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Rahkim, Great to see you back.  Please allow me to provide the Cliff's notes for you:

1. Bilavideo cut a few cups and sent them out, but now has basically disappeared.
2. Marty started up Martin Audio Customs and is selling his wares on Audiogon.
3. Cabillas is working with a cutter from Spain on getting basic mushroom cups available in Iroko and Sapele woods.

That should save you from reading about 400 posts. 

Basically, what this thread and forum needs is someone who can reliably cut Grado / Alessandro cups and perform the process with integrity.  It's a very simple process - just don't take on too much work that one can't keep up with.  And, oh, avoid the lathes from Harbor Freight like the plague.

you guys know what we shall do to avoid newcomers all the trouble?

 Start a "General Grado Mod Resource Thread" will all info for where or whom to order parts from and maybe even tips or tutorials, its hard for new moders to come and get info for a 330 pages thread.

I don't know if you're referring to me or not, but I'm not much of a newcomer. I actually started my grado modding business before you joined head-fi my man.  However I have been M.I.A for a while so you probably haven't heard or seen much of my work. Not a bad idea though.

I think you've asked a "loaded" question here.  Yes, there are probably many that could cut the smaller cups to replace your plastic liners - giving you that liberated driver scenario.  However, it's getting quite hard to vouch for someone who can take this on.  Personally, I'd check with techheromods.com or even Marty as you suggested.  Both should be able to deliver.  But, the issue that I see is that ideally, whoever you pick to do the work for you, will probably desire to have the cups in their posession so that they can make an accurate fitting inner cup that will work with your Bila cups and the liberated driver.

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Putting that aside, I have 2 pair of woody headphones.  One is liberted where the drivers themselves are inserted directly into the cup.  I also have a 2nd pair where the drivers are still mounted into the smaller plastic cups and then into the wooden cups.  To tell you the complete honest truth, I really can't tell the sound difference between the two.  If you're looking at spening $80 - $90 on cup inserts to mount your drivers in, I'd personally recommend investing your money into something else, or save some more money for a new amp or buy some music.

Just my .02

IMO, unless you have superman ears, the wood is more for looks than anything else.
 

That was me with the hf2s. The reason I took them apart was because they were in bad shape cosmetically. I destroyed the wood cups taking them apart. The replacement set of wood chambers was a different species of wood( i still don't even know what it is). From what I remember how the mahogany  wood sounded, I cant really tell if the new wood sounds any different. Maybe it does though. They were gone to long to remember. I do know they sound good the way they are now. Long story short, I'm not sure if different types of wood make any difference in the sound. If it does, my ears cant tell the difference. Now from plastic to wood, sure you would tell a difference.
 

you guys know what we shall do to avoid newcomers all the trouble?

 Start a "General Grado Mod Resource Thread" will all info for where or whom to order parts from and maybe even tips or tutorials, its hard for new moders to come and get info for a 330 pages thread.

Man....this thread goes crazy fast.  Tough to keep up with the different conversations...but it's awesome.  

I have heard a "perceived" difference between aluminum and wood.  I tried a set of 325 Goldies for a few sessions...then modded them with Mahogany cups.  Well...wouldn't ya know it...but to me they sounded more relaxed and less tinny/metalic/harsh...whathaveyou.  Alot of things are perceived.  But you know what?....it doesn't matter....as long as the listener is happy.  

And, for me, a set of unique headphones also adds a "perceived" oomph to the listening experience.  I love a set of cans that looks as awesome as they sound.  You dig?

Ha...you could of at least taken a pic of the final cans....ya goof.  :-)  I just spoke to Victor today...has he mailed them out to you yet?  From my experience he's a really good guy.

Absolutely no problem...and it's really cool to see them as your avatar.  

Wow, I'm shocked to hear that you don't see much of a difference with a full wooden shell... I would think that the inner makes more of a difference than the outside. 

Hey, everybody, I'm back.  I've been away for something like three weeks.  I did not run off to Mexico or anything.  I've just been stoned out of my mind.  The last day of the last week of school, I got stuck moving some computers across campus.  Because we're in portables, I had to walk these to the media center over a large sandy area that didn't accommodate carts.  I knew I'd hurt my back but I didn't have any idea how bad till several days later when my back started locking up, like a jack knife.  I'd get these attacks where my whole back would clench up like a fist.  It was unbelievable.  If childbirth is anything like this, I'm glad I'm a guy.  The remedy was a cocktail of pain meds and muscle relaxants.  The meds took me to another place.  If you need to reach me, PM me.  I'm working my way through 33 messages.