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Are your Grado Pads slowly starting to deteriorate? Are you tired of the new bowl type pads?
Would you like a new pair of flat pads, similar to the originals but at a fraction of the price?
Well, Here's a few tips on how you can create a new pair of flat pads - similiar to the ones
found on the HP-, SR- or RS-series... for as little as $5!
Until resently, I've had the misfurtune of having to live with the old deteriorating pads of my
HP-1000s. After contacting the few local importers (I live in Denmark) I learned that a new set
of pads would cost around $50-60. Annoyed by the prospect of having to pay what a new pair a
SR-60s would cost for what I consider two pieces of cheap foam, I decided to use a little bit
of ingenuity instead.
I tried different kinds of Sennheiser pads, but found them to be quite a poor replacement to
the original flat pads. Tried to search the internet (i.e. Head-Fi, Headwise etc.) for alternative
solutions but nothing came close.
Then I looked around for some similar foam and realized that the black foam used for mouse pads
(in my case manufactured by Bantax) is more than adequate. It's a little bit stiffer but at the
same time a hell of a lot more durable than the original foam. And the best thing is that mouse
pads only cost around $5!
The process
-----------
After measuring the diameter of original pads - inside as well as outside, I used a scalpel
fastened to a pair of compasses to cut the six perfect circular foam pieces (three for each side)
which I then glued together and grinded down to create the same roundness, look and feel as the
original pads.
That's it. You've got yourself a pair of replamcement pads for a fraction of the cost. They're quite
easy to manufacture, and you can even experiment with different "chamber" sizes to finetune the bass.
Michael
Would you like a new pair of flat pads, similar to the originals but at a fraction of the price?
Well, Here's a few tips on how you can create a new pair of flat pads - similiar to the ones
found on the HP-, SR- or RS-series... for as little as $5!
Until resently, I've had the misfurtune of having to live with the old deteriorating pads of my
HP-1000s. After contacting the few local importers (I live in Denmark) I learned that a new set
of pads would cost around $50-60. Annoyed by the prospect of having to pay what a new pair a
SR-60s would cost for what I consider two pieces of cheap foam, I decided to use a little bit
of ingenuity instead.
I tried different kinds of Sennheiser pads, but found them to be quite a poor replacement to
the original flat pads. Tried to search the internet (i.e. Head-Fi, Headwise etc.) for alternative
solutions but nothing came close.
Then I looked around for some similar foam and realized that the black foam used for mouse pads
(in my case manufactured by Bantax) is more than adequate. It's a little bit stiffer but at the
same time a hell of a lot more durable than the original foam. And the best thing is that mouse
pads only cost around $5!
The process
-----------
After measuring the diameter of original pads - inside as well as outside, I used a scalpel
fastened to a pair of compasses to cut the six perfect circular foam pieces (three for each side)
which I then glued together and grinded down to create the same roundness, look and feel as the
original pads.
That's it. You've got yourself a pair of replamcement pads for a fraction of the cost. They're quite
easy to manufacture, and you can even experiment with different "chamber" sizes to finetune the bass.
Michael
