Is there a way to make a pair of Skullcandy Lowriders sound any better? (Pictures added)

So I have this pair of lowriders laying around from when I didn't know anything about headphones and I was just wondering if there was a fairly simply mod I could do to make them sound even a little better. I don't really care about ruining them since I paid absolutely nothing for them in the first place (got them with warranty credit). I'll be posting some pictures of the internal parts here pretty soon but until then any fun suggestions for a first time DIY'r would be awesome.

Alright, let's see what's inside these (or what's not inside) that makes them sound as crappy as they do.

(I apologize for the terrible quality a camera phone is all I have)

Ah skullcandy, with your oh so stylish looks and total lack of interest in quality.

2 screws later and I've got the actual headphones separated from the headband.

So the ear pads are little hard to get off considering they don't pop off. I decided to use force, which ended up working but getting them back on later was quite a hassle.

Ok on to the good stuff. Under the ear pads is this, many holes underneath a sheet of thin cloth and 3 screws.

Removing the 3 screws I can now see what's inside. The driver doesn't really look like a driver to me and in the back of the ear cup is a little hunk of metal that is held in by a screw.

After removing the hunk of metal I found that it's actually being used as a magnet. It sticks to the back of the driver.

Just for kicks I took out the "magnet" and put it back together, I didn't notice any sound difference at all.

So that's it, let me know what you think.

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Originally Posted by Avro_Arrow 

The hunk of metal was just that, a hunk of metal.

It is there to make the product feel heavier.

People equate heavier with better quality.

Many manufacturers place piece of metal inside

their product to give it more weight or stability.

Huh, that's funny, because it actually felt better on my head with out the metal (less clamping). Any idea's for a simple mod?

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Originally Posted by stevenswall 

If yo uwant more bass, fill the earcups with pink insulation foam, or line with felt... is you want to experiment with soundstage, try punching a hole in the housing immediatly behind the driver, Maybe where that skull peice is... other than that all I can see is maybe putting something over those holes, and then replacing the earpad.

Alright, thanks! Those are all good ideas and exactly what I was looking for. I just wanted to practice doing a simple mod on a crappy pair of headphones so if I messed up it didn't matter.