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Originally Posted by gaplessophile
Ah-ha! I just figured it out. After you stretch the HD-414 pads over the Grado earpieces, and it is a huge stretch, they stop looking like the second picture and start looking like the first. Sound impressions to come!
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I did my 414 mods in stages:
First I put them on just as they came out of the package to replace the comfies and to see how they sounded un-modded.
Then after a couple days to make sure they didn't tear when I put them back on, I punched a 13/16 hole with a socket thru them(after taking them off the cans!)and put them back on for a listen.
After looking at them with not all the rows of driver holes visable, I decided to take a sharp pair of sissors I'd located and cut another 1/8 inch or so out and put them back on. All the holes were exposed now and all was cool.
Then kramer noted that in that configuration his ears hit the screen! I noted that yup, that's why my ears hurt too!!
So I reversed them!!
And they look like the big picture with the angle.
But I have noticed while doing a search on the subject; some folks use no hole, some use a small "dime" sized hole, others a "quarter" sized and others yet "Silver dollar" sized!!
Then there are of course; reversed!
Talk about "Adjustability"!!
....which do I like best? I dunno. Reversed is good, seems more stable. But 13/16 sized seems in my memory to be OK too. I may have to buy more sets and mod each differently and interchange them as the whim suggests!!
This is fun.