As you may see in my signature, the HD250 and their open brother HD540 are my favorite "go to" headphones for music, including music videos. I do not usually watch movies with headphones, I much prefer to use my speakers for this purpose. I may have exaggerated, being too "personal" in my...

Not exactly a feather in your cap for watching movies, IMHO. Taking into consideration my high regards for them playing music, I would even say rather disappointing. Gaming - I don't Know.

All my Chinese ear pads were ordered through eBay and they arrived all right - until now, at least... Hope you'll finally get them :fingers_crossed:

1970... If listened on YouTube, all album's playlist is on the side pane...

Although I haven't seen a Ver1.HD580 with my own eyes, as you read in my answer to @dleblanc343 and can see in my edited post here, the eBay listing selling one looked very, very real, including the pics and the invoice; although there was no pic showing the inside labeling 'Made in Germany'...

I'll solve you the mystery: At some point in my HPs journey I got curious and considered trying a Ver1. HD580 to compare with my 'Made in Ireland' ones. The 580s were my first cans, bought in the mid. 90s, much before Head-Fi and even HeadWize were born, and I always Kept a soft spot for them in...

1st Version: EDIT - Replaced the @dleblanc343's "joke" pics with hopefully REAL ones, taken from a REAL listing on eBay... Two of the other pics in that listing have the invoice attached, dated 06.07.95.

Beautiful!!! Very interesting and such a pleasure to watch. Thank you :raised_hands:

I think a little bit more "open" - not a matter of day and night. All these nuances are very personal and depend on so many factors (amp, foamies, cable, wool/felt rings and other additional padding materials, distance to the ear, ear cavity...) that its very hard to turn them into a general...

How can that be? I also checked... At my place they show "out of stock":open_mouth:

By the way, speaking about the wang ear pads - you may be interested in these two posts, I sent to the HD560 thread: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/sennheiser-hd-560-ovation-ii-review.71934/page-16#post-17196627...

Unfortunately, harder than you think... I will not exhaust you here with the endless mails correspondence I had with him TWICE, regarding these ear pads. First time I eventually got a pair of the right ones, second time, when I ordered two more pairs, he sent again the wrong ones and after a...

Sorry to hear that. I hope you eventually get them and that they actually ARE the right version > Gray1). AS far as I know, you cannot presently order the Gray1 model - the seller does not have them in stock any more - the alternative is inactive when you try to choose the model. If he...

I'm holding fingers for you and really hope you actually get them. As you know, when I ordered for the second time, he sent me the wrong pads (Black2 variant). I'm still waiting myself for the reshipping of the right ones. On his site they are now showed as "out of stock". Let's be optimistic...

Happy to hear they are finally on their way... I was very busy last week, so I even hadn't have the time to write him back to ask about my (and your) orders. By now I did it, he came back to me and promised to resend me the right pads. By the way, the ones I have (and reordered) are the Black1...

Based on the headphones' inner opening diameter dimensions - they are approximately 102 mm. I measure them with a caliper. The HD560 are a bit smaller. One could also use dual sided glue tape strips as a simpler alternative...

I so much agree with you about the HD430. They definitely do not receive the justice they deserve - spend too much time in the closet because of the 250 and 540 twosome. Your last sentence: "The HD430s sound like less refined brothers and are still damned fine to listen to, they 'come at me'...

I make my own rings, sort of "simplified" version without the inner ridge, but they're fine to safely keep the ear pads in place. I cut them from stiff plastic folders using an NT1500 Circles Cutter. I also use it for cutting all kind of foams/paper towels, felt rings and so on...

Exactly. The one row pads are the closest I heard to the velour originals, both in sound and in proportions. If you order them from this seller make sure that he sends you the THINNER VELOUR, bigger ear space, ONE back row holes model (Black1 or Gray1) and NOT the multi rowed one which has...

IMO, the main problem is not the holes on the back side but the thickness of the velour-the "one row pads" are significantly thinner than the others and their proportions are very close to these of the original Senns' velour pads. I definitely feel a difference in their sound, compared to the...

VERY, VERY annoying, Few weeks ago, I ordered again from this seller 2 more pairs of the thin pads model Black1 and received the packet today. It turns out that he sent me two pairs of the Black2 model, the one with many rows of holes on the back side :rage:. It's the second time that he makes...

These are the real pics of the ear pads we are talking about, one near the other, so you can get a real impression of their actual relative thickness.

Exactly - the thinner pads (one perforations row) leave a larger ear cavity. The height is identical, similar to the height of the original Senns pads. If I remember well, they come with aprox. 2mm foams, close to the replacement foams that come with the original HD430 Senns' pads. The truth is...