kramer5150
Headphoneus Supremus
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This one?
http://www.head-fi.org/t/142117/diy-woody-hf-1-pics-56k-warning
They look great, I'd be chuffed if I can get anywhere near that. But how did you get the pads to stay on, I thought you'd need a groove for that? I will be using a bench top drill, I can use some of the tools at my university. But sadly stuff like lathes are off-limits because of liability issues.
Looking at reviews of the V150's using that headband seems like a bad idea indeed, by OEM Grado you mean ordering a replacement from them? I couldn't find the Vivitar's here in Europe, but I quite like the band the of the Urbanears Plattan's, these €5,00 knockoffs look like a good donor for now.
!!! Holy cow yeah thats it. Just realized my HF1 is older than I remembered, almost a decade old now. I have since reverted it back to 100% stock / OEM... and it still sounds great! I have always considered it a warm more pleasant version of my RS1.
But that mod was only for the outer half of the earcup. The drivers remained in the plastic ring piece, so the pads still fit around that.
thanks for the fun walk down memory lane!!
In terms of OEM Grado headbands, I was thinking more along the lines of buying a used SR60 for $50 and pulling the headband and other parts from that. I for one never found the SR headbands to be all that uncomfortable.