thrice

It was $600-700 to have AKG replace the drivers....he didn't have a price so I'm trying to find that out now....I imagine there won't be much of a discount. It's not something I can swing now, but it's nice to make the contact now in case I need/want them in the future.

Interesting news from AKG. So I recently recabled my K1000 (did a damn fine job at it if I do say so myself). I was comparing them to Hirsch's Stefan Art hardwire K1000 and we noticed a decided shift in tonal balance. His had significantly more treble emphasis than mine (a little more detail and impact as well). So I thought 2 things...cable and age? I tried re-recabling them and got a little more treble but not like Hirsch's. So off to AKG they go because I thought maybe I fucked something up in the recable (unlikely as I was very careful, but possible). Well, the AKG rep told me that I did a fine job.....so good, he was very impressed, especially since he's received a rash of K1000 driver repairs due to botched cable replacement recently......Hmmm, I wonder why? He was a bit interested in my issue of less pronounced treble and more bass as well so he contacted the Tech Support folks. He found out that AKG changed the voicing of the headphone drivers at one point. My headphones are early (Serial number 2,XXX) and have less emphasis on treble and leaned more toward bass. The newer AKG K1000 has a slightly different driver that is pushed up to the treble a bit more (Hirsch's K1000 in in the 10,XXX-11,XXX range). So there are two different drivers for the K1000. He offered to let me buy a pair of the new drivers, but he didn't know the price, so I have an e-mail in to the right person regarding that...but I'm not sure I want to change the drivers.....Couldn't hurt to have a spare pair lying around...or even rewired and ready to place on the headband! Anyway, I thought you folks would find that interesting....I was going to post it on Head-FI, but I fear doing that.....especially with all the K1000 threads up right now. God only knows how they all will react. So I think some silver wire and a Pass amp will help flesh out some of that treble and detail....the repair guy said to turn up the treble on my power amp....EQ!!!!! MY GOOD MAN, I AM NO ANIMAL!

Well we'll have some fun next weekend, since I got a package from Audio Technica today....so some new toys to try out

LOL....naw she'd know I was kidding.....*looks over shoulder* Shhhhhh don't tell her *looks again* Hey, I've got some extra foamies on order...I think we need to do an E500 vs. UE-10 comparison...unfortunately only one of us can actually do the comparison

Yep, my middle name is Shilly McShillenbergerton

*grabs knife* I won them at the National Head-Fi meet *twist* they were sent to me straight from SHURE. *adds more salt*

I call it the WEB. Wife Elimination Button

Some pics: The box reminds me of iPod packaging....it's heavier than you would expect. Probably because of the handsome aluminum box that encloses the IEM. It's going to be hard not making an amp out of this Inside the box you find a cardboard box holding the E500 and the Push To Hear unit Below that is the carry case:

So I ran home during my lunch break to let the dog out and there on the doorstep was a little package....whatever could it be?!?!?!? Got the E500PTH today from SHURE....I'll post impressions in a month or so Cheers, thrice

No, but my cats are....... :megaevil:

You know, I was trying to come up with a witty retort (or a ritty wetort) and I just didn't have one....come get your damn headphones!

SR-60 and if you disagree you're WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG ...at least that's what I read on Head-Fi Congrats Headcase...here's to another 200 nutjobs, whackos, swearing bastards who love headphones more than life itself. VIVA la Audioinsanity!

I've got a pair of L3000 drivers headed my way.....a little duct tape and you're golden

I'll give you a biased poll

Mine is Gretchen Parlato's self-title album. You can get it off CDBaby: http://cdbaby.com/cd/gretchenparlato

Yo momma so fat her weight is equal to a ballpark.

Yeah tkam, when I heard these at a recent MD minimeet I was less than impressed. We had a Rega Apollo hooked up to an Earmax Anni., Modified Earmax Pro and a really modified Earmax somethng or other that probably wasn't an Earmax anymore. Funny thing was when we hooked it up to a solid state amp it sounded better than out of the tube amps...particularly in the midrange. With tubes it sounded a bit recessed and veiled dare I say. Of course this is with meet conditions....etc. limited time...blah blah unfamiliar source....etc. I wasn't immediately impressed with them, but with the right amp/source combo I had the feeling they could be something really special...I would agree with the imaging you mentioned in the first post.

oh SNAP Beotch...that's harsh. Yo momma so ugly she makes mjg's momma look like a pile o shit (that's still more attractive than your momma).

LOL...Haha...I wish I had admin rights to my work computer too.....that's funny...it's gotta suck to have to call IT in order to download porn....errrr.....software.

Yo momma's so stupid she has to cut and paste "yo momma" jokes off the internet just to start her own thread.

I was there from 99-2000. It's cause they keep breaking things huh? Yeah those guys need to stop hitting shit with malletts.....they get carried away

Wow...OT, but I too went to CCM for a Masters in Saxophone performance....my brother has a masters in percussion performance. i too did not like CCM...bunch of horseshit indeed. The percussion department is killer so the lil' bro has a degree from there...I went elswhere to finish my degree and then quit the saxophone...for now. Oh yes, I'm not a big Maher fan...just so this gets back OT.

That's even better than the current welcome regarding thin-skin

Hirsch and I recently plugged his CD3000 (rewoodied) into his old chassis PPX and it was quite magical. That was a nice pairing as well as the W100 out of the same amp...I spent about 24 hours with the PPX at my place with this combo and I couldn't take the headphones off when I was awake. I like my balanced M3 with the K1000, but Canman's Pass Labs Aleph 3 is incredible....great combo. Best I've ever heard the K1000.

Looks great..nice job