Looks really good! Was this hard to install?
It's pretty easy if you use a new steel headband and moderately difficult if you have to detach the steel headband from the original plastic rodblocks.
Looks really good! Was this hard to install?
Excuse me if I've missed this somewhere , but has anyone tried the Hemp with a pair of L-Cush ??
It wasn't hard at all, just time consuming to get it all right. The hardest part in disassembling the old was detaching the headband from the block. Since it is held by some kind of glue, takes some muscle side to side etc to crack it and some not so much muscle to not destroy the stock plastic piece entirely. Time consuming part in assembly was screwing the new pieces to the cups. They seem to need to be screwed in at the same rate, otherwise one side will stick out or be closer to the cup than the other... just took some time getting it right aesthetically. Shipibo does include extra set of screws, the Allen wrench, and a very thorough instruction booklet.Looks really good! Was this hard to install?
It's pretty easy if you use a new steel headband and moderately difficult if you have to detach the steel headband from the original plastic rodblocks.
Thank you both! I'll definitely be getting this done for sure!It wasn't hard at all, just time consuming to get it all right. The hardest part in disassembling the old was detaching the headband from the block. Since it is held by some kind of glue, takes some muscle side to side etc to crack it and some not so much muscle to not destroy the stock plastic piece entirely. Time consuming part in assembly was screwing the new pieces to the cups. They seem to need to be screwed in at the same rate, otherwise one side will stick out or be closer to the cup than the other... just took some time getting it right aesthetically. Shipibo does include extra set of screws, the Allen wrench, and a very thorough instruction booklet.
If you order all parts (leather and steel headband, gimbals and rodblocks) from Shipibo he will assemble everything for you if you want. All you have to do then is to mount the Grado earcups to the new parts.Thank you both! I'll definitely be getting this done for sure!
I wish I had an RS2e compare to. I'm curious how different they are when using the same pads.
Yes I have. They still sound good, but very different from the F-cush pads. The treble is considerably boosted, the upper mids are a bit more forward, the lower-mids/upper-bass are much less warm, and the bass is less but the sub-bass is about the same.
Have you tried stretching out the headband ? It helps a lot to reduce the clamping pressure which in turn increases the comfort factor.Your description of the Hemp with the L-pads actually doesn’t sound so bad — that sounds a little more like the Grado sound to which my ears are already accustomed to hearing. In any case, I’m definitely gonna try the L-pads because these stock F-pads are painful after about an hour.
I get these brand new a few days ago and I love the looks and dig the sound but it is different so I wouldn’t sticking with the stock sound if my poor ears weren’t in pain from the physical discomfort.
Yesterday, I had to take them off and give my ears a break — the K712 Pro were the solution.
Your description of the Hemp with the L-pads actually doesn’t sound so bad — that sounds a little more like the Grado sound to which my ears are already accustomed to hearing. In any case, I’m definitely gonna try the L-pads because these stock F-pads are painful after about an hour.
I get these brand new a few days ago and I love the looks and dig the sound but it is different so I wouldn’t sticking with the stock sound if my poor ears weren’t in pain from the physical discomfort.
It took me about 45 min. Incl. headband...so I would say easy...Looks really good! Was this hard to install?
Like others have said, try stretching the headband. It does help.Your description of the Hemp with the L-pads actually doesn’t sound so bad — that sounds a little more like the Grado sound to which my ears are already accustomed to hearing. In any case, I’m definitely gonna try the L-pads because these stock F-pads are painful after about an hour.
I get these brand new a few days ago and I love the looks and dig the sound but it is different so I wouldn’t sticking with the stock sound if my poor ears weren’t in pain from the physical discomfort.
Yesterday, I had to take them off and give my ears a break — the K712 Pro were the solution.