dalethorn

Fuckface? Well, that is a splendid example of your mentality, motherfucker.

Funny - it didn't look like Facebook - it looked like a tech forum. Maybe you 2 are in the wrong place, huh?

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I can't speak for anyone else, but I'm here to learn and share information, not to socialize.

You may find that the level of bass is greatly influenced by the seal (or lack thereof) of the ear cushions. You might even be able to modify the cushions for a better seal. That's not just speculation - I am finding in correspondence with several people on the Beyer DT-48 that the lack of bass there is directly attributable to the unsealed cushions. I have the sealed variety. It's a lesson I learned in 1971 using the original Advent speakers. If a speaker or headphone is designed to deliver proper bass in an "open" setting, fine, but many of them are not, even when they say they are.

My tastes haven't changed since 1974. I knew what live music sounded like then, and thanks in no small part to J. Gordon Holt, I've been pursuing that ever since. Some headphones wear out. The Beyer DT-48 does not. Hearing changes for some people, but mine hasn't changed at all below 12 khz. I find that the Sennheiser HD-800 is a good reference point from which to judge other 'phones, and the DT-48 provides balance in that judgement as well.

It's a valid thought, but in this case I did my homework. The sealed pads on the new 48E (the previous 48's weren't sealed - you could rotate them 360 degrees) make the difference in the bass. Just put the 48E on and get a good seal, play some music with bass, then yawn really wide, which breaks the seal, and listen to the bass disappear. The much better highs I can't account for yet. Although I can tell you this - when I yawn to kill the bass, the highs also sound much more like the old DT-48's. Currently my hearing goes flat to 10 khz and drops maybe 3 db at 12 khz, so with the DT-48 and my Sennheiser 800's I can make a pretty good judgement about the sound. When I had the Soundcraftsmen equalizer I could equalize headphones to within 1 db of the Koss ESP9's. I could do that now. Piece 'o' cake.

Things have changed. The 3 sets of DT-48's I had in the 70's were very rolled off in the highs and lows, and not just uncomfortable - they pressed on certain ear parts and were painful. Enter the new DT-48E (and only the 'E' version). It looks exactly the same. The thicker ear cushions, and extra padding inside next to the driver screen, eliminated the comfort issue. Unless you're claustrophobic. But the sound. You wouldn't expect something that sounded like the old DT-48 to sound like a Sennheiser HD-800 today. And they don't. But they're very nearly as good. The bass is still shy, but not rolled off like the old 'phones. You don't get the impact of the really deep stuff, but it sounds really good otherwise. The highs are there, and clear. And the mids are spectacular. You would probably never hear another 'phone like the DT-48E. Very highly recommended. One little caveat - the new DT-48 still collects sweat in the earcups - same as the old version.