I've had a different experience with most $50 cables sounding better than the stock ones along with better lengths and better ergonomics or "touch-feel" as you call it. I also noted that cables that I've built (under $50 for parts) to be better sonically and ergonomically and I haven't heard...

If you can't find any let me know since I have a few spares that I don't use built with Mogami, Canare or some SPC wire (can't remember where I got the wire from) PS: if you click on the link to my gallery you can find pictures of cables that I've built

Agree that a neutral SS is good but I've come to love my HE400 on my old Project Ember best. @MrMateoHead, have you tried to get a new cable? I've build quite a few cables using SMC jacks (HE400, HE400i gen1, HE560 gen2, all my Grado's, TH600, MDR-7506)and I haven't had one fail yet but...

I'm guessing that you are interested in a used HE400 since they were discontinued back in 2015 IIRC. If vocals is what you are looking for I'd look elsewhere since vocals are not a strong point with HE400. If you still have the SR60 I'd suggest modding them: G-pads versus the stock flat ones...

Yes, so keep the rings from the old worn out pads

Only issue I have with most "Omega" style stands it that most put the ear pads in constant compression which I've notice will cause the pads to deteriorate faster but yours looks gorgeous and a nice match for your TH610

HE400 came stock with pleather pads IIRC, it also is the one I like the least due to the so-so comfort and over emphasis of the bass. Best compromise is the Focus or Dekoni elite sheepskin IMO.

I'd be interested in hearing them also:beerchug:

They look like Dekoni leather

The grills are cut from an aluminum sheet that some use to customize the front grills of cars, its hard to cut with metal shears but fairly easy with a sheet metal nibbler. They are a bit thicker than the stock grill so you can't use the retention rings to hold them in place but since they are...

Its a fairly simple mod, hardest part is making the new grills fit. This is the new grill before putting the rubber pad. This is the rubber pad in place, its about 35mm x 35mm, I think this is the one that I decided on since its hard to remove and glue on the pads to keep testing. Note that...

I have both and they are quite different, Red V2 is much more main stream tuning while the R1 is more reference tuning. This will also depend on the cups used, R1 favors cups from Elleven Acoustica (they probably tune them using cups they build) while the V2 is pretty good in almost any decent...

I'm not sure any pad would bring up the mids but I've only tried pleather, velour, Focus, Focus-A and Dekoni Elite Leather. The only thing that helped bring up the mids was installing a 25mm x 25mm hard rubber pad in the middle of the grill to help reflect back some of the sound. Pads seem to...

Audeze will not confirm pin-out when I asked ( a few years back), they say its proprietary but I've built my own cable and this is what I built and it works. If you look at the connector it has a pointed side and flat side, pointed side faces front of headphone. Hope this helps

You can do a search on pad sizes. this is one that I found https://www.head-fi.org/threads/hifiman-he-500-he-as-in-high-end-proving-to-be-an-enjoyable-experience-in-listening.551345/post-11470525

Probably not but if you like the looks of the SR225 then it will probably sound better than stock 225 drivers IMO.

Sorry, I still enjoy mine from time to time

Try Youtube, I think there was a video or two that showed how to remove the rod blocks from the headband if that is what you are asking

For a touch more bass put attenuation rings into the pads made from card stock or if you have hanging file holders that will work also. You will need to play with the size and placement to see what you like. You can find a bit more info on the TH-X00 thread, its where the idea came from IIRC

I like FocusPads with attenuation rings under the pads, brings up the bass just a bit but doesn't do much to the reset of the sound

Try a pair of generic G-pads, I've found that generic G-pads tend to enhance the bass while Grado G-pads reduce the bass. The key with using generic G-pads is finding a pair that are a close match in depth and a bit denser like OEM G-pads as the distance from your ears and density of the foam...

Might want to give G-pads a try, either generic ones ($4-6/pair) or original Grado ($45/pair). I can't use the L-pads for more than a few minutes at a time before my ears hurt but with the much larger G-pads I can listen for 7-8 hours without issues but they do change the sound, good or bad...

Yes, just like that👍

Awhile back I was lucky to have a prototype driver from Nhoord and one thing I noticed was that it had dynamat around each of the 4 opened vent holes which made it produce a slight but noticeable better low end, not sub-bass level but better than mid-bass IIRC (its been over 3 years that I've...

You might want to try some sorbothane on the Nhoord driver magnet structure and dynamat in the cups that you are using to help control the boomy low end. I'm assuming you haven't opened any vent holes on the driver as this will really make the Nhoord boomy