From my understanding it’s the same headphone just with different pads. At the moment I don’t have one available.
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Hey @Chrono - did you base these EQ profiles from measurements?
If so, where are the measurements? I’m looking for AEON 2 Open
Actually stop applying any EQ for these headphones, driven by a Burson SL Mk1 with VIVO cable.
I added a second power supply for the Naim NDS, a custom dedicated supply for the Analogue circuitry and the existing 555DR now being used for the Digital circuitry - yes it’s a 3-box streamer/network player/streaming DAC but improvement are in the bass, transient response.
The improvements from the addition of the CHC power supply are more apparent without the convolution filter in Roon applied, nor Chrono’s parametric settings.
I wasn’t using any DSP for speaker based playback, nor with Vinyl playback.
About a month ago, I got a pair of DCA Aeon Noire 2’s from headphones.com and one of the things that hit me immediately was that they weren’t as comfy as the well-worn-in ones I’ve tried at CanJam. Being a bald cone-head, the somewhat stiff leather headband on the Noires just wasn’t doing it for me and I’d feel a hotspot on the top of my head after a bit. Some 2AM browsing turned up this on Etsy from MaximIT. 2AM me has a bit less control over purchasing decisions and it was quickly put in my cart and ordered.
I’ve now used it for over a month and felt I could share a reasonable review. I have no connection with the seller at all and the opinion here is my own. I’m just a customer.
The strap took awhile to get here as it comes from Canada and, once in the USA, the post office seemed to want to have it visit all of the lower-48 before making it to me. That’s not on MaximIT by any means. He can’t help being Canadian 
Overall, the strap has a lot in common with the Capra straps. Like those, this is printed in TPU and gets a lot of its flexibility from the mesh pattern. This one is printed very thin, thinner than the Capra ones I’ve printed myself, and that gives it extra flexibility it seems. That translates, at least for me, into greater comfort with it really disappearing once on my head.
Installation was fairly straightforward. You unscrew one screw on each side and try to not lose the two plastic clamps on your headphones in the process. Then, you coerce the screw through a small hole in the new headband. My one “fault” is that the hole is quite small and I had to use an awl to expand it a bit before I could manage to get the screw through. At no point did the headband show any signs that it might tear or anything. Once both screws are in place on the headband, simply reassemble the clips and spend the next 10 minutes readjusting the tension on those screws to get the headband to not slide on the rails when you don’t want it to and to slide when you do. This is a DCA thing, not a MaximIT thing. When dialed in, it’s a great system. Until then, it’s a bit fiddly.
So, headband on and adjusted. How does it sound? The treble is less capricious with a real embodiment of Viking ferocity to the bass and … no wait … it’s a headband. The sonic signature is entirely unchanged.
What is changed is the comfort. The headphones now disappear on my head and are to the same “this is the most comfortable pair of headphones” feel I had when demo’ing them. Maybe the stock leather headband would have “broken in” (burned in?), softened up, and become super comfy with time. Who knows. I know I’m not going back to it b/c this fixed the issue straight away. So far, zero signs of wear.
All in all - a big thumbs up.
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