Just replaced my Cambridge Audio Azur DacMagic with a S.M.S.L D300. Night & Day!

Nice to see the thread resurrected!

If you try it, please let me know your impressions. As a quick comparision to the standard Grado pads, in Brothers in Arms, track Brothers in Arms, there is a quiet guitar riff and bass about 30 sec. into the track. With the standard L Pads, the guitar is there and the bass can be heard, but...

Ok you asked, but it's not pretty (but they sound great) Basically, i cut off the denser foam at the outer edge.

OK, not sure if this is this is the appropriate thread, or if this should go to Grado mods.  I've always felt that my RS-1s should not only sound better, but be more comfortable to wear. I've been experimenting with using the G-cush earpads, but like other have found, much of the bass disappears...

If anyone coming has a set of Grado bowl G cushs I can borrow while there, I'd like to A/B them with a set I modded for my RS1s.  I'd like to see (hear) if the changes I made actually made a difference. Thnks!

Any idea if the Bus Power will be available in the US?  Looks like the perfect solution for my HiFace.

OK, I just did a search on the entire site, but didn't get a hit. I can't believe I'm the only person who has tried to trim down a pair of G Cush pads for RS1is?  I took about of a 1/4" off the dense foam at the inner edge to bring the drivers closer in.  Sound is close to the C Cush with much...

Yes, normal.  Enjoy!

Quote: The big bowls that come standard on the GS & PS 1000.  I'd say, if you are going to try to modify them, be sure to trim a little at a time and try them till you like the sound.  You have to cut them, as I found sanding didn't do much.

In a couple of words, the tape improved the bass, the shortening of the cushions was an additional improvement to the bass as well as the midrange at the expense of a little soundstage, but not nearly as much as the flats, in my opinion.  I put 5965s instead of the 12ax7s in the amp to control...

I've had Rs1is for several years before I began to branch out and get an LCD2 R1 & Beyer T1. For a time the Grados fell out of favor, until last night. I put a set of big cushions with vinyl tape around the upper/outer circumferance. Additionally, I trimed about a 1/4" off the top. I put on...

Hope to make it, I'll bring my MAD Ear+ HD Super II.

Were these "store bought" Grados, or did you buy them used?  It looks like the headband is an after-market replacement (a nice one, don't get me wrong), but that one half of the right block was installed upside down.  Not a huge problem, more cosmetic than anything else.

I have LCD-2 Rev1s & Beyer T1s, I find they co-exist very well. They do sound quite different, but I think that's a great thing. If the intention is to replace one with the other, well, then I understand the concern. Hell, I went from Grado RS-1s to the LCD-2s, Now, that's an adventure!