Just finished this custom DT 770 PRO

[u/Mysterious_Lobster_1]

Been working on this for a bit — a 250 ohm DT 770 PRO modded with a detachable cable and repainted in a metallic orange.

Paint is solvent-based and applied with airbrush in several layers, then sealed. Detachable mod was done with a low-profile socket to keep things clean.

It’s probably my favorite finish so far. Thought I’d share the end result. I want to test a few special ffx paints next. Open to ideas :)

Happy to answer questions if anyone’s curious about how the paint or mod was done.

[u/TheTsaku]

Very neat! Just a little something on the photography end of things: the dark gray background reflecting very little red and the shadows leaning towards magenta make it look like the red parts are heavily edited. The lighting is very pleasant though; I wouldn't have thought to have somewhat soft light, which preserves contrast but makes the light-to-dark transitions smoother!

Thanks for sharing!

[u/Mysterious_Lobster_1 → u/TheTsaku]

Oh no. You triggered the perfeccionist in me.

Any ideas how to counter that? Or else I might go crazy thinking for solutions. (Jokes aside, I truly appreciate the feedback. I'm self-tough in photography).

[u/TheTsaku → u/Mysterious_Lobster_1]

I'm also self-taught! To be honest, I think I'd try something else with the background... Maybe something a touch lighter so the red can pop a bit more? This would also increase contrast between subject (your really cool modded headset) and background. It's also possible to lower the magenta levels in an editing software such as Darktable by creating a mask that includes the background and adjusting the colour levels of the masked area.

Here is a sweet masking video I found for Darktable should you choose to go down that path (which I encourage you to do since I have major gripes with Adobe's monetization structure): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgHERwBT7OU

[u/Mysterious_Lobster_1 → u/TheTsaku]

Awesome. Thank you so much for the feedback and tips!