The JVC HA-S500.. Appreciation, fan thread. - Page 181

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Originally Posted by sfwalcer 

LoL, that looks like a interesting mod, where can you get these "rubber washers" from? Never seen it before........ Don't understand what you meant by "It's just a silver" care to elaborate???

 

An link would be appreciated, thanks in advance!

Great mod! By "it's just a sliver", he means that the washer is just making the opening smaller "by a sliver", but enough to change the sound back to being close to the sound of the stock pad.

Brilliant! What is the diameter of the outside of the washer, and the diameter of the inside of the washer?

Imagine all of the "different sized washer mods" that are going to come out of this one lol!

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Originally Posted by WAYNENUMM 

 

Great mod! By "it's just a sliver", he means that the washer is just making the opening smaller "by a sliver", but enough to change the sound back to being close to the sound of the stock pad.

 

Brilliant! What is the diameter of the outside of the washer, and the diameter of the inside of the washer?

 

Imagine all of the "different sized washer mods" that are going to come out of this one lol!

Thanks for explaining WAYNE.  I got it now. 

edit: oh finally tried the AKG pads on these S500s, with some paper towel stuffing OMG, it makes the sound from my ipod classic/ nano sound so freaken AWESOME, perfect amount of bass/ clarity/ across the sound spectrum. Never going to go back to stock EVER again.

You may find rubber washers like this in a plumbing supply store.  I've got all kinds of parts for plumbing, electrical, etc., lying around, not sure what these were made for.  Probably plumbing parts of some sort, or irrigation valves.  I'll try to find out. 

The opening in the middle of the ATH pleathers is a few millimeters larger than the opening in the stock pads.  The difference is small, just a 'sliver', that's what I meant.  But it makes a big difference in the sound.  I figured if I could cover just that difference, it would sound more like the stock pads.  I haven't done a lot of AB'ing, I'm guessing it doesn't get all the bass back, but most of it.
 

I just got these in the mail today. I ordered them exactly 2 weeks ago from an ebay seller called "buyfromjapan" i believe. As I've never had good headphones (never had any headphones to be more specific), I can't really compare them to much except my audio system at home which cost significantly more than these, but generally I really like the sound. The bass is nice and deep with a little help from my phone's bass booster, and even without it its not bad at all. I don't know if it's just me but I feel like its lacking something...it might just be that when I'm used to listening bassier songs that the ground vibrates under me because of my sub....wish I could could get that from headphones lol

I think my only real complaint is that they do get uncomfortable for me after about an 30 minutes or so of use, but then again I've literally never owned headphones before so maybe its just a getting used to kind of thing.

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Originally Posted by bavman 

I just got these in the mail today. I ordered them exactly 2 weeks ago from an ebay seller called "buyfromjapan" i believe. As I've never had good headphones (never had any headphones to be more specific), I can't really compare them to much except my audio system at home which cost significantly more than these, but generally I really like the sound. The bass is nice and deep with a little help from my phone's bass booster, and even without it its not bad at all. I don't know if it's just me but I feel like its lacking something...it might just be that when I'm used to listening bassier songs that the ground vibrates under me because of my sub....wish I could could get that from headphones lol

 

I think my only real complaint is that they do get uncomfortable for me after about an 30 minutes or so of use, but then again I've literally never owned headphones before so maybe its just a getting used to kind of thing.

No it's not just you or just getting used to kind of thing, the stock pads are not so great to say the least, comfort AND sound wise. But there are lots of pad mods/ replacements that would make these sound a million times better.  The ATH Pleather/ AKG pads I believe makes these S500s as well as the S400s sound the best.  Links if you need it, the ATH Pleathers are the most comfy besides velours..........

ATH Pleathers:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ear-Pads-Audio-Technica-ATH-SJ5-DJ-Style-Headphones-Black-/261120868931?_trksid=p2047675.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D11%26meid%3D3123184649684698189%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D1005%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D251141456324%26

AKG DJs:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-New-Replacement-earpad-AKG-K518DJ-Leather-ear-pad-/261110634277?_trksid=p2047675.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D11%26meid%3D3123209210757302410%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D1005%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D261079367853%26

AND Doc's fav HD25's:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/357361-REG/Sennheiser_075527_H_75527_Ear_Cushions.html

All 3 above sound the best it seems, although I have yet to try the ATH or the HD25.....

Oh bavman, go burn those new S500s of yours real good, a good 24hours makes a HUGE different in sound from open box, well for me at least it did...... cuz after some burn in, everything you felt lacking now is gonna come together, and esp if you get those ATH or AKG pads man these things sound amazing.  

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Originally Posted by WAYNENUMM 

Brilliant! What is the diameter of the outside of the washer, and the diameter of the inside of the washer?

OD is 1-11/16", ID is 1-3/8".  Sorry, couldn't find my metric ruler.

Thickness is 1/8".  1/16" would be better, 1/8" is enough to raise the pad enough so I can feel it just a little bit.  Next time I'm at a hardware store I'll look for something thinner.

It being rubber keeps it from moving around.  

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Originally Posted by birdman 

OD is 1-11/16", ID is 1-3/8".  Sorry, couldn't find my metric ruler.

 

Thickness is 1/8".  1/16" would be better, 1/8" is enough to raise the pad enough so I can feel it just a little bit.  Next time I'm at a hardware store I'll look for something thinner.

 

It being rubber keeps it from moving around.  

Awesome. I was curious to see how the stock pads sound now that I've burned in these babies quite a bit, but I think I'll just try your mod instead. Thanks!

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Originally Posted by sfwalcer 

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Thanks for the links man, I'll definitely give them a look. As for burning them in I've read that all over this forum so I've been running itunes and have having them play under my sheets while I study, but its probably been only a couple hours because I'm not very patient and wanted to use them . I guess I'll let them go overnight too and see how they are later tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by bavman 

Thanks for the links man, I'll definitely give them a look. As for burning them in I've read that all over this forum so I've been running itunes and have having them play under my sheets while I study, but its probably been only a couple hours because I'm not very patient and wanted to use them . I guess I'll let them go overnight too and see how they are later tomorrow.

No problem meng, beat them drivers down to submission with lots of bass heavy music at 90% to max volume, these drivers loves a good beat down.

hehe a funny turn this thread has taken. dsnuts went from a stock to pleathers as ds felt that the stock had a small opening that was not allowing the 500 to perform well. now a lot of pages later, ppl are trying to plug the opening a bit back to the stock opening dia to get the bass back :D

it leads me to a question in my head. If you are cutting the opening using a washer to get the bass back, is it not like making the pleathers behave like the stock pad.When doing so, is there any difference in the sounds between a pleather with a smaller opeing and a stock pad?

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Originally Posted by marcusgratus 

hehe a funny turn this thread has taken. dsnuts went from a stock to pleathers as ds felt that the stock had a small opening that was not allowing the 500 to perform well. now a lot of pages later, ppl are trying to plug the opening a bit back to the stock opening dia to get the bass back :D

 

it leads me to a question in my head. If you are cutting the opening using a washer to get the bass back, is it not like making the pleathers behave like the stock pad.When doing so, is there any difference in the sounds between a pleather with a smaller opeing and a stock pad?

People starting switching pads because the stock ones are so uncomfortable.  The changes in sound were a side-effect.  Some people liked the side-effect, some didn't.  Better comfort plus original sound of stock pads = win for some of us.

So birdman,  are you enyoing your S500?