Cruelhand Luke
Headphoneus Supremus
I swapped out the stock pads on my Philips 9500s for pleathers from the NVX SPT100.
They are a big improvement over the stock pads but I still wanted them to be a little firmer and a bit more distance inside the pads between my ears and the drivers. I have done this mod on various headphones in the past and decided to make a tutorial this time around.
For materials all you need are your headphones, with your preferred pad installed and a pack of these foam hair rollers from the Dollar Store:
They are little foam tubes with a piece of wire in the middle so you can bend and form them.
Remove the little end pieces
bend into a C shape and gently work it under the pad between the driver. (It will take some stretching, my pads were on other headphones previously and had stretched quite a bit already, you may want to heat them up under a lamp to make them more pliable.)
The open part of the "C" should face the front. Similar to how angled pads are worn, the rear part behind your ear is more padded. This serves 2 functions: angles the driver in a more flat orientation and puts less pressure where the pads rest on the temples. I wear glasses with my headphones and this makes them more comfortable and provides a better seal.
It's really cheap, easy to do, and reversible. Other people have written about how leather pads change the sound of the 9500s, this mod improves on those changes a little bit. The fit is a little more secure, the seal/clamp is improved somewhat and there is more space inside the pads for my ears. Not massive changes, but worth the effort.
They are a big improvement over the stock pads but I still wanted them to be a little firmer and a bit more distance inside the pads between my ears and the drivers. I have done this mod on various headphones in the past and decided to make a tutorial this time around.
For materials all you need are your headphones, with your preferred pad installed and a pack of these foam hair rollers from the Dollar Store:
They are little foam tubes with a piece of wire in the middle so you can bend and form them.
Remove the little end pieces
bend into a C shape and gently work it under the pad between the driver. (It will take some stretching, my pads were on other headphones previously and had stretched quite a bit already, you may want to heat them up under a lamp to make them more pliable.)
The open part of the "C" should face the front. Similar to how angled pads are worn, the rear part behind your ear is more padded. This serves 2 functions: angles the driver in a more flat orientation and puts less pressure where the pads rest on the temples. I wear glasses with my headphones and this makes them more comfortable and provides a better seal.
It's really cheap, easy to do, and reversible. Other people have written about how leather pads change the sound of the 9500s, this mod improves on those changes a little bit. The fit is a little more secure, the seal/clamp is improved somewhat and there is more space inside the pads for my ears. Not massive changes, but worth the effort.
