SR60-Mod - Page 165  

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Originally Posted by etteoh 

@ schwallman - I agree with Xaval. You got balls taking apart and modding a RS1. I take my hats off to you man.

+1

and did he also change the grill? I thought the original is black, right?

The grill was black. I just stripped the black off.
 

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Originally Posted by JamesMcProgger 

 

+1

 

and did he also change the grill? I thought the original is black, right?

The aluminum shell is from a HF2.

 

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Originally Posted by sharkz 

Bill, did I miss a response, what aluminum shell is that? Is that something you made.

 

Also, I have read the whole thread (and been following for many months now), but for clarity's sake, what is the difference between full and partial liberation? I am sure this is just me being a little dense but an explanation or pictures would be great to clarify in my mind.

 

Hopefully I am going to get my rod locks done tonight.....

Schwallman,

can you briefly describe how you took apart the RS1 shells? I think my RS1i's are starting to shake in terror....

Cheers,

Al

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Originally Posted by schwallman 

The aluminum shell is from a HF2.
 

Thats what I thought, but was confused. I thought Bill had sold his pair.

Bill, when you finish up some cups made from your museum of wood, I would love to see a lineup of what the cups of different woods look like. I going to try to get some pictures of my finished Padauk and Purpleheart shells tonight. I love seeing what the different finished woods look like though.
 

Ok, your going to take a razor and jam it between the wood and plastic driver. Go around the whole plastic circle. Some places will be tougher than others to get the razor deep enough. You will need a stronger blade as I broke a few off. Just keep going around the circle and eventually if will just come out. Dont get discouraged at what the wood looks like when your doing it. Just keep thinking that you are going to be able to sand the wood and restain if you want. It really just takes time and patience.

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Originally Posted by Alchieng 

Schwallman,

 

can you briefly describe how you took apart the RS1 shells? I think my RS1i's are starting to shake in terror....

 

Cheers,

Al

I finally found a SR60 in the trade forum...now I am waiting. Thanks Bilavideo and Eclein for your help, the owner is ok to ship it overseas.

I think I can already start working on the cable but there is something I do not understand. I have seen that grados have a quad core cable...does it mean that the GND of each speaker goes to the jack? Is it something important? How do you wire the jack?

@Bilavideo : Forget about the new sr60i, but I am still interested by your wood shells (It seems that I have problem sending you PMs...)

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Originally Posted by schwallman 

Ok, your going to take a razor and jam it between the wood and plastic driver. Go around the whole plastic circle. Some places will be tougher than others to get the razor deep enough. You will need a stronger blade as I broke a few off. Just keep going around the circle and eventually if will just come out. Dont get discouraged at what the wood looks like when your doing it. Just keep thinking that you are going to be able to sand the wood and restain if you want. It really just takes time and patience.

 

Thanks for the instructions...  Now do I have the guts :-)
 

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Originally Posted by schwallman 

I didnt believe grado used different drivers in different models. All the drivers look identical to me. But the hf2 drivers in the rs1 cups have a boomier bass than the rs1 drivers in the cups. They both seem to have the same amount of dampening material and They both(at one time) had the same hole knocked out of them. Food for thought.

Correction. You've got a pair of them :)

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Originally Posted by sharkz 

 

Ok thanks,

My plan is to make a detachable cable on one side only, I would like to put a jack socket in the left cup and make a cable that go through the headband to the left cup. For the main cable that I will plug from my source to the left cup, I could use 4 poles jack and socket to keep the ground separated but do you think it is worth it?

I have seen that some sr60s have been modded like that but I do not know if they kept the ground separated...

Considering that just about all recables I have seen here have been done with Quad or Mini Quad (Mogami, Canare, or some variation), I would say they all use seperated grounds.

The sounds of these mods just get better with age.

Seriously, the fun listening to modded Grado's in unparred I believe.

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Originally Posted by xaval 

Correction. You've got a pair of them :)

 

Sure its crazy at first but the sound of the vented drivers alone was worth it. I know they are expensive headphones but get over that and make them sound better RS1s.

 

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Originally Posted by Alchieng 

 

Thanks for the instructions...  Now do I have the guts :-)