Hello,

not long ago I posted a few pics of these beyerdynamic DT530 which look great (I think) but do not sound that great.

But since headphones are made for listening, I needed to find a solution.

So I've 3d-printed an adapter which makes it possible to use 50 mm drivers in these cans. I had the drivers of an AKG k371 lying around and tried these. With 2 opened ports on the drivers I got some bass, some fabric tape on the front to bring down treble a bit, and thick leather pads to reduce the bass roll off, they are actually fun to listen to :)

I was surprised I got that good of an result considering that these drivers are built for closed headphones with a quite small resonance room. And now they are in open headphones. The bass hump in the frequency response is still weird, but not as bad as it looks when listening to them. Maybe it could be tamed with some material in the back, but time is over for this week, need to get back to work :D

Adapter is on thingiverse btw: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5935757

I didn't know there were different versions. But if I want bass, I still want good sound quality. So I'd rather go with some Denon headphones. Or some bass heavy iem's. My shuoer s12's for example have amazing bass if I use EQ on my PC, and boost the lows below 100 hz. Even my kz zs10 pros can do the same. It's just the mids and highs of the crushers I had were just alright. And they weren't offensive. It's just I think of these headphones as more of a gimmick. Cool if you enjoy the gimmick.

If it's the same phone and there's nothing like EQ in the background, I don't see how that'd be possible.

Honestly, what would be the purpose of that?

Balanced hardly makes sense in headphones. Unless your amp can push more power in balanced mode only, and you need that extra power. And with Grados being so easy to drive - that is not the case.

I would be glad if anyone contradicted me with some actual facts what benefits balanced brings to headphones. But for now, I would say that this mod would not be wort time and effort, if you do it for sound quality and not just for fun.

What about Raptgo Hook X

Not all Crusher variants sound the same, do you recall what version you had?

The whole point of this headphone is to mimic a subwoofer and it certainly accomplishes that goal.

The sound quality on my Crusher Evo is far better than the original and ANC versions. The sound quality on the Crusher isn't out to try and outdo any headphone within the same or similar price ranges. It sounds as good or better than generic Chinese wireless BT headphones that you can find on amazon that I've heard with the bass slider turned down. In short I don't feel like I just pissed into the wind by buying them or got taught a lesson for buying a 'Skullcandy'. Absolutely serviceable.

The Crusher is more of an experience, a mood and most definitely shouldn't be replacing your primary headphone. The Crusher is all about big stupid sounding bass. The haptic bass slider is a game changer for somebody like me. I've been searching far and wide for headphones that can hit HARD and DEEP without sounding like shit or making me reach deep into the pocket book to buy something like a legendary bass monster such as the Fostex TH-900 or any other headphone that is going to be completely unnecessary for something I'm not going to use all the time. I've considered buying Audeze LCD headphones to EQ them but again, price and use case isn't really justified for me.

Back to that haptics, it certainly gives me the illusion of having a sub woofer in my headphone, yes it shakes, yes it lacks nuance and could be considered one note and that is the whole point, it feels like I have a night club on my head and nothing else that I've tried can replicate that. I've tried my hand at buying headphones that people claim have a lot of bass or are basshead cans. X2HR was my first. Nope. Tried Meze 99 noir (launch version), close but the bass is too swampy, HarmonicDyne Zeus, GTFO with that, Hifiman R9, nice bass detail and punch but not hitting hard enough. I've tried to supplement bass through EQ and buying up amps like iFi Zen series for a double dose of xbass however this still doesn't get me even close to what the Crusher Evo can do for me.

Basically what I'm trying to say here is that for the price asked, there is no fu@king around with the Crusher Evo, it delivers the goods and doesn't require a ton of money or jacking around finding a headphone that can make my basshead fantasies come true. This is literally all I need for this niche and the sound I'm looking for personally.

Will it work for you, one can only hope so but I wouldn't plan on getting any kind of audiophile or spiritual experience in sound quality other than it might make you want to make a martini, smack some ass and get your groove on.

Great use of a corner for your set up, are the two extra monitors mounted to the walls?

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I’ll have a look, never hurts to have some fresh perspectives. Thanks

Clear, thanks.

Thanks for clarifying. Makes sense

You don’t think it’s still good?

Crushers and flight simming could be fun! One of the things that I really like about having well imaging headphones is that when I play rally Sims, I can hear gravel bouncing off my rear wheels.

Man I gotta get a HOTAS setup.

That ain't an eargasm, it's just your ears bleeding due to the bass.

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I would say thats a pretty good life for some headphones. What did you like about the superlux'? I havent really heard much about them

Heard it's a bit better. But is the same sound flavor as the Superlux which I really dug, I mean heck, I used em for three years.

Personally I am shocked by how well it all works :-)

Sansa Clip+ with Rockbox is fantastic. Had two of those. Unfortunately, one started skipping randomly, other one stopped reading SD cards (after multiple years of use).

More harmanish tuning, still a bit brighter tho (compared to tuning them with oratory EQ).

They definetly have more but not as punchy bass and lack a bit of the clears dynamics.

They have good imaging but can’t really make sounds come from behind you if that makes sense (at least while playing games they didn’t do that well), while imaging from left to right is quite good tho.

They are really clear too and don’t lack too much of stage compared to the clears (they kinda have the same soundstage tbh).

The stock cables are better with the radiances but still awfully uncomfortable to use.

Do you know how can i do that on an iPhone? That app is not available in the App Store. Or if I do it on an android, the tuning stays in the earbuds and I can use them with the iPhone?

Update: for me the perfect eartips for these seem to be the complete t-500.

After a week of getting used to the sound and comparing it with what else i got, tuning wise these might be new favourite in terms of balance and tonality. While I still enjoy them a great deal, the aria for example lack for me in treble, my hifiman don't have much bass extension. These sound just incredibly well defined to me while still being natural. Even the soundstage works for me. Movies are immersive.

I'm sold. Waiting for the next sale on them xD

It's unlikely to be the CP155 as it would be much too loose on the nozzle, it's designed for large nozzle IEMs like the Moondrop Blessing 2.

If it's slightly pointy/olive shaped it could be the CP145 which is 4.5mm nozzle. CP100 is round/hemisphere shaped.