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| Head-Fi Meet Impressions, Trade Show Reports, Factory Tours This sub-forum will serve as an archive location of past Head-Fi Meet impressions, trade show reports and factory tours. |
07-27-2007, 04:34 AM
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I can't believe I had never seen this thread! Incredible shots! Very interesting prototypes too. I need to get to Brooklyn soon!
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07-27-2007, 09:54 AM
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I love a good factory tour. Thanks for sharing.
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07-27-2007, 03:09 PM
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I missed this too. Thanks much. Great shots.
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08-03-2007, 10:44 PM
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hey man! that's well thought! just wondered why! 
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09-09-2007, 07:23 PM
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Quote:
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Yeah I always thought they were outsourced.
BTW, I have a keen eye. Nobody else noticed this, or if they did, no one posted it.  I spy with my little eye balanced XLR connectors on these GS1000s:
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That's been an option now for a while:
http://www.ttvj.com/index.php?main_p...roducts_id=802
Great thread and pictures, btw, Luke!! Loads of us would have PAID to see those photos.
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09-10-2007, 04:10 AM
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Well glad to see Grados are made by dungeon slaves, then stacked in a ratty old cardboard box. 
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I know what you mean, coming from a background with many years in the manufacturing and production of metals, plastics and electronics this is not a pretty sight, but a pretty scary one !
Thanks for the nice photos, but it confirms my suspicions of how Grado's plant and operation is. Even for a small manufacturer, Grado needs a lot of industrial or methods engineering, it is no wonder we get nicks and dents on the wooden and aluminium cups, they are all thrown into a box in bulk 
The trays containing the drivers looks like they were purchased from an outside source mainly China and the operator is merely cleaning it off before soldering. I need to see the soldering joints before I can detemine if they are soldered properly.
Now I have reservations on spending and upgrading for a more higher end model !
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I know what you mean, coming from a background with many years in the manufacturing and production of metals, plastics and electronics this is not a pretty sight, but a pretty scary one !
Thanks for the nice photos, but it confirms my suspicions of how Grado's plant and operation is. Even for a small manufacturer, Grado needs a lot of industrial or methods engineering, it is no wonder we get nicks and dents on the wooden and aluminium cups, they are all thrown into a box in bulk
The trays containing the drivers looks like they were purchased from an outside source mainly China and the operator is merely cleaning it off before soldering. I need to see the soldering joints before I can detemine if they are soldered properly.
Now I have reservations on spending and upgrading for a more higher end model !
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EdT you're back!?!
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Darn, are you into PS1s now ? ...LoL
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Yeah I always thought they were outsourced.
BTW, I have a keen eye. Nobody else noticed this, or if they did, no one posted it. I spy with my little eye balanced XLR connectors on these GS1000s:
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Doesn't Moon Audio get their orders (re)cabled at the Grado factory? I don't see it on their website but I remember reading it somewhere. Can anyone confirm or defirm?
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10-01-2007, 11:09 PM
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Sweet pictures! I have a pair of GS-1000s and now I know where they were made. "quality control" on the amps lol.
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Well glad to see Grados are made by dungeon slaves, then stacked in a ratty old cardboard box.
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12-31-2007, 10:31 AM
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I must say this is the most amazing thread I've ever seen since I joined HF
Love my MS1 more and more
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Wow, I lived out on Long Island until 3 years ago and never knew about Grado. Woulda been cool to check out the factory. No matter how they're made, my MS1s sound absolutely amazing for the price. The pics kinda remind me of my dad's old watch factory here in Hong Kong.
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It's interesting to see all the women working in the facility considering that we all know the unfortunate male dominated status of headphones.
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