Wow, so much change in the time I was gone.   I have a lot to catch up on.        

Quote: They're not painted but anodized. Oven cleaner is one way to get the color off. You can ask Lawry, I believe he stripped some.

Quote: You have to consider what is involved in shaping the foam. From the looks of my my L-Cush pads they are made from three foams as well than they most likely lathed. Similar to the way we used to cut down our foam tires for R/C racing. You used a mini lath and a sharp blade and cut...

You and I Bill ............... ???

Quote:     Wow my findings exactly. I had to repair the cable on my OE and thought these looked like Twins. I can tell you this, the housing on the OE is smaller but the bass is there, with no felt mod. Now take into consideration the OE has a pleather ear pad that keeps sound out but...

Quote:     It's 2 1/4 inches at center and then tapers down to 1 3/4 near the rod holders. I picked up the soft leather at Hobby Lobby. And to me it's way more comfortable.    GL  

Quote:     James,    Your right. It's one of those cheap green 9V 300mAh Ni-MH batteries you see on ebay when you buy one of those amp kits.....    

James,      I havent opened the Mini3 yet. Came with a battery already in it. I'll try to pop it open it in the A.M. and i'll let you know....

Quote: Thanks James....    The head band is comfortable since it has a larger resting area. The original band, even with the pad I had on it felt heavy and to me felt like it put pressure on a small area causing me to take them off often.  The Mini3 sounds great and the battery life is...

Well Chris here is my portable source...Mini3             

Quote: Wow those are nice. If I could cut something like that I would liberate my drivers for sure. Good job senoir........

Quote: Just control your impulse to dive in all at once. If your seeking the actual change in sound then you should proceed with each step and do a serious sound session. This way you can appreciate the change but also stop when you feel you found your nervana........

Quote: I  can understand your what your saying. I plugged in a couple of senn's with my Grado's at the same time. What gets you on this track you suggested is when everything comes at once then yeah it gets crowded. But when switching cans I still found the sound of the Grados better...

Quote:     Your correct on your test results.. When I moved from my quarter modded comfies to the l-Cush I lost a small amount of bass but it opened more clarity that I had missed before. The separation in sound increased in a positive way. Not to overwhelming I might add so it was a...

  Quote: Personally I think we all have different headphones for different genre's. Not all music presented the same even when it's Encoded.  Oh yeah lets not forget our each individual hearing ranges.