Did you buy it second hand ? It looks like someone poked a finger where they shouldn't have. I did that to a driver once, by accident.

it's pretty nice but if you read the Measurements page of the Stereophile review you will see that it measured a bit poorly in terms of resolution (14 bit). I like it for electronic/ pop music where the recording is usually compressed to begin with. Very listenable, all the same.

how about an iGrado, painted a girly color ?

I have an Icon and I don't see a sub out. It has stereo miniplug line-level out for sending signal to an external amp though. Since you have a decent sound card, why not use its subwoofer output?

I bought this old Japanese direct-drive 'table for next to nothing. It feels like a brick and looks like it'd be good for an occasional spin of garage sale vinyl finds. Does anyone have a manual or specs for this beast? TIA

needledoctor.com has some cheap phono preamps

using a y-split from the headphone jack, does the adaptor make a series or parallel connection between two sets of cans ? TIA

One word comes to mind... "why"? CUSTOM GRADO HEADPHONES PRESTIGE SERIES W/2 HEADBANDS - eBay (item 360122813199 end time Feb-08-09 15:22:08 PST)

They have a reputation for some harshness but my feeling is that they are just extremely revealing of whatever is driving them, so are not harsh in and of themselves. I've only got one other mid-priced set to reference the Grado against and that's the Yamaha closed back studio monitors my mom...

how loud is too loud on a pair of headphones ? If you can hear the music from across the room after you've taken them off... ?

where can one buy the interconnects? eBay?

OK I bought these just a few weeks back. S/N = 110 here's a pic from my webcam. http://xuxusung.icr38.net/325i.png?

looks just like the gold ed., w/o the gold veneer. There is very little chance that an old 325 would be shipped in a 325i box. I will post pic if anyone is still interested.