cable faulty i assume

Just collected my HD669 replacement from Poslaju Today. Trio sent it on Monday but I couldn't collect it then.

Had to RMA my previous unit as I heard some slight crackling on the left side of the piece. The new one sounds perfect after a few hours of burning in. Hopefully it'll stay this way.

Bought new cables from ssyycc to replace my stock HD661. What can I say?
Pros :Overall sound clearer and more refined bass. Feel the highs not so ear piercing as ori. With my amp with copper interconnect... sound even sweeter.Thats after onli about 6hrs of cable burn in.
Good job bro.
Con: Cable a bit stiff. Sacrifice for better sound lor.

Any photo of the setup? Can make the poison worst haha

been used 668b for almost 1year..
today,my worst possible scenario has happen as my cable connecter *connected to the left-side can hasa problem.
just move it a bit and the left-side can wouldnt produce any sound..any help??
thought I could repair it myself..

Did you tried changing the cables? If not... you might need to know how to recable in order to fix the 668B. And... if you're seeking to repair it, better get another one, cause asking a recabling might cost as much as the headphones themselves... Just my opinion, and take it with a lot of salt

My humble set up
Quite happy with it (at the moment)

That's awesome.

what kind of player you are useing

Sandisk Sansa Fuze. Correct me if I was wrong

Correcto with lod. But iphone sound better.

is your sensa fuze rockbox?

Its rockboxed but with lod can onli use ori sansa software

Superlux HD440 Mod:
I had some time over the weekend and did a very simple 'aesthetic' mod on it that I would like to share

Material used:
1) 2 pieces of red felt cloth (bought from Art Friend, MV Gardens @ RM1.2/pc)

you can choose any color you like, depending on your model HD330/HD660

2) Facial cotton (24 pieces) is FREE I 'stole' it from my sister XD (JK)

3) Ruler, Pencil, Compass to measure diameter and draw a circle, and scissors (no pic)
4) Small screwdriver, flat (-) shape

Basically, all I did was remove the black sponge that come with it and replaced with a red felt cloth.

The black sponge

and earpads

Remove the plastic ring that secures the black sponge (lever it out with the screwdriver)

How it looks inside

I did the necessary measurements using my tools and cut out a small donut-shaped felt

and a round shaped felt

secure it back with the plastic ring

there you go


Note: The aesthetic mod did not really change the sound even though I used felt cloth. The difference is probably too small to notice anything. But it definitely looks better, matching the red Superlux HD440 label

OK. Now going pass the looks, the following will change the sound quite a bit..

This is where I added the facial cottons inside the earpads. I used 3pc and fold it into half (you will need 3pcx 4 = 12pc for each earcup), total 24 pieces

and sealed it with the spare felt cloth that I had, folded into half as well

Final product:


After listening with it, I noticed a few things:


Anyways, I am undecided whether to keep the cotton mod permanently or not. To my ears there are certainly pros and cons there.

Update: 17 Apr 2012
I reduced from 3pcs of facial cotton to 2 pcs each fold. 8pcs for each earpad.
On reinterpreting the sound:


This post has been edited by ertai: Apr 17 2012, 07:06 PM

nice detail review on the mod
the final product looks great

I managed to grab a hold of some replacement earpads for my HD668B from taobao.

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=12882886715
*These are meant for AKG K240 so it's a no brainer that it'll fit the HD668B.

Only managed to install after cleaning off the headphones. Couldn't test yet. But definitely way more comfy than the original pads.

Will post screenies later.

When are we gonna get replacement pads for HD661.

how much is the shipping fee? sounds like a good deal

Just updated my views on the mod and sound. Check it out. Post#2514

not bad!! quite nice red black composition~

btw, did u own/tried any other model of superlux? wonder exactly how booming does HD440 be~

some more will the earcup be a little small? cos from the screenies i found that hd440's earcup was smaller than i expected~ will it hurt ur ear for pro-long usage?