Summer Audiophile house mix 2023
The summer is finally here in the UK. Here is an all Vinyl chilled House selection all mixed on audiophile gear This was mixed on a master sounds two valve mixer using HifiMan Sundara closed headphones and Custom cans Litz cable, monitored on frugal horn speakers. The mixer was linked to a scarlet 2 by […]
Grado SR325e Cable Upgrade
Here is how we replace the cable on a pair of Grado SR325e’s. We’d recommend giving this a go on all of the plastic and metal body Grados. It’s a shockingly easy mod and all you will need is a bit of soldering know-how. We start with a rather sad looking pair of SR325e’s. The […]
New Product! 3D Printed HiFiMan HE400se Super Grills
Jason has been hard at work, developing this new mod for the HiFiMan HE400se. It is a 3D printed grill mod for the ear cup. These inserts replace the original grills to make them sound more open. They re-tune them to keep the bass flat down to 15hz rather than rolling off at around 40hz, […]
Operation Dark Matter
We have been working on a new range of cables with a few improvements. Firstly we will be using a cotton cover rather than nylon and more excitingly we will be coating our Litz wire in graphene to add shielding without adding too much weight. We have made a few test cables by hand coating […]
4.4mm balanced Sennheiser HD650 cable
It looks like 4.4mm TRRRS balanced jacks are becoming more common now. They are good for us as they fit out fat cables much better than most 2.5mm balanced jacks.
I’m back – and knocking out a lot of headphones over the next couple of months
After a long break while I have been studying product design, I am back in the spraybooth and making some fancy headphones. Here are some of the more interesting sennheiser HD25s we have done recently
Engine cover phase 3
filling in the background Here I have hit it up with some mazda 29Y to match the rest of the car on second thoughts – black is better
Engine cover Phase 2
I have now gone back in and added a bit more light, shade and detail
Airbrushing an engine cover for the CanMobile ;)
Phase one the design. I wanted to make something like Gem from tron with a rotary backpack Next a bit of masking and spraying Phase one complete – time to spray it with a mid coat so I can have a certain amount of “undo” when I put in some more detail
HD 25 headphone connection Mod
The Sennhesier HD 25 Headphones are legendary, having been around for over 25 years, they have been the headphone of choice for DJ’s and and recording professionals all round the world, and in all areas of the industry, this universal adoption has been down to there mix of fantastic audio quality/sound isolation, and there rugged […]