[Moak]

Has someone tested to change the standard ear pads from Sennheiser HD 800 to lamb leather ear pads?
Is the sound signature changing after this?

 

[ChevyMonsenhor]

Can you guys help me ID these pads here?
They came with a HiFiMan HE-350 i bought last year, in addition to the stock ones.
Guy that sold me headphone said he wasn't sure of what they are, i think its a pair of Brainwavz Hybrid Round XL, am i correct?

 

[Drake_Mallard]

Which pads would help with the DT 880 600ohm's siblance without changing the sound signature too much?

 

[init]

@ChevyMonsenhor, yes, those are exactly them

 

[zombywoof]

Anyone have experience with the Brainwavz XL velour or microsuede on the AKG K553 Pro Mk II (or other headphone in this family)? I switched out the stock AKG pads for the Brainwavz XL sheepskin...very nice. Quality is excellent and the leather is much better for extended listening sessions than the stock pleather (or whatever it is). I was thinking of trying the velour or microsuede...the impressions are all over the map with respect to how the velour/microsuede impact the sound.

PS...kind of surprised there isn't more activity on this thread.

 

[GREQ]

Something that kinda works, but also doesn't quite work, dependin on your taste is aftermarket Ori pads on AKG K551.
I like it, but the bass to mids (100-1000hz) feels a touch scooped out, so it sounds a bit cold and thin.
Everything else sounds absolutley great though.
Bass doesn't feel or sound as loud as the graph shows.

Also, I struck gold today.
Finally a good set of pads for the HE-500... and I've tried A LOT.
I took my old rotten AKG K551 pads and peeled off all the pleather from the top, leaving the pleather on the underneath/inside of the pad.
Then added foam spacer rings inside the pad to make them deeper.

The sound is almost perfect.
ALL significant peaks are smoothed out.
Sound is more linear, with a borderline warmth to the tone.
Air is still present AND bass is a touch boosted/extended - no pleather pad is able to do both.
Comfort is supreme... almost... it's still an HE-500 headband.

foam spacer ring big enough not to block ANY part of the driver

(right - compared to stock velour pad)

I need to stitch these up since they're falling apart slightly... but it's fine for now.
HE-500... now with matching grey ear pads!!

 

[Heyyoudvd]

Anyone know where I can get replacement pads for a Denon AH-D750?

I’ve heard it may fit Sony 7506 pads but I’m not positive, and if it does, which 7506 pads should I get?

 

[GREQ]

Anyone know where I can get replacement pads for a Denon AH-D750?

I’ve heard it may fit Sony 7506 pads but I’m not positive, and if it does, which 7506 pads should I get?

Get some aftermarket MDR-Z1000 pads.
They work great on my AH-D950 - almost no discernable difference between stock... maybe even an improvement.

This is the style of pad I'm talking about:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/400...earchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Softer-Genu...010074?hash=item3abbcf061a:g:ucMAAOSwL7VWn5vg

And the results:

 

[Heyyoudvd]

Get some aftermarket MDR-Z1000 pads.
They work great on my AH-D950 - almost no discernable difference between stock... maybe even an improvement.

This is the style of pad I'm talking about:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/400...earchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Softer-Genu...010074?hash=item3abbcf061a:g:ucMAAOSwL7VWn5vg

And the results:

Interesting. Does the particular brand matter? I see quite a few of those Z1000 style pads on Amazon Canada, although they seem relatively pricey.


Surprisingly, I was looking through my headphones to see if any of the pads would fit and it turns out my Audio Technica M50 pads are a perfect fit for the AH-D750. That surprised me. They may be a little darker sounding than the stock pads, but that could also just be the fact that the stock pads were worn to hell and flattened out.

These D750s sounds great, so now I have to decide whether to keep the M50 pads on them and then just buy another set of M50 pads to throw back on my M50, or whether I should get another set of pads like those Z1000s.

 

[GREQ]

Interesting. Does the particular brand matter?

I've noticed that the cheap pads from China don't always match up which can lead to small channel imbalances.
Basically the manufacturing tolerances are sometimes low.

Once, it was such a big difference visually, I contacted the seller and they sent me an extra set for free, out of which I could make 2 closer-matching sets of pads.. but that was luck... and that was a different set of pads anyway.

Even when they look the same, they don't measure the same; although usually the differences are never enough to actually hear them.

I seriously doubt the more expensive 'branded' pads are much different at all.
Most of them likely come out of the same factory, especially since these pads aren't big sellers.

 

[digitalreferee]

So I'm currently really enjoying the MDR-CD2000, I recently got (for more than I paid for the headphones themselves, funnily enough) NOS genuine replacements for their earpads and headbands, which on my pair originally both had issues (the headband was sagging and no longer doing its job and the earpads were serviceable but the foam had lost most of its elasticity).

Now I have the replacement earpads which is good but they are inevitably going to fail again. However one thing about the earpads in the CD2000 is that they aren't of a piece but instead they have an outer fabric shell, with a foam donut just placed inside them to go around the driver in the enclosure. For my purpose this is pretty perfect. The manual for them says it's urethane foam, so by getting a block of foam and cutting them to the right height and donut shape, I should be able to have theoretically infinite replacements.

My only question is, has anyone ever tried using blocks of urethane foam before for headphone earpads replacements? I've stumbled on many of these on various websites which seem like they could do the job but I'm thinking maybe the acoustics properties are different? Or are they close enough that it shouldn't matter?

 

[gimmeheadroom]

Which pads would help with the DT 880 600ohm's siblance without changing the sound signature too much?

Try a different amp. I don't hear any sibilance on mine with the stock pads.

 

[gimmeheadroom]

Has someone tested to change the standard ear pads from Sennheiser HD 800 to lamb leather ear pads?
Is the sound signature changing after this?

Probably better to ask in the HD 800 threads.

 

[PurpleAngel]

Which pads would help with the DT 880 600ohm's sibilance without changing the sound signature too much?

I would guess none, the DT880 is a slightly bright sounding headphone.
A tube headphone amplifier might (guessing) improve the audio quality?

 

[DropTekRoon]

The best pads for the Beyerdynamics will be the stock ones. They easily have the one of the best stock pads out there