mrscotchguy
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Sound advice, though with the foam mounting tape, you can get a fairly good seal without the electrical tape. I would prefer not to use it as I do not like the look... yeah yeah, I know cosmetics shouldn't get in the way of good sound. I may try it, but I doubt down the road, though see only using electrical tape as just a temporary fix. I am pretty sure once I find the configuration I like, I will potentially just use contact cement to make it good and permanent.
I initially started out with absolutely no adhesive during pad stacking. I liked it, but it was a pain in the arse keeping them on squarely. That led me what you have seen in the pictures. I only bought foam mounting tape purely out of convenience; I could not find any double sided masking tape at Ace! In the end, the mounting tape works out superbly. As for using small amounts vs a full ring, I do not believe it would work with mounting tape, but possibly with masking tape or clear tape since they are very thin.
I am certain the layer order greatly effects the sound. I guess I lucked out stumbling on the stack the way it is now before trying other combinations. Compared to the other configurations I did not like their sound at all; this setup just sounds beautiful to my ears. Note that I never tried my srh840 pads under the srh1440/1840 pads. I found the srh840 pads stretch too easily since they are a bit too small for to fit the T50rps just right.
The sound, oh the sound. The harshness of the treble is all gone with srh1440/1840 pads stacked on top of the stock ones. As I have said before, there are a few drawbacks, but each aspect seems to only get better, not worse. I still cannot believe how much of a difference it makes. I highly recommend this combo (mainly for those not willing to open up the cups).
I personally like velour over pleather (no ear sweat). Eventually I would like to make my own lambskin pads similar to the Stax O2s.
I think I may have answered my own, and maybe mrscotchguy's, problem too.
Maybe double-sided tape beneath the stock pad (or in mrscotchguy's case, the srh1440's pads) to make it more secure.
Sound advice, though with the foam mounting tape, you can get a fairly good seal without the electrical tape. I would prefer not to use it as I do not like the look... yeah yeah, I know cosmetics shouldn't get in the way of good sound. I may try it, but I doubt down the road, though see only using electrical tape as just a temporary fix. I am pretty sure once I find the configuration I like, I will potentially just use contact cement to make it good and permanent.
@mrscotchguy & jgray: If the headphones give you enough clamping force then you can just stack them without any adhesive means to know how it sounds 'properly sealed". In the case of using double sided tape to hold the two pieces together, having smaller amounts of it (rather than a ring of it with small gaps) can still grant you the seal you need when the pads are in compression on the head. This should be the easier way to get a seal. It doesn't matter if the pads aren't properly sealed when they're off your head.
Playing with the layer order changes the sound a lot too. The two pads have different volumes, and going from a larger one to smaller one may congest the sound a bit but tends to sound better than going from smaller to larger. What I want to ask you two though is if you get treble peaks. The reason why I stopped stacking pads on the T50RP (stock + 840, forgot which order) is really because of the treble that kind of hurts my ears. Never tried stacking with velours though.
Odd that my setup sounds close to no different with back vents sealed. So I just leave it open... less clunk.
I initially started out with absolutely no adhesive during pad stacking. I liked it, but it was a pain in the arse keeping them on squarely. That led me what you have seen in the pictures. I only bought foam mounting tape purely out of convenience; I could not find any double sided masking tape at Ace! In the end, the mounting tape works out superbly. As for using small amounts vs a full ring, I do not believe it would work with mounting tape, but possibly with masking tape or clear tape since they are very thin.
I am certain the layer order greatly effects the sound. I guess I lucked out stumbling on the stack the way it is now before trying other combinations. Compared to the other configurations I did not like their sound at all; this setup just sounds beautiful to my ears. Note that I never tried my srh840 pads under the srh1440/1840 pads. I found the srh840 pads stretch too easily since they are a bit too small for to fit the T50rps just right.
The sound, oh the sound. The harshness of the treble is all gone with srh1440/1840 pads stacked on top of the stock ones. As I have said before, there are a few drawbacks, but each aspect seems to only get better, not worse. I still cannot believe how much of a difference it makes. I highly recommend this combo (mainly for those not willing to open up the cups).
I personally like velour over pleather (no ear sweat). Eventually I would like to make my own lambskin pads similar to the Stax O2s.