[Isao]

I joined back in April ... but this is my first post.

I just did the quarter mod I guess you guys call it...on my SR60
Except its a little bigger than a quarter...

I found that a melon baller works great for cutting holes in foam pads.
They are available in various sizes... and I bet most of you married folks here have them already in the kitchen.

Just use a twisting motion on a cutting board or cardboard to protect your desk.

 

[cmirza]

Nice find, sure beats pounding a socket wrench bit over them with a mallet.

 

[GlorytheWiz825]

Wow. that is a very clean cut! Thanks for the tip.

 

[kramer5150]

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Originally Posted by cmirza /img/forum/go_quote.gif Nice find, sure beats pounding a socket wrench bit over them with a mallet.

x2!!!

great tip, I think I'll do that to my SR60 comfies.... right NOW.

Yes I'm married, I have never understood the need to ball up a cantelope, when I can just take a bite out of it.

**edit**
no luck, my mellon baller is plastic tupperware

 

[niktheblak]

Wow! That's some seriously smooth cutting work you've got there! Now I can finally operate my MS-1's

 

[nickrobotron]

I should post some pics of my mods so you guys can REALLY feel good about yourselves! LOL

I really need to think things through before hand.

 

[Isao]

Glad I could help!!

When I started reading about exacto knives...I knew there must be a simpler way.

Isao

 

[Televator]

well, as I'm used to operating exacto knives I managed to do mine by freehand, but this sure looks sooooo much easier (and to think I even have a metal melon scoop in the house)

great first post BTW!

 

[nylan8301]

Very nice. My big beefy fingers can't seem to handle a pair of scissors with any skill, so my holes look awful. Thanks for the find.

I'm sure I have something like that in my kitchen...lord knows my wife buys all kinds of odd crap for cooking.

 

[Shoreman]

Echo all the foregoing.

But...the sound. The sound. How do they sound?

 

[Televator]

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Originally Posted by Shoreman /img/forum/go_quote.gif Echo all the foregoing. But...the sound. The sound. How do they sound?

pretty much the same as with less round holes I guess

and that has already been described a lot here (like here)

 

[kontai69]

Yeah, those are really clean cut circles. I always get a good chuckle when I see holed pads in which the person must have cut out the circle freehand with scissors.

An alternative way that worked great for me is to lay the pads on a cutting board and firmly press a coin of preferrence (eg quarter) against the pads. Use an ultra sharp wedge shaped X-acto knife to cut pads using the coin edge as a guide. Don't lift up the coin until you complete the cut.

I don't eat fruits so I did not have a melon baller around.

 

[Shoreman]

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Originally Posted by Televator /img/forum/go_quote.gif pretty much the same as with less round holes I guess and that has already been described a lot here (like here)

Thanks...but, unless I'm missing something (which is quite possible), little if any discussion characterizing the sound of the quarter-modded comfies. So I am anxious to hear the OP's listening impressions (and anyone else's, of course)...

 

[Televator]

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Originally Posted by Shoreman /img/forum/go_quote.gif Thanks...but, unless I'm missing something (which is quite possible), little if any discussion characterizing the sound of the quarter-modded comfies. So I am anxious to hear the OP's listening impressions (and anyone else's, of course)...

I'm sorry... I looked again, and you are right... I just remembered this comparison (wrongly) to contain much more variation in pads... here is the one I intended to link

this thread also has some hints towards the quarter modded comfies (posts 37 and 39)

here's some more (indirect) opinions

but of course the OP is very welcome to post his opinion as well!

 

[Isao]

I did this mod a few months ago... so I can't really comment on the difference in sound with/without holes.
At the time I did this... I had the sr60's for about a year.
I had just purchased the sr225, and the 60's sounded so flat compared to the 255s. I saw some posts here saying that cutting a hole in the pads to expose the drivers will make them brighter...and the rest is history.

I definitey like the sound better with the holes... but didn't do much critical listening since I was so happy with my 225.