[georgelai57]

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Hifi Man Velour pads and apparently the Beyerdynamic DT880 pads.

I find the Hifi Man pads to be on the hard side, if I hadn't already bought the Hifi Man velour pads, I would have gone for the DT880 version.

What is the diameter of the driver housing of the HE-400? Is it closer to 100 mm or 110mm because if it's the latter, then there won't be much choices in the market.

 

[irateapple]

Do they just fit right on or do you have to mod them?

 
If I'm not mistaken, you just slip the plastic ring from the stock/velour Hifiman pads into the base of the Beyer pads, and they work effectively the same as regular velours thereafter.

 

[wje]

Got wood?  It looks like some wooden cups (Magno wood) are now available for the HifiMan @ $85.00 a pair.  Plus, a link to some stain samples on how they could be finished off.  The question is ... will the wooden cup option bring Matt back to the HE-400 for a custom HifiMan? 

 

 
Link to F/S posting on the cups: http://www.head-fi.org/t/680521/hifiman-mango-tree-wood-cups-fit-he-300-he-400-he-500-he-4-he-6-and-le-series

 

[kothganesh]

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Got wood?  It looks like some wooden cups (Magno wood) are now available for the HifiMan @ $85.00 a pair.  Plus, a link to some stain samples on how they could be finished off.  The question is ... will the wooden cup option bring Matt back to the HE-400 for a custom HifiMan? 




Link to F/S posting on the cups: http://www.head-fi.org/t/680521/hifiman-mango-tree-wood-cups-fit-he-300-he-400-he-500-he-4-he-6-and-le-series

Wje, how do you mod this? Or do you?

 

[Barry S]

I'm sure those wood cups will look nice, but hardwood can shrink and crack. The seller sounds like he's trying to minimize shrinkage issues, but there's always a chance. The force of the jacks on the wood can be a problem--Audeze redesigned their jacks to deal with this issue. If I were going to install these, I'd find a buddy to split an extra pair, so a backup cup was available.

 

[modulor]

I had actually talked to MunkyNutz about this via PM a while back, so it's good to see it came to fruition and looks really good!!  So, so tempting... 

 

[catcherfly]

I'm very interested. Wonder if its lighter or heavier than the plastic. I also have audeze style (4 pin) connectors so I'd have to drill out the holes a little more

 

[MattTCG]

I do love the wooden cups. Wood of course is heavier than plastic but lighter than steel. 

 

[soundeffect]

I have to say these hifiman have a lot of mod options these days from pads, cups, headbands/straps, all the way to paint jobs. A lot of creative folks around here.

 

[ferday]

I do love the wooden cups. Wood of course is heavier than plastic but lighter than steel. 

Do you think the wood will alter the sound even slightly, or just aesthetics?

I would imagine they would change slightly...?

 

[MattTCG]

I would say that there would possibly be a very slight variation in the sound but in all likelihood it would not be enough to be appreciable. 

 

[modulor]

From what I've read of the woodied hifimans, there is very little change to the sound if none what so ever...or so Martin (http://www.martincustomaudio.com/) has said from the few he's done.

 

[Muzika]

Do they just fit right on or do you have to mod them?

 
Not sure, sorry. There's a few posts on using the BD pads in this thread - maybe worth a search.
 

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What is the diameter of the driver housing of the HE-400? Is it closer to 100 mm or 110mm because if it's the latter, then there won't be much choices in the market.

 
Again, not sure. I hate removing and re-attaching the pads on the HE-400 so I don't want to measure it, but I'm sure those kind of specs are around if you look.

 

[modulor]

Beyer, Denon and Brainwavz HM5 pads are pretty much the only ones that are perfect fits, but alternatively I believe you can use LCD-2 pads, Stax pads, or Alpha pads.  There are more of course, but ultimately you'll need a pair of mounting rings like on the stock HiFiMan pads.
 
Check out this thread for more details: http://www.head-fi.org/t/572327/mission-replace-the-hifiman-ear-pads-with-other-brand-ear-pads

 

[exiton]

Well, I got my HE-400's.  It's bittersweet.  For the positive, they are far and away the best sounding anything I've ever heard.  Definitely had that "wow" moment and heard tons of stuff in songs I didn't know existed.  Prior headphones include Alessandro MS-1, Sennheiser HD 555 modded, and AT ATH-A900x.   For the negative, I'm coming from closed headphones and after plugging them their openness disturbs my family in their home office.  So one hour on them and I may have to sell or switch them out for a closed set.  Wish I could just put a big glass bowl on my head and keep them.  How do the Mad Dogs stack up to the HE-400 in terms of sound character and sound leakage?