Just put together my smabat M0 shells with the white driver (described on smabat site as having the most treble) and a nicehck cable. The shell of the m0 doesn’t fit me so well, the “tragus“ part of my ear pushes them out. i usually don’t use foams since it introduces too much mid bass. i still...

I noticed that shopee has the lbbs for $44 which seems a better deal than $59 on aliexpress, but not sure about shipping (even though it’s the same seller on both)...

Is this a preset for k’s lbbs that makes them sound like x6? I thought k’s lbbs were a class above x6…

Hi Todd, thank you for letting me be part of the Grado SR225x loaner program. I had a lot of fun listening to these and comparing them to my existing grados/alessandros. source: tidal hi-fi soundcard: TASCAM UH-7000 With each iteration (letter change at the end of the model number) grado...

4 cores per channel = 4X the sound! :) thanks for the feedback. I am assuming it is mostly done for sturdiness, the more cores you have the less likely you’ll lose connection. Instead of putting in one thick core, multiple thinner ones are more flexible and reliable.

I always thought that the original alessandro ms2 were some of the nicest looking grados after hp-1000. For some reason they remind me of the old Nikon F slr cameras. Not sure if it is the pair that I have but the sound is totally different to the modern grado sound. Comparing them to my SR225e...

I noticed that some grados double up on wires (4 cores, two for each contact point). Does anyone know the effect this has on the sound and if anyone has experimented connecting 1 vs 2) ? Would all drivers benefit from having all 4 connected per driver?