post your grado mods.... - Page 45

And if the metal is too loose after the new headband, just put a small dab of aquarium clear silicone on the slot before you push in the headband. The aquarium silicone is usually available in very small tubes for repairs at pet stores for under $3.

Awesome, thanks guys! I'll post pics once I finish making it. It won't be anything too great, but much more comfy!

Hey guys, my first Grado mod.

looking good

looks cool and solid !

I haven't done anything drastic with my MS-1s yet.

So far only messing around with padding to get them comfortable on my head.

A yellow senn pads with some old soft cloth pads from a sony headphone that I found in the garage.

Pros.
This greatly increased the sound stage and they are OHHHH so comfy.

Cons.
They lost some of the IN YOUR FACE aspect.





I will do more experimenting with some radio shack pads I got yesterday.

This is what I spent a productive day at work doing Hauled in a bag of tools and got to work






Just the ol' mesh replacement, recable, single sterio plug from the phones and rod lock

Looking very very good! How do the (p)leather sound? Or are they bowls with electric tape on them?

I love the cable, what kind is it? and how hard was it to get it inside the headband?

The big cable is just mogami 2534 with some sexy nylon sleeving . The cable going through the headband is some 22 18 awg wire sleeved in some really thin techflex plastic sleeving. It was actually a hell of a lot easier threading the thicker wire through the headband as opposed to a thin, flimsy wire, the sleeving helps it slide through too . I guess, it would have been easier to remove the headband first, but I couldn't break the glue holding the metal band in :P

anthonyhong, that is an exceptionally clean mod. Any chance you could post an inside shot of the can, so we can see your wiring?

Of course I'm not sure i want to glue them back shut, I'll prob put a screw into the side and tap the hole.



Edit: Prob should have used black wire throughout, the red really stands out through the mesh

Thats very nice and clean. I am still not comfortable enough to do a re cabling on mine yet. Very afraid of damaging the driver.


Edit: I like the red through the grill it gives it a little somehting.

Thanks for the inside view!!!

Your work is very nice, I actually like the look of the red wire through the mesh. It adds character.

You might want to put a freer flowing mesh on there. That's the only difference between a 125 and a 225 after all. Any restriction or backpressure on Grado's has an amazing affect on the SQ.

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