Symphones Magnum upgrade for Grado SR325 and Alessandro MS2 - Page 145

I was recently educated about the difference. Do you mean rod tips or rod blocks?

lolol

 

I don't think he can loose rodblocks during vacation so he must be referring to rodtips.

 

 

I don't know the name for these "screw locks", but they could work:

 You could use them as rod tips, or just to lock the cups at a certain height.

 

I'm sure it would be easy to buy them if we knew their name.

Edited by devouringone3 - 6/4/12 at 9:47am

 

Ah, my apologies, I meant rod tips (although some sweet metal rod blocks would be wonderful too )

 

I like the look of that!  (I'm pretty much using my rod blocks as rod tips atm (minus a mm or three on each side) seeing that I have a pretty huge skull, so I wouldn't really be able to pull the "lock them in place" thing off)

http://www.martincustomaudio.com/

Here you go, I think he sells all parts separately as well.

Yeah, those martin custom rodblocks are awesome. If someone finds out how much they are on their own, please post it!

I think I paid $60 for mine, but don't quote me.

I thought I’d add some comparison thoughts to the PS500 after my previous impressions here

 

I just got a set of PS500 delivered to me today and I’ve been going back and forth between the Magnums and PS500. At the same time, I’ve been flipping between the flats and bowls on the magnum (sticking with bowls on the PS500).

 

The PS500 with bowls has more bass power and impact than the Magnum with bowls. a lot more. But the magnum with flats comes very close to matching the impact of the PS500 and sounds a bit thicker in the lower midrange than the PS500.

 

The PS500 is not shrill like other Grados but there is a glare on some high pitched female vocals that is less pronounced on the Magnum. Part of that Magnum refinement, I suppose. Although, that glare is more noticeable on the magnum with flats than with bowls.

 

the PS500 allows me to get the wider and deeper soundstage improvements of using bowls without sacrificing bass quantity and a full midrange. I can get that nice, rich midrange on the Magnum, but I need flats to do it and that compresses the soundstage.

 

But, on the flip side, the Magnum is better behaved and is less prone to piercing female vocals at high volumes than the PS500. So if I stick with the PS500, I lose some of that refinement.

 

The PS500 also happen to be lighter and easier to wear. sigh. decisions. decisions

from your writing, the PS500 seems the HF-2

Wasn't the PS500 more or less the production version of the HF-2?

 

That's the general consensus. However Grado claims that the PS500 is slightly different.

I remember the Hf2 having more lower midrange bloom and more grain in the sound (noticeable with high pitched vocals and trumpets)

The magnum with flats sound closer to my memory of the HF2 with that thicker lower midrange. The PS500 doesn't have that lower midrange bloom with bowls.

i don´t know but seems to me the same headphone or almost

I’d say “almost” is accurate. But I do think the PS500 is better. (After listening to the PS500 all day yesterday and writing a bit about them, I went back to the PS500 thread when they came out and saw some early impressions that matched mine about the PS500 bass having more impact then the HF2 but the lower midrange not being so thick as the HF2. thought that was interesting)

 

I’m switching back to the Magnums now. I really like these with flat pads. they sound a bit thin with bowls but with pads they got such a nice, rich sound. definitely thicker than the PS500 with bowls - and more coloured than neutral - but very nice. 

Interesting. To me the Magnum is superior to HF-2. Where do we place PS500 then? This is a valid comparison since they kind of belong in the same family in terms of sound signature.