I’m gonna take a listen to what I’ve got now and decide what I’d like to try out more between the 880s and the 990s.
I may well end up deciding that I want to go for argons in the end, but I suppose I might need to get rid of a couple headphones to make some space for them 
Don’t you mean get a bigger shelf? 
Well if you pick one of the DT series up let me know your thoughts on them. I think they are great headphones but each has it’s own signature to it.
That and a house instead of a 1 bedroom flat 
I’d recommend anything with soundstage. Beyer Tygrs, AKG K701s… and my favorite (but definitely not popular) Monoprice M650s (these were on sale for 80$ recently).
I have T50RPs and they’re also very… “versatile”. Do you think your T50RPs have too much highs? You can try this free mod.
If you want to try a muddy “U-shaped” sound, just move the foams 45 degrees so they’re blocking the corners of the square planar driver. That’s interesting. Nothing to cut or break etc, just move the foam.
I’ll throw the K7XX out as something you might consider. They are fairly flat and more laid back in their presentation than the DT880 or 990. Very wide and smooth. Not bass heavy.
I’ve been looking into modding my t50s but wasn’t sure where to start, so thanks for those easy to try suggestions 
I do have a set of k702s but I’m really not getting any sort of comfort out of them
Just realised that I’m using 1540 pads on my t50s not 1840 pads too, so that would mean their signature is a bit different from the ones in the frequency graphs
Yes. My guess is 1840 will seal way, way more (leather-like material) and give you a huge bass and sub-bass boost.
I thought that perforated pads tended to more bring up the highs rather than bass? I am kinda new to looking at what pads can do to change things.
Ultimately I’d love to be able to have in terms of music headphones, one headphone for my hip hop listening (currently nighthawks), one for general listening (currently hd650s although I wish the soundstage was a little wider) and then a headphone for my Kpop listening (currently don’t have this). I know these are all very different feeling to me at least for kpop I’m wanting something that has sweet highs but at least still having a bit of bass presence which I don’t quite get with my t50s right now but they’re not hugely far off. That probably puts me closer to wanting a V signature I think so I may lean towards the 990s.
I’d love it if I could get to a HiFi shop near me, but nothing is going to be open here until July I think at this rate.
1840 pads will definitely give you the bass you need with T50RPs.
I must be missing something then, I can definitely feel the impact of the bass just that it doesn’t get prominent to me unlike I seem to notice with the highs
If i where you i would extend the budget a little and get the Sundara. Its bright but more neutral and a excellent headphone. 350$ though. Seeing that you already have a t50 you could spend 90$ and get a argon. not sure how it would compare with the shure pads you already have though.
I do really like the look of the sundara, it is £300 here though, so would need to think about it.
As for argons, like I said I’d love to, just not sure about how much it’d end up costing since I think it’d be just under £100 before return shipping and I’m pretty sure I’d want the protein pads, although I do already have their alcantara headband
You might try to cut the foam (the mod I talked about above) because it gets rid of the 4khz-to-8khz “plateau”, or just get some AKG foam which, apparently, just fixes everything (because adding foam gets rid of the highs a bit).
But I wanted to have all the possible clarity and hear all the possible details, by keeping the planar driver “next to my ear”, so not completely “muted” by a foam piece, so I “just” cut the foam of my T50RPs. There’s still a 10khz peak that can get annoying on some (badly recorded) songs… but they’ve been my “daily drivers” for months, and… zero problems. Everything sounds good with my “modded” T50RPs (unless the song really sucks, obviously).
If you already think the highs on the T50RPs are prominent, don’t.
The highs on the T50rp are much worse than the Sundara. The highs on the t50rp are one of the things that promted the big t50 mod scene. that and the fact it was a cheap planer
The 1st graph is for the T50RP, the 2nd is the Sundara.
Those graphs show that starting at 2 KHz on up, the Sundara has between 2 and 5 more decibels of upper mids and highs than the T50RP Mk 3. That matches up with how I heard them both as well. Maybe you should relisten to both…
hmm, weird. i remember the t50rp being so harsh and sibilant and the sundara not bothering me at all. where did you get those graphs from?
DIY audio heaven. Solderdude (respected in the audio community, built circuits for Garage 1217 amp designs) measured them. But remember, those are with the stock T50RP pads…which maybe you weren’t listening with possibly?
