Are they deeper than the original leather ones?
How do they affect the soundstage?
TO MEā¦they āenhanceā the soundstage. By deeper, Iām assuming youāre talking about the bass??? ā¦sameā¦bass also seems to be āenhancedā. The whole experience seems to be much much better with these pads. Like I said before I think that because the headphones fit my head better with these padsā¦maybe a better seal??
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Pretty sure he was talking about the measured pad depth, the room for your ears before they touch the driver cover. Would guess the brainwavz are not as deep as the stock ones.
Iām sure about the stock pads, but via brainwavz website:
Ok, @hawaiibadboy I know you love the stock sound and probably donāt want to lose the way they are but I want to hear your opinion on the opened up gl2k. If you buy another pair and mod them and hate them Iāll find someone to buy them off of you. I donāt have the expendable income to get a second pair of them or I would do it in a heartbeat. I need someone to confirm what im hearing cause im about to make some really bold claims with nothing to back them up because I canāt a/b test them. I know you donāt owe me a goddamn thing but God it would be nice to know an opinion other than my own.
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Any chance of posting a detailed guide on how to do this safely with pics? Iād try if I was able to not destroy my pair or easily revert it.
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They look stonking ENORMOUS. Done.
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A 5xx would simply flop right off your head.
I meant the physical depth. My ears touch the inner side, and Iād like something deeper.
Itās a hard life being a narrow headed man
Just from looking at it, the two stock pads are thicker at the back and thinner towards the front because they are angled pads. The brainwavz are not angledā¦brainwavz are about the same thickness as the āfrontā of the stock pads (smaller).
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Is there some other cloth material that could replace the default on the back of the driver so it still would be a little more protected but nearly as open as no material?
Also try connected from the Tetris Effect soundtrack once sounds prety wide to me too
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I feel like putting it on the back of the grill would be better. The driver having the airflow restriction without any throughput has got to be the issue with the odd tuning. I think putting something on the grill would let the driver function normally but just isolate the soundstage. I personally am never putting any of it back on. I donāt give a shit if I have to buy replacement drivers every 6 months, I will. The stage and depth is worth it TO ME. Not to mention the tuning is pretty much fixed with that tuning paper removed.
@rde01
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maybe you can buy some tuning paper (or just using the original ones), and do different array of holes on them. thatās a more scientific approach to reach a DIY āperfectā sound. 
just enjoy your self! 
I have not been following thread.
What exactly would you like me to do?
Iāll oblige as long as itās not nuts.
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There are actually two layers of paper on the back. Itās ok to remove one layer but still stay safe from dust. If you want more bass, you can try remove all of them. Itās easy to disassemble, but make sure to take out the magnet and membrane as a whole unit.
(Unscrew the 6 screws outside firstly, take off the plastic cover, then remove the 5 same short screws only. Donāt remove any other screws I havenāt mentioned. Finally, itās already loosened up, just take out the whole unit)
tips: Be gentle. Do not drop it. 
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They are discussing removing the tuning papers
There is a great change in the sound, I canāt say whether itās good or bad, I personally like the original sound.
I didnt take all the filters off the cups, so just one off of each cup. Easy to do and easy to reverse as long as your unscrewing the right screws. The driver slips out when you turn it upside down and you can nudge it out from the other side. Since I only took out one filter, the driver is still protected from some dust with the other filter still on the driver itself.
Initial impressions, I didnt have an issue with the mids but with one filter off, they sound less veiled to me but creeps closer to sounding a tiny bit hot to my ears compared to stock. I would say these sound brighter and the mids still arenāt sweet but they sound more clear. The mids and vocals is where I notice the most change so far.
Do I like it? Iāve been moving away from brighter cans so Stock might be more to my liking however its nice to have a different tuning if I wanted something brighter. Iāll stick with this for now since iām too lazy to pick up the screw driver right now to put the filters back in. Iāll probably switch back to stock later to compare.
Might throw in beyerdynamic filters in there to hear what happens since they did well in my phantoms.
EDIT* Threw these on the tube amp and I like how mid forward these are now. Donāt know if iāll keep them this way.
Edit** back to stock. I like stock better, itās easier on my ears for long sessions.
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do what now
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hurt your precious gl2k like i did and pull the tuning paper and dust covers out. or get another pair and do awful things to that one. the stage was amazing before, dont get me wrong, but its insane what happens when they can breathe. they lose all their character immediately but become detail and stage monsters. and oddly enough iām actually enjoying them with absolutely no eq. dolby gaming preset on them does some pretty crazy placement things in games, but apart from games they just stage so effortlessly its hurting my brain. they get kinda sibilant but i am really enjoying what iām hearing. something something bigger stage than hd800s? most natural stoundstage iāve ever heard.