Yeah - I wear glasses, so I've enjoyed the increased bass perception as well. That said, the stock pads (on the Venus) become hot and uncomfortable after about 40 minutes or so of listening. This is a shame, as the Venus itself is one of my favorites. If I could find circular velour, perhaps...

@eric65 What do you think about the EP100a hybrid pad with the Venus? It should fit perfectly given the outer diameter, right? Have you tried it? If I could order the default hybrid pads for Para (to put on the Venus), I'd do that in a heartbeat.

Yeah - never mind. They came in - looked nice (fenestrated inside, velour cap, PU leather outside) but the mounting ring of material was WAY too ample to allow anything approaching Venus' size installation. I doubt these would work on anything over 80mm in outside diameter (maybe even less)...

Figured I could be the guinea pig and ordered the new Hymalaya board upgrade for the Serenade (Pro Gold R2R assembly upgrade). It's just now on its way, so it will be a minute before I get it back. I'll report back here once I get a chance to listen to it for a bit.

Since I'm in this deep on the Venus, I'm deciding to also try another hybrid pad set with dimensions even better than the Dekoni pads for the Moondrop Venus. They should arrive tomorrow evening, and after a couple of days of listening with them installed, I'll report back with details here.

Just a note here to agree with Eric about the need for everyone to feel free to 'experiment' with pads, etc. Each person's experience is probably going to be different in this case. For me - with just the Venus here (I formerly also owned the Para headphones, but they are now sold and...

Are the Para Hybrid pads available for purchase on their own? I'll check the website, but if someone knows here, that would help. I will say that my experience with these pads (Dekoni Elite Hybrid for HE Hifiman) and the Moondrop Venus, I have (so far) been impressed. The resolution/detail...

Not my genre - but the 'immediacy' of Venus' response would, I think, be great for that... Venus is not a "sitting in the middle of a concert hall" set of headphones (like my HE1000v2 set). The soundstage is not compressed or flat (it's quite 3d) - but you are much closer to the stage at the...

So, I received my Dekoni Elite Hybrid pads (for Hifiman HE series), and I installed them on my Venus headphones. First - the install is a bit difficult - these pads are built for a headphone with noticeably less ring diameter than the Venus. Obviously, you have to remove the plastic insert...

So how easy are these to fit to the Venus (that's what I have - no Cosmo here)? These pads seem to also be the most promising as replacements for the Venus as well. I have them in my cart, but I want to make sure they'll fit the Venus just fine. (I can't, for the life of me, find out what "JZ...

Peter is an excellent seller. His communication was wonderful, and he was both flexible and informative throughout the process. Highly recommended :-) Jay

So, this is great - but I'm not having any luck using Google to find, for example, "JZ custom H Pads." That search returns everything from Dekoni pads to car brake pads - but nothing labeled as "JZ Custom H Pads". If someone has the links to the actual retailers, that would be great :-)...

I'll poke the bear again here - any specific recommendations for replacement earpads for the Venus that don't destroy its RF response? Every 10 posts or so there's a question about this (through the last few pages), but apart from a reference to "any ZMF pad", I'm not sure I read a specific...