jscornerstone
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So I did the rubber mod but me being very bored one day and loving the way the soundstage mod looked, I decided to try it out myself. I looked EVERYWHERE and I mean that literally for detailed instructions on how to do this but all I found were very weak instructions and some pictures. So gathering the best information from them and doing it I figured I would provide clear detailed instructions on how to do this mod. The end product looks very cool. Anyways onto the instructions:
1.Pull the ear cup padding off. It takes a little force, but don't worry they won't break:
2.You will need a pretty small phillips head screwdriver and a small flathead screwdriver:
3.Now that the padding is off, use your small flathead to pry off the outer mesh of the sound driver. There are a couple of spots to do this, but I felt the top sliver was the easiest. Just put the end of the screwdriver in there lightly and pry it out. Don't try to pry the whole thing out, it's only the center piece of the cup. EDIT: I could actually get the top groove by putting my fingernail into it and prying it off. I might suggest this way easier and safer if you have any sort of fingernail. If not, just carefully use the flathead screwdriver.
4.Here is the piece that will come out:
5.Now you need to take out the 3 very small screws. Use your phillips screwdriver for this step. In the photo is the location of them. 2 are submerged at the bottom and one is parallel and is at the top.
6.Now comes the sound driver out. Similar to the outer mesh step, you need to put the flathead inside one of those grooves. Now instead of prying it out from the interior, pry it and towards the outside and you will see it pop out. Now you need to grab it while it's semi out and put the screwdriver flathead into there and pry it all off. BE CAREFUL not to pull too hard because wires are attached to this cup and the headphones.
7.Now the outside grill needs to come off. Using your flathead screwdriver on the inside of the cup you will see prongs around the outer edge. There are about 10 or so of them and you need to bend them inwardly. Be careful because several of them are glued to the housing. Just use your screwdriver to cut through the glue and bend them inwardly. Also be careful with them because they are fragile and break easy.
8.Next comes the trickiest part. Take a soldering iron and carve out the interior of the cup. Be careful not to cut out the screw holes because you still need them. I marked where you need to cut out in black marker so you could see it better. The screw holes have 2 in a tower and 2 are flush I think so be careful not to cut them out. The first two photos of where you need to cut and 2 of the screw holes. There are 4 holes that look like screw holes you don't wanna cut out.
9.Then I let them rest for about 10-15 minutes just so nothing burned. Then you just put everything back together in reverse order. The inner cover mesh just clips in similar to the ear pads but there are like 4 clips it should be under. Everything else is easy to put back together. And once your done, you have these very cool looking headphones.
And here are photos of the before and after look.
I hope I could clear up some issues on how to do this. I know I was puzzled because no one gave clear instructions so I took the step to do that. It shouldn't take you much longer than an hour to do this if you are careful. Just be careful not to break any clips or wiring and you will be fine. If you do break the wiring you can just solder it back in, no big deal. Another thing I found out. After soldering the insides out they do smell like hot iron. So I am going to let them rest a day or two before I use them again and in a good air vented room. Thanks again!
1.Pull the ear cup padding off. It takes a little force, but don't worry they won't break:
2.You will need a pretty small phillips head screwdriver and a small flathead screwdriver:
3.Now that the padding is off, use your small flathead to pry off the outer mesh of the sound driver. There are a couple of spots to do this, but I felt the top sliver was the easiest. Just put the end of the screwdriver in there lightly and pry it out. Don't try to pry the whole thing out, it's only the center piece of the cup. EDIT: I could actually get the top groove by putting my fingernail into it and prying it off. I might suggest this way easier and safer if you have any sort of fingernail. If not, just carefully use the flathead screwdriver.
4.Here is the piece that will come out:
5.Now you need to take out the 3 very small screws. Use your phillips screwdriver for this step. In the photo is the location of them. 2 are submerged at the bottom and one is parallel and is at the top.
6.Now comes the sound driver out. Similar to the outer mesh step, you need to put the flathead inside one of those grooves. Now instead of prying it out from the interior, pry it and towards the outside and you will see it pop out. Now you need to grab it while it's semi out and put the screwdriver flathead into there and pry it all off. BE CAREFUL not to pull too hard because wires are attached to this cup and the headphones.
7.Now the outside grill needs to come off. Using your flathead screwdriver on the inside of the cup you will see prongs around the outer edge. There are about 10 or so of them and you need to bend them inwardly. Be careful because several of them are glued to the housing. Just use your screwdriver to cut through the glue and bend them inwardly. Also be careful with them because they are fragile and break easy.
8.Next comes the trickiest part. Take a soldering iron and carve out the interior of the cup. Be careful not to cut out the screw holes because you still need them. I marked where you need to cut out in black marker so you could see it better. The screw holes have 2 in a tower and 2 are flush I think so be careful not to cut them out. The first two photos of where you need to cut and 2 of the screw holes. There are 4 holes that look like screw holes you don't wanna cut out.
9.Then I let them rest for about 10-15 minutes just so nothing burned. Then you just put everything back together in reverse order. The inner cover mesh just clips in similar to the ear pads but there are like 4 clips it should be under. Everything else is easy to put back together. And once your done, you have these very cool looking headphones.
And here are photos of the before and after look.
I hope I could clear up some issues on how to do this. I know I was puzzled because no one gave clear instructions so I took the step to do that. It shouldn't take you much longer than an hour to do this if you are careful. Just be careful not to break any clips or wiring and you will be fine. If you do break the wiring you can just solder it back in, no big deal. Another thing I found out. After soldering the insides out they do smell like hot iron. So I am going to let them rest a day or two before I use them again and in a good air vented room. Thanks again!