The concensus about the sound staying pretty similiar if not the same is pretty strong fro what Iāve read. Dosent seem like a risk tbh
Thereās also warranty issues. If you do something like that you void the warranty. So if something breaks there goes $150 something. But hey, if someone wants to do it, Iām not against it at all.
Tbh it looks SUPER straight forward. Like not hard at all, canāt imagine anything going wrong. You could do this yourself, no need to worry about warranty, most of those warranty claims end up having some big pain in the ass too. Itās not like ur directly messing with the driver nor anything complicated like that. Just dosent seem like a big risk, you are probably as likely to damage them through normal use than with the pad swap
The pads are attached to the cups and part of the driver, so you have to destroy them to take them off. That alone is a reason not to mess with it. Good luck reselling these without the stock padsā¦
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Iāve had a easy time messing with stuff directly attached to essential parts, itās not usually a big deal if you are careful enough. Not being able to resell them is a fair worry, damaging them dosent seem like an issue
I guess Iām more on the diy type of side with things tho instead of relying on stuff from āexpertsā
I donāt think you understand. When you try to remove the pads, the adhesive tears the protein leather. Itās unavoidable as I tinkered with my old pair myself. The pads get destroyed and the baffle and pad are what keep the ceramic tweeter in place. Without the stock pad and baffle, it just free-floats. Iām a diy guy myself, but the pad change attempt basically ruined my pair of headphonesā¦not to mention every pad I rolled with sounded like ass.
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Wait, ok I get that. Most modifications are irreversible, but then whatās stopping you right now from putting the beats pad on the plastic mount on ur pair? Because the step by step guide tells you what to do. To my understanding you took the pad off, the pads are now unusable (like you would expect) now this next step is where Iām confused, are you saying that putting the new pads on the plastic mounting rig is not possible and does not solve your problem about how the headphone sounds?
Hereās the step by step guide in case ur interested, has pictures too. I havenāt tried it since I donāt have the headphones so I am legit curious as to if this is possible, or even if you follow these simple, basic, easy to understand steps it dosent work.
The 27 pairs of pads I rolled all sounded like absolute shit. The baffle lip also cracked after 2 days. I sold them for next to nothing on ebay as I was very disappointed in how badly they sounded without the stock pads.
That guide from headfi is what i followed. Without getting technical, itās my highest recommendation to anybody that owns these headphones not to change the pads.
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Fair enough, I would try the one pad he mentioned however. Seems very promising. Recently I tried changing the pads on the hawks with Beyer pads, total dog shit. But they didnāt have hords of people who have also tried them and liked them
I did try the beats pads. It made the 1more sound like an m50x, lol.
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REALLY??? dang dude, I apologize. Guess it really did just fuck up the sound. That blows lol
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The closest I got to stock sound was a generic pair of round protein leather chinese pads I bought off of ebay. But even then, the treble was out of control, sadly.
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Zeos wasnāt kidding then when he said they really had to tune and position that tweeter just right and have those pads that way for it not to be treble murder.
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So, going into it knowing that they are an on ear instead of an over ear, how are they comfort wise?
Eh, not great. I was able to wear them for about 30 minutes to an hour before they started getting uncomfortable, and 1.5hrs max on average. It kind of depends on how big your ears are. The smaller, the better. The foam over the tweeter pushed on the inside of my ear, and got bothersome after a while. Again, it was worth it to me for how good they sounded, but the comfort issue is a deal-breaker for some.
If one intends to use these as a potable/mobile pair only, I think itās tolerable. Longest I could go comfort wise was an hour and a half before pain set in.
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Yeah same. I donāt think I would use them for longer than that honestly. Maybe the longest would be for a movie, as I think they are really fun for action movies. But I donāt think I would use them much longer than that ever.
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This thing is something else. My co-worker bought this, waited for more than a month to arrive, and sold it for 60% off to another co-worker within couple hrs of using it. Heās pretty upset with the comfort and purchase 
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It depends. Some dislike the tweeter rubbing against their ears. For me, I felt that it was there from time to time, but it was tolerable and didnāt bother me to much. I just didnāt like the on-ear aspect of it, as I couldnāt get a proper seal with them; the lack of seal affected the sound IMO. The dealbreaker for me was the relative lack of padding in the headband. That POS caused a hotspot dead center on the top of my head, which felt like a drill was going into my skull. I couldnāt endure wearing this headphone for more than fifteen minutes. And before some of you accuse me of having a pointy head, let me say that I can wear my old school HE-500 tank for hours without any problems, as the weight is distributed evenly across the headband without requiring any extra bending. I also have no problems wearing other heavy cans like the LCD-2.1 for long durations.
Back to the 1Moreās, I only listened to them for a few hours total and eventually sold them off on Head-Fi. They were by far the most uncomfortable cans that Iāve tried. Of course, YMMV.