[metal571]

It's gonna take a lot to sway me from my Q701 at home and K271 or DT770 at work. Well see

 

[techofthe9]

Bump,anyone else have some input?

 

[cel4145]

Bump,anyone else have some input?

Input on what? This is a thread from the end of 2014. It seems like people gave you some recommendations. Perhaps it's best if you provide a progress report on where you are at three months later instead of just bumping the thread

 

[techofthe9]

Very well,I decided to just mod my grado sr-60e,I vented it 4 more holes and dampened it with foam behind the button and with felt around the inside of the cup,but just now I took the cup entirely off and just duck taped and hot glued the driver to the headband.it sounds awesome.do you think without the cup the driver could easily get damaged

 

[C.C.S.]

Wait, so the drivers are floating freely now, without an enclosure?

 

[techofthe9]

There's not the part of the cup with the grill.

 

[C.C.S.]

So, yeah. Just drivers now. Or do you still have part of the enclosure and the earpads?
 
Either way, I can't imagine that this doesn't wreak havoc on the sound. If you have any chance to make a comparison between this mod and a stock pair of the same headphone, as well an HD600 or other neutral reference, if possible, I think you would find that this mod is less beneficial to the sound than you hear it right now.
 
Of course, I can't say that in absolute terms. Perhaps these really do sound better to you. But, I'd check back and forth a few times to make sure.

 

[techofthe9]

It has the part that actually holds the driver and it has pads,and I just listened to the stock pair right before I did the mod it defiantly sounds better.

 

[C.C.S.]

Well, if it makes you happy, I'm certainly not going to argue.
 
You're a braver person than I am, though, that's for sure.

 

[techofthe9]

Did you not mod yours?

 

[C.C.S.]

I don't own Grado. The tonal balance is not to my liking.

 

[techofthe9]

Well grado are really easy to mod,they are so simply built

 

[JoeDoe]

GEt the 325e and call it a day. I wrote a review on em a while back. Exactly what you want.

 

[techofthe9]

I think I'm just going to move on to some next level headphones like some hifiman he-400s

 

[JoeDoe]

I think I'm just going to move on to some next level headphones like some hifiman he-400s

Know if I would call them next level above the 325. To get the next level above that you have to spend upwards of $500.