Modded a pair of M50x to Open Back

[AAJoe]

Hey guys!

 

Thought you'd all get a kick out of a little video we put together turning the M50x into open back cans. The results aren't going to win any style awards, though it doesn't look terrible either.

Soundwise it works pretty well actually. I have trouble describing the sound change. A little less muddy, perhaps? I say if you own a pair you don't use and enjoy a little arts and crafts project it's certainly a fun way to see how changing the earcups impacts sounds. Or just watch and enjoy as we destroy these 160 dollar cans

 

(This video really has nothing to do with Antlion other than our social media guy wanted to do it and ... well, what the hell, we had a spare pair lying around collecting dust!)

 

 

[DrMacintosh]

For these types of headphones the point is to be isolated. Openbacks aren't for me. 

[NinJake]

Hahah. Nothing like a nice project to keep ya busy! Keep it up!

[spwath]

Cool. I tried to do the opposite to some Grados. A lot harder to make opens closed than to make closeds open.

[Spuriae]

9 minutes ago, spwath said:

Cool. I tried to do the opposite to some Grados. A lot harder to make opens closed than to make closeds open.

How did the closed KSC75's end up going?

[spwath]

4 hours ago, Nimrodor said:

How did the closed KSC75's end up going?

  not good yet. I gave up when i ran out of materials, and kinda forgot about them t

[IKnight]

18 hours ago, spwath said:

Cool. I tried to do the opposite to some Grados. A lot harder to make opens closed than to make closeds open.

Even putting some tape on the back of my SR60s made them sound crap. 

[Dackzy]

Kek, who was sitting at work and thought "hmm wonder what to do today, oh I know make M50x's into open headphones".

I like the guy that thought of doing this. 

[Max_Settings]

On 9/9/2017 at 9:24 PM, spwath said:

Cool. I tried to do the opposite to some Grados. A lot harder to make opens closed than to make closeds open.

Tell that to the Monolith M560s

[AAJoe]

@Dackzy This is a direct result of a meeting we had the day before where I said "Lets do something outside the box to practice shooting video"  

 

Team skill building! We learned at LEAST one very valuable lesson: At timestamp 3:02 the mic actually got unplugged setting up the scene but nobody checked it, so we shot that whole sequence using the built in audio from the camera

 

WOOPS!

[Dackzy]

15 minutes ago, AAJoe said:

@Dackzy This is a direct result of a meeting we had the day before where I said "Lets do something outside the box to practice shooting video"  

 

Team skill building! We learned at LEAST one very valuable lesson: At timestamp 3:02 the mic actually got unplugged setting up the scene but nobody checked it, so we shot that whole sequence using the built in audio from the camera

 

WOOPS!

What a great place to work  

58 minutes ago, Max_Settings said:

Tell that to the Monolith M560s

those also suck

[AAJoe]

@Dackzy It actually is a great place to work, ignoring our unlimited vacation policy, getting paid to volunteer in the community, and 100% medical coverage, the folks here are just awesome too

[Dackzy]

9 minutes ago, AAJoe said:

@Dackzy It actually is a great place to work, ignoring our unlimited vacation policy, getting paid to volunteer in the community, and 100% medical coverage, the folks here are just awesome too

so uhm do you guys need a Dane that can work in the weekends?  

Like god damn that sounds nice

[AAJoe]

PM me a resume  We've got a few things that may need doing in your neck of the woods! (Bet you didn't expect that response, haha) - and if you're kidding... well, that offer is open to anyone really. Ideally someone who speaks fluent German, any Nordic language, Mandarin, Korean, or Japanese. ... or all of them I suppose if you happen to be some kind of language savant. 

[spwath]

6 hours ago, AAJoe said:

PM me a resume  We've got a few things that may need doing in your neck of the woods! (Bet you didn't expect that response, haha) - and if you're kidding... well, that offer is open to anyone really. Ideally someone who speaks fluent German, any Nordic language, Mandarin, Korean, or Japanese. ... or all of them I suppose if you happen to be some kind of language savant. 

Cool, I want to work for AA! I am in the US though. But kind of know German. And I am majoring in Mechanical Engineering with an Acoustics Concentration, so that's good. But I have only been going to college for 3 weeks...

[AAJoe]

@spwath Keep us in mind when its time for graduation!