post your grado mods.... - Page 184

holy mother of pearl inlay kopral, nice . I like the design of the cups in general and the moderate size. Any sound impressions? what drivers are inside? Any sound comparisons to stock SR/RS cups? If you can, maybe try and make a set with a wider mouth (where the driver mounts). I've had good results with that either because of the driver liking that extra 'meat' or perhaps because it seals the bowl pads somehow..............

 

Both braids work. I don't like the round braid just on looks. As far as extra length, it's minimal difference. You should always have enough for 1.5 cables :)

 

 

I recommend buying silver plated copper teflon wire from ebay, it's cheap, works, and is a great conductor. It's used in consumer electronics usually and not audio cables as you'd think, but it's actually fantastic for DIY cables.

 

Use this to learn how to quad braid. I dunno about 5.. I wouldn't recommend it, it would be of higher capacitance, and it would weigh more as well as limit your sheathing options if any.

http://www.chimeralabs.com/diy_braid.html

 

This is the flat braid. It's easy, mistakes are easy to correct with it, and it just feels nicer wrapped around my leg when I'm sitting down. For sleeving, just leave it bare. The teflon around the wire should be thick enough to work. I recommend 26 to 28 awg in that.

Don't suppose anyone has some spare grado cups lying around, wood or plastic, PM me please. I have SR60 drivers from igrado, headband I can get, I wanted to make wood cups but have no reference...

There have been some images deep down in either this thread or one of the two sr60 mid threads that have exact dimensions of cups.

Very nice!

 

Here is one I just reworked.

 

Nice

I am wondering if anybody is looking for grado drivers for a DIY project. I want to build a pair of magnums and all I need to finish is the headband and gimbals. 


Here is the idea: You buy a pair of SR60i, SR80i, or Alessandro MS1i. Take the drivers, cable and earpads, and send the headband to me. I can even send you my part for you to buy the headphones. After we are done, we can post our grado mods here!


Please, PM me if you are interested. I would prefer if you have been in the forum for a while, and have positive trader feedbak.




@7keys:
 How is that headband working for you? Does it look solid? 
Edited by orangecr - 1/29/13 at 9:14am

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/191/img20130108132659.jpg/

 

hello

 

it'm my grado sr80 mod's

mod's consist :

Recabling whit mogami

jack 3.5mm viablue

splitter viablue

replace cup's in cherry wood

blutak in rear driver and resonance room 

open holes 

modify headband 

coupled cush hd414 and L-coush

 

Sorry for my bad english

Edited by Tix88 - 1/29/13 at 6:26am

I think house of Marley would have loved this design :)

 

I used to do this mod to the pads also; I think they are the most comfortable Grado pads, even more than the bagels (!). But I don't use them anymore as I realized they strips away too much bass; I used 3M Crystal Clear Scotch taped flat pads now.

I have a pair of SR80i cups sat in my spares drawer,you can have them if you still need some.Don't think i will ever want them again..

Edited by 7keys - 1/31/13 at 12:46pm

Thanks! That's really helpful. If I can't get a Grado headband I will be using the Sony. Do you have to mod the Sony headband somehow to fit the Grado cups? I will be using vibro cups, but they should be similar to the stock Grados, I guess.
Good luck with the auction, by the way.

Edited by orangecr - 1/31/13 at 1:30pm

I knew I recognized your cups!

The pic is of a 325/ I've seen the same drivers in a set of sr80's and ms1. made in taiwan

Edited by thelostMIDrange - 2/1/13 at 7:29pm