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Valphonics t1_j68lz06 wrote

Yes. This will change the sound. Drastically? Maybe, maybe not, best way to find out is to listen yourself.

The part you removed is called the baffle, a crucial part to tuning a headphone. Consumer headphones typically dont bother and leave it flat with plastic but more studio grade and audiophile headphones use this tuning material around it. Not all do it, but most will, and its quite an important piece. Not really reversible at all, so youre going to have to take this as a learning experience.

Don't worry, you didn't know, but im hoping this post is not only of help to you, but to others.

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toadstreet t1_j68q06p wrote

This is how fostex X00 and a few other commonly modded headphone removable cable mods are done. The fabric is acoustically transparent and the only tuning the plastic surround around the driver does is dictate how much airflow the front side of the driver gets. As long as its plenty porous then it wont audibly impact sound.

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Valphonics t1_j6dja20 wrote

Oh yeah, not every headphone will be impacted which is great! I have done a few mods like this which has however, but not every headphone will be impacted if any or at all by a change like so.

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