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GoodGucciGoo · Jun 1, 2016 at 11:25 AM

joedoe said:
That was my first mod! Going the MS1 route is a great way to get into modding without too much extra work. What kind of cups are you looking at?

There are tons of options out there for cups, now I'm looking at a pair on Etsy https://www.etsy.com/listing/260972038/honduran-mahogany-full-length-cups-for?ref=shop_home_active_2

GoodGucciGoo · Jun 1, 2016 at 11:28 AM

daemonsire said:
The tricky part of building from scratch is getting the headband/cup attaching assembly I think. You can get cups, drivers (Magnum) and cable easy enough, but I'm not sure how you would go about getting the rest?

Magnum? Are you talking about this one: http://symphones.com/buy-now ? Are these like completely different from Grado's drivers? I haven't owned a pair of Grado before so I'm intrigued to get a pair that resembles Grado house sound.

GoodGucciGoo · Jun 1, 2016 at 11:30 AM

fleasbaby said:
You can cannibalize other cans...I have used these before to good effect:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00R9DIOEU/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1464793814&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=polaroid+headphones&dpPl=1&dpID=413wuTtW8RL&ref=plSrch

I prefer the headband from the Sony MDR7502, but then I have to make the cups a little smaller to fit properly.

I was actually reading some other posts earlier. Apparently there's a mod called SennGrado which uses a pair of Sennheiser drivers?

JoeDoe · Jun 1, 2016 at 11:35 AM

goodguccigoo said:
I was actually reading some other posts earlier. Apparently there's a mod called SennGrado which uses a pair of Sennheiser drivers?

You are correct. A great alternative to regular woodied Grados. They have an appreciation thread around here somewhere...

DaemonSire · Jun 1, 2016 at 11:37 AM

goodguccigoo said:
Magnum? Are you talking about this one: http://symphones.com/buy-now ? Are these like completely different from Grado's drivers? I haven't owned a pair of Grado before so I'm intrigued to get a pair that resembles Grado house sound.

Those are the ones I was talking about. Never heard them before either but they are standalone drivers you can purchase that fit into regular Grado dimensions.

So if you had woody cups and wanted to build a pair from scratch, that would be my route.

7keys · Jun 1, 2016 at 11:59 AM

joedoe said:
goodguccigoo said:

I was actually reading some other posts earlier. Apparently there's a mod called SennGrado which uses a pair of Sennheiser drivers?

Click to expand...

You are correct. A great alternative to regular woodied Grados. They have an appreciation thread around here somewhere...

I think they might.

fleasbaby · Jun 1, 2016 at 12:23 PM

joedoe said:
You are correct. A great alternative to regular woodied Grados. They have an appreciation thread around here somewhere...

7keys said:
I think they might.

LMAO...you guys...

7keys · Jun 1, 2016 at 12:49 PM

goodguccigoo said:
I want to build a woodie Grado. Should I get a pair of Alessandro MS1 and modify from there or get a pair of drivers and build from scratch?

Almost everything you need to know about where to buy abd what to buy for modding the Grado, Magnum and SenGrado you can find on this page in the Grado modders go Magnum thread.
http://www.head-fi.org/t/576717/grado-modders-go-magnum/3450#post_11985830
Read post 3452
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GoodGucciGoo · Jun 1, 2016 at 9:51 PM

I heard some said Magum sounds a lot like Grado HF1, is that true?

zaclopez1980 · Jun 2, 2016 at 10:08 AM

just want to share

i am a big btunes fan that i ditched the wires of my grados. the cups are 3d printed and sounds awesome.

sr80

sr60

Harry Manback · Jun 6, 2016 at 2:22 PM

white lotus said:
Pics?

I still need to sand and paint the rods.

DavidA · Jun 6, 2016 at 7:18 PM

@Harry Manback, I like the stealth look, nice workmanship. Can I ask where you get the gimbals from?

Harry Manback · Jun 6, 2016 at 9:00 PM

I designed a model and my brother printed them for me. Same for the rod blocks. @fleasbaby made the cups for me and I did the finishing on them. Maple is a beiatch to stain/finish, but it sounds divine. I think I'm selling all of my other headphones.

What would a mahogany Senngrado (RS1 clone) with L-Cush, PX100-IIi drivers and a nice turbulent labs headband usually sell for? I'm looking to sell my GH-1 and the Senngrado and keep my newest build and get a HD600 or HD650.

fleasbaby · Jun 6, 2016 at 11:06 PM

harry manback said:
I designed a model and my brother printed them for me. Same for the rod blocks. @fleasbaby
made the cups for me and I did the finishing on them. Maple is a beiatch to stain/finish, but it sounds divine. I think I'm selling all of my other headphones.

What would a mahogany Senngrado (RS1 clone) with L-Cush, PX100-IIi drivers and a nice turbulent labs headband usually sell for? I'm looking to sell my GH-1 and the Senngrado and keep my newest build and get a HD600 or HD650.

I reckon you could likely pull $200, $250 max...try the HD600. I preferred it to the HD650 when I was trying them (not as dark, I discovered the Sennheiser veil firsthand). I kept the HD600 for longer. Was a really great pair of cans, just too big to take to work with me, which is where I do most of my listening. I was powering it via my Pono using a balanced cable.

DavidA · Jun 6, 2016 at 11:20 PM

harry manback said:
I designed a model and my brother printed them for me. Same for the rod blocks. @fleasbaby made the cups for me and I did the finishing on them. Maple is a beiatch to stain/finish, but it sounds divine. I think I'm selling all of my other headphones.

What would a mahogany Senngrado (RS1 clone) with L-Cush, PX100-IIi drivers and a nice turbulent labs headband usually sell for? I'm looking to sell my GH-1 and the Senngrado and keep my newest build and get a HD600 or HD650.

I like the design of them, really clean looking.

Funny, I just sold my HD-600 but will keep the HD-650, only thing with the HD-6XX is they need a good amp to properly drive them, for me its be a BH Crack with a few mods and decent tubes which brings the price up quite a lot, $600 or so.

As @fleasbaby noted the HD-650 will sound dark/warm coming from a Grado or SennGrado, but to me it provides a good contrasting complimentary headphone.

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