I just performed the mod. Was really easy and I hear an audible difference (even to my untrained, non-audiophile ears). For the record, the practice does not o

I just performed the mod. Was really easy and I hear an audible difference (even to my untrained, non-audiophile ears). For the record, the practice does not offend me. This has been done for ages. R&D costs for creating the HD595's were no doubt great and to recoup some money they created a cheaper, crippled version. With headphones you aren't paying for the parts but for the engineering.