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And $500 later you'll have a phone that still doesn't sound like a $300 325.
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If you want a 325 sound, buy one. An SR-60/80 will NEVER sound like a 325.
No, it will sound better. Vent the driver. Damp the back plate. Replace all plastic with wood. Replace the stock cable with silver. Replace the comfies with either bowls or jumbos. Do it right and you'll end up wondering why you ever set the 325 as some kind of standard. Of course, reasonable minds may disagree about what
might happen. My opinion is based on something else.
$500? The silver will cost you $50, $60 with shipping. Adhesive felt will cost you $5. So will a connector from Radio Shack. Assuming you own a steak knife to remove the grill cloth and a ballpoint pen to vent the drivers, and can take cups apart yourself, there should be no cost for these steps. The cost of the wood will depend on your choice, but given the amount involved, the real variable is finding a way to get it cut. The cost of the screen is also negligible, even if you have to buy a pair of scissors or wire cutters.
Given that your numbers are off by 80%, I can only assume that you have either never tried it or are God. Drop me a line when you've either made an attempt - or parted the Red Sea - whichever happens first. A blanket assertion is not an argument.
My $500 estimate came from the assumption you were buying wood cups and Having then re-cabled. So lets go your DIY way and say $100 assuming you're able to resolve that wood cutting variable which, if you'd have done any serious woodworking you'd know is no small thing. So you now have $200 and hours of labor into these phones, and yes, they do sound different but they're NOT going to sound like a 325. At this point for another $100 you could have bought a new 325, had the exact sound you were looking for and spent your time listening to music instead of soldering and sanding. As far as sounding better than a 325, that is subjective and your opinion only.
Well, if it's purely subjective, you're entitled to your opinion and I'm entitled to mine, though mine is based on actually trying it and yours is based on a series of assumed - and faulty - conditions. It didn't cost me "$500" but then I wasn't "buying wood cups and Having them re-cabled," as you assumed.
I do like the crack, "assuming you're able to resolve that wood cutting variable which, if you'd have done any serious woodworking you'd know is no small thing." Feel free to assume that I am not engaged in "serious woodworking." Better yet, feel free to assume that I haven't. I am what a woodworker is thinking about when he laughs so hard he nearly falls off his chair. Be that as it may, l reject the assumption that you have to have "done any serious woodworking" to make a pair of wooden rings (one for a slip-on, two for full wooden housing). I did it, and if I did it, anybody can - maybe even you.
Following the tips that have been shared, there's no reason the OP couldn't bring his SR60 up to at least the SR225 level without having to deal with wood issue at all. Let the OP remove the front grill cloth, vent the drivers, damp the magnet back and get rid of that plastic rear grill (along with its plastic button in the center of the vent). Let him also swap out the comfies and replace them with bowls. Should he go and do so, he will have spent a whopping $20 on bowls and $5 on adhesive felt. Not counting the trip to Lowes or Home Depot, he could do this much in 20 minutes or less. How much he spends on a rear grill will depend on whether he wants one and on what he wants to make it from.
Nobody ever said it wouldn't take either thought or labor to make these changes. He certainly never asked what he could "do" without having to "do" anything. Nor is it an indictment of Grado that Grado provides the thought and labor for those who are willing to pay. It's to be assumed that if you fix it yourself, it will take more from you than if you simply swipe some plastic. But that was never part of the question to begin with. The OP wanted to know what HE could do.
As for making a headphone sound just like an SR325, that was never really the goal. The OP wanted to know what he'd have to do to make his headphones sound AS GOOD as the SR325, which is, to some degree, subjective. After all, some people prefer the 325 to the RS1. To them, the RS1 (and maybe the GS1000) aren't as "good" as their beloved SR325. To each his own. But I may be permitted an assumption or two, I assumed the OP wanted to move his SR60 up to a higher level - using the 325 as a gauge. He wanted more clarity, better resolution, more detail, better bass, et cetera.
If it's all subjective, enjoy your cloud and I'll enjoy mine. Being so much smarter, you had it all figured out in advance. I, on the other hand, had to actually try. To make matters worse, I came to the wrong conclusion. Pity that.
