During my Head Fi odyssey I have gone through nearly every brand of cans out there. imo the drivers and cups that Alex is using in his Saturn 2s and Jupiter 1s produce some of the best sound separation and clarity that I ever experienced. Even a very low volume, every detail is there. If you...

To me the G cush produce the best bass and soundstage. Plus with the light weight of the S2 and J1 with the G cush they are the most comfortable cans I have. They are great for afternoon naps!

I had a pair of the BA G cush cushions that I tried on an S2 and a J1. I liked the real Grado G cush much better.

Hello fellow Hylanders. I hope that you all did well through the Covid situation. I have been spending many happy hours with my Saturn 2s and Jupiter 1s. The J1s are pretty much S2s as I removed all of the filter material and went with Grado G cush ear pads on both of them. They are my only...

My apologies for the delay pollo. Out of the box the RR1 is superior to the Pollenator. But from my Grado modding experience I knew that the Pollenator's drivers had some excellent potential. The driver cups were fine but the ear pads and the headband needed attention. In my humble opinion...

I used a donor Hyland Headphones Saturn One head band. It looks like the Sony Studio replacement headbands could work. I have used them for Grado mod projects. The pins and the gimbals on the Sony replacements can be lightly heated with a hair dryer on high to bend them to get the right...

I will do a side by side comparison in a day or two. What type of music do you listen to? Off the cuff my thoughts would be: Pollinators- best bass, very good sound stage, they rock the hardest. RR1s- the best detail retrieval, slightly better sound stage 95X- most comfortable, good at...

Their creator is an electrical engineer who likes to work with headphones. I think that he may have taken his estat design to it's sonic limit. He still makes Pollenators to order, but he was working on a ribbon driver the last time I talked with him.

I have never had the RR1 squeal. Do you ground the pins before you plug it into the energizer? I am doing that with all my estats now. Anytime one sounds a little off I pull the connector and ground the pins. The RR1 and the Pollenator do not like your ear making contact with the driver. The...

In my humble opinion, when driven by the 353X and with the ear pad and head band mod, the Pollenators are the best stat for me. I still have the Kaldas RR1's and the 95X and I rotate through the 3 of them. The Stax are down the road. What is better about the Pollenators? They rock hard with...

Welcome! Hyland Headphones is a one man operation who produces some very light weight and comfortable headphones that are very much enjoyed by their owners. The first series was the Saturn One. The Jupiter One and Saturn Two are the new series that have a bigger driver.

Re Jupiter One bass kit mod. Today I received my J1 back after it being on the unofficial Jupiter One audition tour. At it's second stop, Alex at Hyland Headphones came out with a bass kit to address some customer concerns. I have a Saturn One and a Saturn Two. They both wear my favorite ear...

Admit it. You check Ebay and Craig's List for those hidden headphone and amp deals and ideas. During one of those field trips I saw something called the Nectar Pollinator electrostatic headphone that was selling for $285. That got my attention. Then I looked and saw that the seller lived...

Not much action on the thread. I am really enjoying my new to me RR1 s. They have become my favorite estat. I rotate through a Stax 407 and a 95X. To my ears the RR1 s have the best soundstage and very good definition. The other two are very good but the RR1 s are my fav. I have never...

I rejoined the 95X family after a brief departure. Stax are good but the 950/95X hits a real sweet spot for my ears. I will soon have a Stax to Koss cable so that I can see what a Stax energizer (353X) does to improve the sound. I cannot speak to the Vesper question, but the Dekoni pads are...

Being new to the Stax platform and seeing how poorly the L300 pads had flattened with age, I was a little skeptical about shelling out $100 for the L500 pads. The ZMF pads did not seem to block any of the driver surface and diminish their performance. The ZMF pads compress quite a bit to...

Yes mine is the standard L300. Actually two. One with 500/blue tack mod and another one that I rotated Koss pleather pads on L300 pad frames and the SoCas/ZMF pads on it. Much deeper bass extension. The SoCas was good but the 500/blu was best. I much prefer the 500/blu. I cannot say for...

All of my comparisons were on L300 s. No limited editions were involved. VRacer-111 is the person who compared the L300 and L300LE. I posted a thread in this section about the SoCas adapters that has some pictures. If you want more, let me know.

Yes sir. You do very good work and I am very glad to own them.

The verdict is in. For me at least. Today I received an L300 with L500 pads from an EBay purchase. As it turns out Pollo Loco from the board was the seller. Comparing the Koss and then the SoCas/ZMF Universe versus the 300/500, the Koss was much better than flat 300 pads. The SoCas/ZMF...

I will give you my take but justhavingfun will be able to add to it. I migrated to Hyland Headphones because I was experimenting with Grado style drivers like Nhoord, Symphones, etc in Grado style cups. I found Alex Hyland on Etsy. He was selling wood half cups to slide the Grado SR series...

I have never tried the blu-tac mod. To my ears the Koss pads give you about 90% of what the SoCas frames and ZMF pads do. If cost is no object, go with the Socas/ZMF option for around $100. Or you can spend $12.75 for the Koss pads and put them on your L300 pad frames. In my case I had a...

The rectangular pads are from Aliexpress and are for Koss ESP 950 s. They fit perfectly on the L300 pad frames and have an excellent seal. The more rounded perforated pads are ZMF Universe perforated leather pads mounted on SoCas adapters that fit into the L300 exactly like the Stax pad...

I sent an old price nib 95X to a friend who has decided to stick with their dynamic cans. If you know anyone who wants a lnib 95X for $415 shipped and fees, please PM me.