[jowille]

I've been loving my new set of Grado SR225's for the past week! The bowl pads were uncomfortable and after a while, painful on my right ear. I guess that is due to a piece of the cartilage that may stick out a little bit more than the left....can't tell any difference in the mirror but sure can feel it! I tried reversing the bowls but it still wasn't quite what I wanted. The bass response was better with the reverse bowls though... I ordered a set of flat pads from TTVJ, and they came in today. Sounded a lot like the reverse bowls to me, but my ears were right on the drivers.

I took a set of pleather pads from an old set of panasonic headphones and they stretched over the flat pads perfectly! Seemed to give my ears a bit more room and the bass response is excellent but still keeping the shimmering highs. I am now in sound and comfort heaven!

Here are a couple of pics:

 

[Killercrush]

LOL those are funny looking SR-225's !!!

 

[Mrvile]

Are they still supraaural?

 

[Joshatdot]

Thats a nice mod. I would like to try similar mod, but with Velour Pads

 

[bluey_02]

Am I the only one who can't see the pics? Maybe I should have paid my ADSL bill last month..

 

[Zorander]

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluey_02 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Am I the only one who can't see the pics? Maybe I should have paid my ADSL bill last month..

Same here...

 

[Blackmore]

Pay the bill

I can see them and they are nice

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluey_02 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Am I the only one who can't see the pics? Maybe I should have paid my ADSL bill last month..

 

[makasin]

I didnt see them for a while but they appear to be up now.
Looks like a cool mod.

 

[Ingo]

I can't see the pics in the thread, but I copy & pasted the url's in the browser and they came up.


Those pads look like they would dramatically alter the sound of the SR-225s. Even though I find the bowls uncomfortable sometimes, I don't think there is any other solution to get the exact same sound and for me that's a compromise I'm NOT willing to make. More bass on these things would be a bad thing in my opinion, although, a little more extension would be ok by me.

 

[jilgiljongiljing]

uhm...i dont see any pics or URL's. :S

 

[jowille]

Very strange! sometimes I see them when I open the thread and sometimes I see only one, or none.... Here is another try...

they sound fantastic! and very comfortable too!

 

[jowille]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrvile /img/forum/go_quote.gif Are they still supraaural?

No, now they are circumaural.

 

[jilgiljongiljing]

Hmm...the pics dont seem to show in firefox. And on IE, I see only one pic the other ones marked off with an X. Strange...

 

[jowille]

Very strange.... Im using firefox and now showing both posts.... maybe it's my photo hosting site

 

[Mrvile]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jowille /img/forum/go_quote.gif No, now they are circumaural.

Hmm...I assume it sounds a lot like Larry's grado C-pad mod. Which I know a lot of people don't like. But maybe the $100 price tag has something to do with it