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post #136 of 2279
7/6/08 at 5:13am
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Grado intends to build fons for Rolling Stones and Stevie Ray Vaughan listeners. A stock Grado is optimized for that purpose.

Me and (I bet) most others who did this mod just have a slightly different / more diversified taste and thus other requirements.
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post #137 of 2279
7/8/08 at 10:43am

SR325i love

ok, just to add to the FOTM hype:

I am loving the Nickerators!!

I have here a SR325i that I had already packed for shipment, since they are already sold

Anyway, just for laughs I put the Nickerators on these with the stock bowl pads...


... and now I do not want to take them off....

The amount of soundstage the Nickerators generate is absolutely unbelievable!!

I am missing nothing right now with these phones, I sit here entranced and can not believe my ears.

Thank you Nickchen for this marvelous mod!
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post #138 of 2279
7/8/08 at 11:38am
Just got word there's an international package being held for me in my local post office, Woohoo......

Off now to go and collect it, fingers crossed it's the MS1.

EDIT: False alarm, the postman/woman accidentally ticked the international box, it was only a seat for a mates mountain bike.

The wait continues.......
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post #139 of 2279
7/8/08 at 4:59pm
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The amount of soundstage the Nickerators generate is absolutely unbelievable!!
Interesting. The MS2i also get some soundstage with distancers, but nothing dramatical. It seems that every grado/alessandro reacts completely different on such moddings.
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post #140 of 2279
7/9/08 at 5:20am
Well, the SR-80 does not benefit from the Nickerators - at all!

I put them on, tried the Bowls and the Flatpads - made no difference either....

So now we know - SR80 are SR80 are SR80... I will still wait for the GS-pads though...

Anyway the SR325i are back on my head
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post #141 of 2279
7/13/08 at 6:40pm
So after a long time of staring i ordered the MS1 , the first step to the MS1000.
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post #142 of 2279
7/14/08 at 3:11am
By next Monday (July 20th) the distancers will be available in North America. Send me a pm if you're interested.
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post #143 of 2279
7/14/08 at 4:44am
Thank you for your offer but I think I'll contact nickchen for that purpose because I'm situated in Europe - Austria.

greets tom
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post #144 of 2279
7/14/08 at 4:53am
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Dang, it says compatible with RS-1 on the Dark Audio site...
If you want to be "liberated" of those I can help you
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post #145 of 2279
7/14/08 at 4:54am
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Anyway the SR325i are back on my head
I thought you were on the way to sell your SR325. Did you change your mind under that circumstances now?
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By next Monday (July 20th) the distancers will be available in North America. Send me a pm if you're interested.
I'm really glad to have you in the team now, Ryan. The unavailability of distancers in North America has been somewhat unpleasant.
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post #146 of 2279
7/14/08 at 9:07am
Hi Nickchen,

no that pair of SR325i's is gone...

But the effect of the Nickerators tempted me to have one set each of MS1, SR225 and SR325i (to stay!) on the way...

Who said "Sorry about your wallet"
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post #147 of 2279
7/16/08 at 4:21pm
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By next Monday (July 20th) the distancers will be available in North America. Send me a pm if you're interested.
YGPM
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post #148 of 2279
7/19/08 at 4:03pm
i'm ready to drop some money for the liberators but i'm iffy about spending money on the gs1000 pads (they are more expensive than the liberators!)
can anyone tell me if the mod still works with comfies/senn pads?
thanks
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post #149 of 2279
7/19/08 at 4:18pm
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Not really. It's like making a Latte Machiato with the finest ingridients and spices - but with cold water. It works, but...
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post #150 of 2279
7/19/08 at 4:23pm
anyone try these with the ms2is? impressions. i found the "good with some and not others" statement a bit ambiguous. oh, and is there a thread on how to make liberators with pvc?
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