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In 2002, I recabled my SR225's with a DIY monstrosity I'd braided (was meant for IC's) and heard a difference… maybe not better really, but different than stock. After much more research in theory and construction, development of designs and plain trial and error, I had a unique line of cables to offer. One was an adapter for headphones to go directly off of speaker terminals of full size amps, another a long splitter cable and other more normal offerings...
In 2003 I started modding headphones. To my knowledge and ample research, there was no one offering recables, nor making woody modifications to headphones… Just a few mod tips on a forum (none on head-fi at the time). Ideas were coming like daylight in the morning, so I began to put them to the test and eventually for sale :-)
Thinking back on that SR225 sound improvement, I recabled my personal CD3000's. Not long after, I built my first pair of woodies for them (then another ten pairs experimenting). Shortly after I built woodies for my SR225's (and new recable).
While I thought both my modded headphones were cool, I was amazed out how much attention they were getting in forums. I ended up eventually offering both recable and woodies first for CD3000's, then Grado's. From there I expanded to other headphones, on my own choosing (Senn was next I think). Others began nearly begging for me to mod any and all headphones... Which I pretty much did for awhile. I added more to my normal line, and dropped or passed on others.
Eventually I didn't have enough time to do everything, so I honed in on what I (mostly) enjoyed doing. Below is a list of designs I've come up with, and still coming up with :-)
Headphile List of Firsts (AFAIK) in Design from 2003 and beyond
CD3000 woodies of all sorts Headphone recables Soft yet sturdy, non-microphonic sleeving for after market headphone cables Grado after market woodies and recables Grado internal tweaks Grado C-Pads Grado wide tops Grado domed screens Grado lambskin bands Grado wood end tips Grado rod locks The Vixen Wood splitters Wood cable junctions Stealth Screening Senn woodies, open and closed Deep and normal depth woodies K340 recable and mods K340 wood sides Senn 590 cable Darth Beyers Luke SkyBeyers Terminator ((( V4 ))) Black Beyer Pads Darth Denon DD2 & DD5 Stax woodies HP3000 custom K3000 custom PS3000 custom X-1, SRX-Omega, A900 woodies and other customs and proto's Multiple headphone stand designs Multiple cable designs Adjustable open/closed headphones Darth Beyer V-7 Adjustable Bass response Probably forgetting something :-) More to come…
Please don't copy any of my creations for profit. I ask that you please show some respect for the one that basically blazed the trail of headphone modding. Building something similar for your own use is fine, but please don't give directions or pictures of the process. Create something unique you can be proud of, there are many things I don't do that you could... using some imagination.
Thanks for your support of headphile over the years, Larry All of this website ©2003-2012 by headphile.com™
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