Quote:   Barring the consideration of DAC's and digital tech which those 70's amps did not include. For pure amperage you get a lot of bang for buck from those old amps. Especially considering using power hungry phones like Hifi man. No op-amps, direct connection to the power source same...

If someone made velour-ish angled pads for the Hifi HP I would be all over that. I'm tempted to go after the vegan eventually if nothing comes around.

Cheap answer: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/886679-REG/Sennheiser_549375_HD_580_Headband.html with 2 strips of double sided permanent tape from any local store. Will have to replace headband pad eventually depending on use. Cheap foam deflates   More involved answer: Remove threading...

Doing some modding to my earphones. Just thought I'd ask here. What is some of the thinnest headphone cloth I can get that is not going to modify my sound at all? Just want to keep the dust out, nothing more. Thanks for any advice!

The comparison was always made vs the original hifi man amp EF-5. I'm glad to hear the EF-6 is doing so well!

Thank you sir! Just swapped out my preamp jumped with new 4 inch cables. Definitely a improvement for the Sansui! Better clarity is what sticks out the most.

I've got a set of NVX pads as well. It's real leather technically, feels like bonded leather if I had to guess.

Not surprising about the Sansui QR-6500 pairing well. It's been expressed many times that these HP have excellent synergy with a lot of stereo's from the 70's. Marantz is another known brand that pairs as well. Course the 70's produced some of the best audio products to this day, so I suppose...

Have had my 5LE's for a couple weeks now. They are sublime. Been using them with my Sansui 1000x as amp and titanium HD for source. Has been sublime thus far. In the process of recapping, new better fuses, and cables to bring it up a few more notches. Also will be modding the phones themselves...

I have those pads. I'll be damned If I can get them to fit on my hifi phones though. I keep having to stretch them out to fit the round shape of the plactic ring. But I keep having trouble. Perhaps if I cut off some of the leather material that wraps around the ring?

I've always gotten the impression it improves soundstage a bit. Some times people say other things as well, but stage seems to always come up. More than anything though, I've got a narrow head, so angled pads make phones WAAAY more comfortable for me. lol

Anyone ever thought of using the AKG 702 velour pads? Round like those on these phones. Also they are angled. Something obvious I'm missing here?

So long story short. I ran across some Hifi man HE5LE's for a fair price. So I decided to snag them. Don't regret it. Except jesus f&#^ing christ I don't know what to do to drive them! I have spent roughly... 70+ hours now reading every post, from front to back on every audio whatever site you...

Recently got my hands on some 5E-LE's. Looking forward to getting them, but jumped ahead and doing research for mods and other options to help kill time. Anyway, with all this talk of using HM5 pads and the semi-positive experience some are having, I thought I'd share something I found to add to...

Ohh. I live in Southern Indiana, so shipping from KY would be nice. Been itching to try these. I've been using beyers dt770 and love them. But I want something a tad punchier, slightly less bassy with an emphasis on mids. These sound like these may do that.   If only I could find a way to...