[ReaperZzZ]

Great, thanks for the feedback guys It seems JB Weld products are pretty common here in New Zealand, so i'll head to the hardware store in the weekend ...

@slipudatung good advice regarding angling it, I'll see how the unbroken one fits on my head and base it on that!

I miss the bass already when out walking

 

[ReaperZzZ]

One minute your drinking beer, and having lots of fun at the party. Next minute you realize you drank too much and your personality snaps, you actually feel it in your head, so you know this is serious. You then realize your can's snapped, and there goes your soul. In an desperate attempt to save your sanity, you glue can's back, so that you can continue your head banging and bass pounding personality.

LOL!

 

[slipudatung]

I'm in NZ too!

Got my stuff from super cheap auto for about 18 bucks. Couldn't find jbweld in a shop! Online I could but couldn't hold out for the bass haha

Great, thanks for the feedback guys It seems JB Weld products are pretty common here in New Zealand, so i'll head to the hardware store in the weekend ...

@slipudatung good advice regarding angling it, I'll see how the unbroken one fits on my head and base it on that!

I miss the bass already when out walking

 

[ReaperZzZ]

AWESOME ! <3 NZ .. I'm in Wellington, how about you ?

Which product did you get exactly, if you still know ?

I'm in NZ too!

Got my stuff from super cheap auto for about 18 bucks. Couldn't find jbweld in a shop! Online I could but couldn't hold out for the bass haha

 

[slipudatung]

I'm in Auckland! My sz2k are my daily drivers and I'm often roaming the waterfront jamming them.

I got this stuff. Didn't need a whole lot but the remainder is great for fixing kids toys haha (sorry for large image)

AWESOME ! <3 NZ .. I'm in Wellington, how about you ?

Which product did you get exactly, if you still know ?

 

[ReaperZzZ]

Nice I think i'll just order some from the jbweld website, and get it delivered to work .. and rock some cheapass IEM's that came with my Samsung S8+ in the meantime

 

[EJ102]

I've been using HM5 sheepskin non-angled pads on my SZ2k, but I've been wanting to try some good angled pads. So I got my hands on a pair of MrSpeakers Alpha Pads, and some ZMF Calfskin Oval pads to compare to my HM5's. I'm glad I did. The ZMF ovals went on easy enough, were pretty comfortable, and added some nice midrange and treble plus a bit of width to the sound stage. However, they took away a bit too much bass for my liking. Then I put on the Alpha Pads and the game was changed for me. The mids and highs were a drastic improvement, and the SZ had a wide and deep sound stage for the first time. But what made the pads the best choice for me is that no bass was lost at all, I still felt every hit. Plus, they are far and away the most comfortable pads I've ever put on the JVC. To sum it up, if you can get your hands on them, try the MrSpeakers Alpa Pads on your SZ2k/1k, you won't be sorry.


My JVC with the Alpha pads on, the HM5 in the middle, and the ZMF pads on the right.


HM5 pads


ZMF Pads


The back of the Alpha pads


The inside depth of the Alphas

How good are the alpha pads compared to the M55X pads? I have some comfort issues with the M55X pads. The Micro iDSD Black Label has been crushing my skull lately...

 

[lowvolume]

Yodobashi claims the HA-SZ2000 and 1000 to be discontinued. Is that official now? Did not see it mentioned here so far.

 

[OldDude04]

How good are the alpha pads compared to the M55X pads? I have some comfort issues with the M55X pads. The Micro iDSD Black Label has been crushing my skull lately...

I've never used the M55x pads, I went right to HM5 pleathers when I got my SZ2k. But as far as comfort goes, you can look at the M55x pads and then look at the big squishy Alpha pads and see that the Alphas are like wearing pillows.

 

[StarTreker]

The stuff from Permatex is practically the same stuff as JB Welled. But please try to not get any of that Permatex on you, its not easy to get off, and bad for your health.

 

[lowvolume]

I got confirmation. The whole HA-SZ series is no longer existing. Current stock is sold from ruthless dealers at partly extreme prices (up to 1,000 USD) on ebay. Spare parts do not exist as JVC world-wide refuses to provide those for headphones. (Amazing. How does this work with countries that have detailed and good consumer laws?).

So that's the end of this story. The King is dead.

 

[StarTreker]

To find a set of can's that are as good as these JVC's, you must look for cans with at least 55mm drivers. Weather or not they are Kelton Nano Tube drivers or not, generally a 55mm driver or larger, will provide tons of bass in them. So now is a good time for us bassheads, to start discussing other large closed back cans, so as to help us discover the new kings! Also, it might be a good idea to no longer rely on JVC for audio gear. JVC has already proven that they are incapable of marketing their audio gear to the right crowd. Because of their incompetence, the JVC HA series of cans were not popular at all, and fell through the cracks, like a good sci fi show.

 

[ReaperZzZ]

So my friend and I used some JB Weld poorly .. turns out it didn't set very well, so i tried to scrape it off to re-apply this morning with a chisel, and ... totally owned the cable

I'm not really willing to pay the money people are asking for these, so i guess my sz2000 era is over for now!!!!!!!!

what to buy next is the question

 

[lowvolume]

In Japan JVC offers no spare parts (like in the rest of the world), but an exchange service. You pay 20,000 Yen and get a new one. Problem ist that price is higher than the sales price over the last 2 years (around 17,900), and you loose your broken one, which otherwise would be a perfect spare part supplier. JVC really totally sucks.

IMHO you will be able to sell your broken one for exactly that use case - as spare part collection for people needing such!

 

[ReaperZzZ]

In Japan JVC offers no spare parts (like in the rest of the world), but an exchange service. You pay 20,000 Yen and get a new one. Problem ist that price is higher than the sales price over the last 2 years (around 17,900), and you loose your broken one, which otherwise would be a perfect spare part supplier. JVC really totally sucks.

IMHO you will be able to sell your broken one for exactly that use case - as spare part collection for people needing such!

Given that I live in New Zealand, shipping to most of the world wouldn't be cheap... $50usd i imagine.

Happy to sell them to anyone interested for $90USD + shipping

The real question is ... now what to buy to satisfy my bass needs