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I entered into a bidding war a few times within the Rinkya system and they have a page which says that what Rinkya bidder is currently in the lead, with numerous user names to allow that. Btw. welcome Craig.

That's just like a normal day at work!

Now that's a brilliant idea.

There will be. One of my closest friends will be getting married in late August so we'll make something epic for him.

Well yeah but that's not the same. It's no fun ridiculing them in a PM.

Nice to see that the quality of the thread hasn't dropped while I was offline... As for the Mk1 vs. Mk2 debate, I'm well aware what driving them properly does to the sound and no amount of voltage/current can fix those issues. I had the old BH here when I did my comparisons (and the mods for that matter) so that certainly wasn't an issue. I can think of a very simple way to solve this matter, does anybody know of a cheap Mk2 for sale? I'll buy it, mod it and then send it out to CJ for testing. Those aluminum sheets are just decorative (and used to hold the dustcovers in place) and it's just a different color used while anodizing. The stators are identical and they are built in the same way.

Why do I always miss out on these idiots...

Went to work and was wished happy birthday all day long. Not mine though but rather the anniversary of when our company was founded, 175 years ago. It's technically not until in early September but one has to milk it for all it's worth...

Looks like that email I just sent isn't needed. Congrats and we expect a burn-in graph with percentages once you get them.

That midrange coloration (bass hump too) also does my head in and all their redeeming factors just disappear. I can tolerate many flaws in my headphones but only those where the headphone leaves something out and doesn't make up for it my adding some nonsense to the music, hence my preference of the HE60 over the HE90, SR-Lambda over the L-Pro's, SR-3 over the SR-3 New and it goes on and on. A small change in how the diaphragm was tensioned is more then enough to account for these differences in sound. Other factors such as the glue used also apply but the tension is a large part of the sound. The Wide PC-OCC cable is always the same, despite the color. The new LE cable is the first advancement in that area in 16 years.

The LNS has the same driver and cable as the 404 though the diaphragm is a bit different. The SR-Omega cable is dark brown and not like the SR-007 color.

To my ears, side by side, the SC1 and 404 are very different headphones. The 404 is peaky and edgy while the SR-404 is more like the SR-Lambda and the Lambda Spirit/Pro Classic, very smooth though ultimately not impressive in the long run. They are both Lambdas so they fall within those parameters but the difference is clearly there even thought the phones are nearly identical. The LNS are also identical but sound nothing like either of those. The devil is in the details my friend...

I still haven't got a scanner so I have some excuse...

They don't have 3 pin outlets over there so most gear is just double insulated.

The SR-SC1 and the SR-404 are quite far apart in terms of SQ. The Mk2/A is very similar to the SR-404 to my ears, especially in the midrange.

Wasn't it bad enough that I started a birthday thread for KG but now you are going to fill his inbox with spam?

The dustcover on the side facing the ear should be a sheet of mylar or PVC that is secured by a ring around the driver. There is a woven nylon dustcover on the back. Being Koss there is no way to be sure that they haven't changed something though... If the dust cover is tight as a drum then it changes the impedance of the air next to the main membrane and thus the damping of the driver. That dustcover is almost like an afterthought and it wouldn't surprise me since none of the older Koss models had external dustcovers.

That could work but some glue and simply stretching a new dustcover would also work. 3uf mylar is easy enough to find.

That's probably due to the loose dustcover on the front of the drivers.

Enjoy.

Blasphemy!!!! Trust me, it was hard to go back to the SR-007 after the SR-404 modding exercise...

White would be more my style or just buying a Braun LE-1 in the first place. I wants a LE-1....

Now Doug, that's not a bad idea. Perhaps I should bitch and moan until they make me a special SR-Omega cable from the new wire... ...and some felt. I will rip the drivers apart though if just to one-up my Japanese counterparts. They could make the resin which encapsulates the drivers black. It would be a horrible idea though since most black coloring agents contain carbon and that doesn't mix well with high voltage. There are numerous horror stories about all those that have decided to paint the stators on their ESL57's black...

It would help but not fix the upper midrange peak.