I swear I hear twice the detail. And twice the soundstage. From my Denon AVR which is not a clean source. And I can use these in the studio now. âŠfucking hell, lol.
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You know you want to do more lol, well thatâs great you are getting it to where you like it even more 
I definitely wonât mod my HD58Xs⊠heh.
And my HD280 Pros are a lost cause, zero detail compared to these. Still excellent for monitoring though.
I wasnât expecting to mod these at all, I just underestimated what the 5dB bump would do to my treble-sensitive ears. I remembered having a crappy bluetooth speaker with black tape on it to quell the highs (lol!), looked at my T50RPs and went âhmmâ, and there you go. No tape involved for my Fostex lol.
I just deleted one or two messages (and pictures) because there was too much conflicting infos and too much mistakes were made. Also clarified my mod(s) in the last message (see 
what I replied to). What I wrote makes sense now, lol.
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Had a pair of t50rp mk3âs for a little while now, and I REALLY like them. They are so different from anything Iâve ever heard. Their soundstage surrounds you and the imaging is the best Iâve ever heard. It does have a big bump in midbass and mids in general, then I feel like it spikes a little in the upper mid-range and then drops off from there. I tried using the Shure 840 pads and the headphones just became a mess. Bass was out of control and bloated, and I didnât hear any sort of highs or imaging whatsoever. What I ended up doing what taking rolled up toilet paper under the stock pads and it fixed the comfort. It sounds identical with a little more soundstage compared to stock. I have some planned mods for it. I have the Mayflower mod kit coming with the baffle upgrade and Iâve never been more excited to see how it turns out.
I had my T50âs modded to Argons and theyâre crazy completely different from stock, big sound stage, amazing low end, incredibly detailed mids and air SO much air in the highs its nutts
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Stock âpancakeâ pads = treble murder
Shure 840 pads = planar bass murder
Just put the T50RPs with Shure 840 pads over a yoga block or a DVD rack or something for a few hours to crush em a bit and make em thinner if you want something more neutral-ish.
This is my review after doing just that:
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Ya I totally agree with treble murder at stock. Honestly everything sounds muderous stock, but once I did the toilet paper mod it helped it out a ton. Still treble(sometimes a little too much) and the sweet mid-range bump is still there too
Hey gents,
Just got hooked on Z-reviews and slowly getting particular with audioâŠstarted with set o wharfedales at work nuther at home (with smsl18)âŠgot Xmas shp9500s and just picked up set of dt 770 pro 80 Ohm (replaced old pads and planing removable cable 3.5 mm jack mod) and a Schiit fullaâŠIâm a DIY lover and have access to printers and a small CNC Mill. Curious if any of you gents have files for the Cup mods ⊠Outside Mr. Speakers open source printables. I have little to no background in acoustic shape/knowledge but love to learn as well
If no, a repository of .STL files and DIY catagory might be in order. I volunteer to open one.
Thanks
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Oh well. Oddly enough after only listening to my T50RP for more or less one week, for a few minutes my HD58Xs sounded V-Shaped.
Apparently my free mod definitely gets rid of the T50RP + Shure 840 âV-Shapeâ, lol.
Iâd say planar bass + mid-focused + 10khz peak (I could not get rid of it â brain burn in got used to it lol).
Well, hereâs the proof Fostex RP series are great!
(Sarcasm warning!)
You do know her career ended because of a lip syncing scandal?
If you look at a lot of music project documentaries youâll see a lot of Fostex, Sony and AKG being used.
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Doesnât the foam index to not cover the driver?
The foam pieces are these:
Canât find them on AKGs site, the link to âpartsâ is just an email address.
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The foam is made to fit the driver perfectly but thereâs way too much highs for me.
Just turning it 45 degrees and cutting it like that, gets rid of the highs, adds front soundstage (I think!), and as a bonus you donât have foam in front of the driver, which may âveilâ everything instead of just getting rid of unwanted frequencies.
âŠbut Iâll still order the foam pieces because Iâm curious!
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The fostex rp driver can really kick some serious ass. Finally have been able to replicate the ZMF Ori mod and the bass may be some of the most enjoyable I have ever heard. Way better than argons.
I heard Zack from ZMF say i a interview that he would test the drivers when he got them and he would have to reject a few before modding. Makes me think about getting his t50rp mod before modhouse
Yeah Iâve heard very good things about the ori, specifically pertaining to its bass. But it is more than double the price of the argons so I would expect them to be quite a bit better
Ryan from Modhouse does driver matching also.
Still enjoying these, theyâre still my âdaily driversâ, even with my Denon AVR, which has a surprisingly decent headphone output I must say. When did I buy/mod these? DecemberâŠ
Iâve been listening to music almost every day with these for 4 months (half that time with a JDS Atom) and yes, I thought about other headphones⊠but time and time again Iâm still âwowedâ by these and just fail to understand how any of my music could sound any âbetterâ with pricier headphones. Being able to buy inexpensive planars and mod em to get the sound you like is a real privilege.
my Fostex T50RPs!
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