:"Woodied" Grado Review and Impressions Thread - Page 5

so, just to add my 2 cents on different woods and their tone affects since the OP was asking........ I've been experimenting like an mental patient with about a dozen different setups regarding wood cups, inner chambers with different end caps, different finishes on the wood etc.......And my conclusions are that the species wood used for cups is a relatively minor variable. I sort of break it down as follows: 70% of the sound is from the driver, 10% on the position of the driver from the ear (flush, recessed etc), 5% from the wood species, 5% the size of the cup (inner chambers air volume), 5% cable and 5% the finish on the wood.  The type of wood used seems to subtly affect the timbre of instruments and attack more than directly affecting e/q although I feel it does that as well......these things become so subtle that alot of apparant difference could be chalked up to the mood I'm in or some other mental variable. I do know I am totally stoked with my setup at this point, so much so that I just sold my beloved hf-2's in favor of DIY magnums because i was able to customize all the above variables directly to my tastes and record collection........