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Head-Fi.org › Galleries › devouringone3's Photos › Grado science and oddities
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  • Last upload: Aug 18, 2012

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Sweet! I'll check it out :P
  • Dec 1, 2012 by devouringone3 in Grado science and oddities
:))) good one:D
  • Sep 2, 2012 by eris in Grado science and oddities
Beauty, nice wood texture. I still looking for good amplifier for these:)
  • Sep 2, 2012 by eris in Grado science and oddities
haha, thats enough to buy someone a VERY cheap Honda civic used
  • Jul 6, 2012 by PinoyPogiman in Grado science and oddities
haha, you also forgot him replying (paraphrase)"Wow, Reference Grade Grados!"reply: "only the BEST for you kid!" <and clearly the best...
  • Jul 6, 2012 by PinoyPogiman in Grado science and oddities
i searched this show on Youtube, so if your cringing to see the Grados, search Season 1 Episode 1, Pilot (Covert Affairs)
  • Jul 6, 2012 by PinoyPogiman in Grado science and oddities
His final model looks like a HP 1000. Even the "GL" logo in the middle looks like Joseph Grado Signature Products' "JG" logo.
  • Jun 27, 2012 by devouringone3 in Grado science and oddities
lol
  • Jun 19, 2012 by slawterjoe in Grado science and oddities
The chrome ps500 looks very nice.
  • Jun 12, 2012 by Zuqi in Grado science and oddities
I have deliberately chosen to not include the pictures there http://www.gradolabs.com/page_tour.php in my album. But I'll do it if something ever...
  • May 27, 2012 by devouringone3 in Grado science and oddities

Grado science and oddities

Grado stuff for the most part, again. -- Link to the Grado factory!: http://www.gradolabs.com/page_tour.php
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RS2 in a TV show, in a Head-Fi thread, PART1

Grado in Hollywood.
1
May 15, 2012
Alessandro MS1 vs. MS1i
May 15, 2012
Josie and the Pussycats wearing HP-1000, I can see at least a HP2, maybe they also have a HP1.
May 15, 2012
RS2 in a TV show, in a Head-Fi thread, PART2
2
May 15, 2012
Oldest super vintage (non-prototype) (I'm saying that because of the button). Slightly gold lettering and tall font rounded edges button. The font on the ring is also kind of unique actually.
May 15, 2012
a Grado RA-1... yes, believe it or not. Everything is there.................... except the external part of the potentiometer

Sorry I had to post it...
May 15, 2012
I still consider it a fine amplifier actually, and it does very well the Grados.
May 15, 2012
"Matte" RCA connectors HPA-1
May 15, 2012
Red lettered SR100. Melos SHA-1 Gold in the back, considered to be the best "classic" amplifier for the Grado headphones.
May 15, 2012
Plastic Grado inserts are molded/made around the driver, it's harder to take it out / liberate it than it seems. This is one way of doing it.
May 15, 2012
Old grado flat pads again... in very good condition it's surprising it has desintegrated yet in 2008, 11-12 years after it was manufactured.
May 15, 2012
Polished RCA connector HPA-1, with a production error, the power supply connector is on the left instead of being in the middle. Normally the AC<-->DC switch is the one on the right.

Strangely the battery cover/panel was made according to that error, and the printed writings are telling you the truth.
May 15, 2012
John Grado magnet. No idea why it's so severely beaten up. Maybe he had trouble taking it out.
May 15, 2012
Diaphragm seen from the inside.
May 15, 2012
Same as previous image but looking through it and at a light source (sunlight).
May 15, 2012
Lettered white HP-1000 driver.

With a "+" and a "-" symbol telling the polarity of respective solder pads just under.

pcf's picture.

Where would "Primo DH-40" be written on this? (some have said that it was)
May 15, 2012
Magnet of a John Grado driver, ear-side.
May 15, 2012
Difference in the headband of a Joseph Grado HP-1000 driven Grado and its regular John Grado counter-part.

Joseph Grado uses very rigid, steel rod. Very hard to bend let me tell you, especially on the HP-1000 since the rod is thicker than on the SR-1000.

John Grado uses flexible, rectangular flat metal bar. They were stiffer until around year 1997-2000, where they made it even more flimsier, but more comfortable.
May 15, 2012
Rudistor headphone Chroma MD-1, Grado look alike. Being a Grado freak it rapidly caught my attention. It costs somewhere between the GS1000 and the PS1000 in price, and uses pads that are very much the same. I love the cable strain relief.
May 15, 2012
Symphones Magnums vs HP-1000 visual comparison.
May 15, 2012
Square vs round cut out.
May 15, 2012
Bare aluminum, poor finish, on Symphones Magnum hardware.
May 15, 2012
Maxfazer has HP-1000 rings, very cool.
May 15, 2012
You rarely get to see these boxes on the forums, it's what Grado used for all their headphones before the "Grado, truly the world's finest..." boxes with the image of a RS1 on them.
May 15, 2012
John vs Joseph Grado drivers. (left, right, respectively)
May 15, 2012
C-Pads (Circumaural pads for Grado, using Beyerdynamic velour pads, and a wood adaptor made by Larry at Headphile)
May 15, 2012
John vs Joseph Grado drivers. (left, right, respectively).

The punched circles you can see on the HP-1000 drivers are because the owner tightened the screws, quite solidly.
May 15, 2012
Image by kite7
May 15, 2012
The vixen... you need to sacrifice your HP-1000 it's sad.
May 15, 2012
Reterminated by Alex at APureSound, picture by Maxfazer. HP-1000 drivers on top. Adapter made out of the stock cut cable and plug.
May 15, 2012
Rubbed off colors for the letters. Paint for the black grill removed. The grill has been pushed and gave a dome shape. I love that mod, using all the stock parts.
May 15, 2012
Screen of a Black Star HP-1000 driver removed. (this headphone is a SR-something, and not an HP-)
May 15, 2012
Lettered black HP-1000 driver.
May 15, 2012
Removal of the (blue dot) magnet, to reveal the "Black Star" (green dot), seen from the inside on top-right picture. Bottom picture is the driver the way you see it through the driver's screen.
May 15, 2012
Inside a Grado HPA amplifier.
May 15, 2012
Inside a Grado HPA amplifier.
May 15, 2012
Grado Labs interconnects... not the Reference ones. They were like 20 dollars, compared to the Reference ones which were 150 for one meter and 275 for two.
May 14, 2012
Inside a Grado HPA amplifier.
May 15, 2012
Inside a Grado HPA amplifier.
May 15, 2012
Foam for the SR1-2-300-0.
May 15, 2012
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devouringone3 5/15/12 at 10:08pm
Hey guys I've been trying like crazy to re-order these pictures properly, it's hardly doable... maybe there is too much pictures, or the Head-Fi Gallery system isn't mature enough. Maybe it's because of the traffic, let me try another day... this album photo would do great with some order in it.
Benny-x 5/21/12 at 1:20am
"So most head-di'ers aren't audiophiles", awesome. Nice pictures by the way, it's fun to see what stuff someone else in the same hobby finds around the internet that they think is interesting. I liked most of them.
devouringone3 5/21/12 at 11:47am
Yeah I find that stuff thoroughly interesting, lol. Even though any non Head-Fier would find absolutely nothing in these pictures other than rubber, wood, plastic and metal.
I don't remember saying that "most head-fi'ers aren't audiophiles"?
Although some people do think audiophile is a derogatory term.
Benny-x 5/21/12 at 7:02pm
Yeah, anyone else wouldn't find anything in them, besides maybe some strange Asian girls wearing giant gold headphones...
As for the Audiophile thing, it's in one of the pictures you have. It's a comment by some guy who's avatar looks like a peashooting-plant from Plants vs. Zombies. It was funny. As for it being derogatory, I don;t find it to be. I suppose some people could, but I just think of it as a technical term for anyone interested in audio to this degree :-) When I talk about it though, I always say I'm just really into music and components ;-)
devouringone3 5/21/12 at 7:12pm
Yeah me too lol... I say that I have headphones that are "good sounding".
On AnythingButiPod.com forums the term "audiophile" is highly frown upon because it makes them think of the guy from Head-Fi who listens to cables and headphones, but not the music. Music is a pretext to listen to headphones, instead of the contrary, but I don't think such a thing really exist. Everyone here try to honor their music, and buy gear because they like it and want it to make the best out of it.
Hey, people change their avatar, lol, I'll try to browse my pictures to find the comment in question but you should tell me on which image he did it ;) instead.
Benny-x 5/21/12 at 7:24pm
Haha, I didn't know that. I'm not a member over there, but I do visit from time to time when I can get some info they have. As for that definition, I can understand how people come to that conclusion, there's a lot of gear-traders here that cycle through gear so often that I can't see how they enjoy any music they're hearing. But at the same time, I wish I could have heard some of the stuff they've listened with :-p But yeah, like you said, most people are just trying to make their stuff sound as good as they can so that they can enjoy it :-)
As for the picture, it's one of a member called "Bellsprout", so maybe a Pokemon or Digimon character? Anyway, here's the link, http://www.head-fi.org/gallery/image/view/album/649542/id/607036/sort/display_order . It's also photo 203 if that doesn't work.
devouringone3 5/21/12 at 7:31pm
OH YEAH, LOL, THAT! :P The joke was mostly about the Bellsprout Pokémon hahaha. Actually I did not even got to remember that thread until you got me reading the text in the photo. I first though you were relating to a commentary made about one of the picture in my album. Yeah that thing looks like the plants-defender in Plants vs. Zombies ;) except Pokémon came like 10 years before :P.
The thread in question, http://www.head-fi.org/t/606277/audiophile-not-a-music-lover, in the first post, has a link to Ken Rockwell's opinion about audiophiles, and it's definitely one of the nastiest around, lol. Actually it tarnished the word a bit for me, after a read of the article.
Thanks for clarifying this small issue lol
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