Mods Archives - Headfonia Quality audio reviews Wed, 16 Oct 2019 08:07:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://www.headfonia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/cropped-headfonia_logo-e1737370883855-32x32.jpg Mods Archives - Headfonia 32 32 Picture Sunday: Beautiful Audio’s Grado headband and earpad mods https://www.headfonia.com/picture-sunday-beautiful-audios-grado-headband-and-earpad-mods/ https://www.headfonia.com/picture-sunday-beautiful-audios-grado-headband-and-earpad-mods/#comments Sun, 30 Jul 2017 08:26:24 +0000 https://www.headfonia.com/?p=31287

This week’s picture Sunday features Beautiful Audio’s Grado headband and earpad mods.This is a bit of a different Picture Sunday. It’s a praise column...

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The only introduction I’m going to give Ryuzoh this time is the following: you won’t find a better and more adventurous modder this side...

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Disclaimer: The Jitterbug was sent to me for the purpose of this review. It has to be returned to Audioquest once I’ve finished playing...

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Disclaimer: Pulling away from Louis C.K. to write about how installing Rockbox turns the DX90 into the mothership of modern DAPs wasn’t exactly a...

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Disclamer: ZMF contacted us a while ago and asked if we were interested in doing a review. We’re in no other way related to...

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A cost/benefit approach on increasing the sound quality of The Pan Am The Pan Am. In my opinion one of the best transportable amplifiers...

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Finally received the new pads and cables from Hifiman, and I think they’re really nice. First, the pads. I received two sets of new...

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Perhaps out of boredom with the limited range of available headphones in the market, my good friend Ian went and created two very special...

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]]> https://www.headfonia.com/whiplash-audios-twag/feed/ 26 Stax SRM-1/Mk2 Bias Modification https://www.headfonia.com/stax-srm-1mk2-bias-modification/ https://www.headfonia.com/stax-srm-1mk2-bias-modification/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:32:53 +0000 https://www.headfonia.com/?p=4656 This article originally was published by Psychaudio at the Audiophile-id forum. The original article was written in Indonesian and so I have obtained Psychaudio’s...

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