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Jerg HE500 pads
« on: March 07, 2013, 05:22:23 AM »

Subjective Impressions - in order of effect:
  • Much airier and open than stock fuzz pads. I really like this. Significant difference from stock.
  • Stronger spot in the lower/mid bass. Gives bass some heft, a la Audeze.
  • Upper mids and lower treble seem more even.
  • Overall not a huge change since the headphone is still identifiable as the HE500. I actually liked the pads enough that I have not put the stock fuzz pads on.



Blue = original fuzz pads
Green = Jerg pads
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Re: Jerg HE500 pads
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2013, 05:25:24 AM »

CSDs
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Re: Jerg HE500 pads
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2013, 05:35:56 AM »

Nice work Jerg! 
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Re: Jerg HE500 pads
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2013, 05:40:32 AM »

Thanks for the measurements!

Glad to see that my impressions of the treble (sibilants being much more smoothed out, upper end overall more even-sounding) with jergpads vs velours are reflected readily by the CSDs.

The changes in the midrange are interesting; the slight dip could attribute to a more open sound? I prefer the jergpad midrange much much more than velours subjectively, as it sounds less thin to my ears. That could be a function of lower~mid midrange decay.
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Re: Jerg HE500 pads
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2013, 05:42:45 AM »

Wow, thanks for sharing this. Also thanks for making them Jerg. I just need to find myself some time to make myself some Jergpads with my spare pleather pads. Hmmm, any new innovations to raise the Jergpads 2K~ area to the Velour levels? But with that said, I need to make myself some Jergpads tonight!
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Re: Jerg HE500 pads
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2013, 05:46:35 AM »

Wow, thanks for sharing this. Also thanks for making them Jerg. I just need to find myself some time to make myself some Jergpads with my spare pleather pads. Hmmm, any new innovations to raise the Jergpads 2K~ area to the Velour levels? But with that said, I need to make myself some Jergpads tonight!

The pads purrin measured are version 1 of the mod.

The version 2 actually has 2 additional components to the procedure, 1 to really improve the sub-bass extension, the other to completely remove the "cupped" feeling of the pleather material - that could be what you are looking for.
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Re: Jerg HE500 pads
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2013, 05:50:23 AM »

Wow, thanks for sharing this. Also thanks for making them Jerg. I just need to find myself some time to make myself some Jergpads with my spare pleather pads. Hmmm, any new innovations to raise the Jergpads 2K~ area to the Velour levels? But with that said, I need to make myself some Jergpads tonight!

The pads purrin measured are version 1 of the mod.

The version 2 actually has 2 additional components to the procedure, 1 to really improve the sub-bass extension, the other to completely remove the "cupped" feeling of the pleather material - that could be what you are looking for.

I think I might try up to version 2. For the stacks of tape, would it be better to use a 3M double sided sticky tape thing and cover it with one layer of electrical tape? I have some lying around that I need to use
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Re: Jerg HE500 pads
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2013, 05:51:38 AM »

Wow, thanks for sharing this. Also thanks for making them Jerg. I just need to find myself some time to make myself some Jergpads with my spare pleather pads. Hmmm, any new innovations to raise the Jergpads 2K~ area to the Velour levels? But with that said, I need to make myself some Jergpads tonight!

The pads purrin measured are version 1 of the mod.

The version 2 actually has 2 additional components to the procedure, 1 to really improve the sub-bass extension, the other to completely remove the "cupped" feeling of the pleather material - that could be what you are looking for.

I think I might try up to version 2. For the stacks of tape, would it be better to use a 3M double sided sticky tape thing and cover it with one layer of electrical tape? I have some lying around that I need to use

Er the tape stacks you just stack layers of tape, there is no need of double-sided tape at all. The only parts where double-sided tape comes in are III and IV.
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Re: Jerg HE500 pads
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2013, 05:54:27 AM »

Wow, thanks for sharing this. Also thanks for making them Jerg. I just need to find myself some time to make myself some Jergpads with my spare pleather pads. Hmmm, any new innovations to raise the Jergpads 2K~ area to the Velour levels? But with that said, I need to make myself some Jergpads tonight!

The pads purrin measured are version 1 of the mod.

The version 2 actually has 2 additional components to the procedure, 1 to really improve the sub-bass extension, the other to completely remove the "cupped" feeling of the pleather material - that could be what you are looking for.

I think I might try up to version 2. For the stacks of tape, would it be better to use a 3M double sided sticky tape thing and cover it with one layer of electrical tape? I have some lying around that I need to use

Er the tape stacks you just stack layers of tape, there is no need of double-sided tape at all. The only parts where double-sided tape comes in are III and IV.

I want to use it because one layer of the sticky tape can act as 4 electrical tapes stacked (estimating)?
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Re: Jerg HE500 pads
« Reply #9 on: March 07, 2013, 06:04:36 AM »

Wow, thanks for sharing this. Also thanks for making them Jerg. I just need to find myself some time to make myself some Jergpads with my spare pleather pads. Hmmm, any new innovations to raise the Jergpads 2K~ area to the Velour levels? But with that said, I need to make myself some Jergpads tonight!

The pads purrin measured are version 1 of the mod.

The version 2 actually has 2 additional components to the procedure, 1 to really improve the sub-bass extension, the other to completely remove the "cupped" feeling of the pleather material - that could be what you are looking for.

I think I might try up to version 2. For the stacks of tape, would it be better to use a 3M double sided sticky tape thing and cover it with one layer of electrical tape? I have some lying around that I need to use

Er the tape stacks you just stack layers of tape, there is no need of double-sided tape at all. The only parts where double-sided tape comes in are III and IV.

I want to use it because one layer of the sticky tape can act as 4 electrical tapes stacked (estimating)?

Wait are the 3M tapes thick? The dollar store double-sided tape I used in the mod are incredibly thin, they are basically just films with adhesive on both sides.
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