Accepting a friend's challenge, I've started a DT770 mod.       The DT770 is legendary as the original bass monster in full-size headphone land, and you can hear versions of it going up the beyerdynamic product line - in the DT880, the DT990 and the revolutionary T1.       For...

I was finishing up on some last-minute grading when I had an "aha" moment.  I was running some tunes out of my MacBook Pro, which was hooked up to some computer speakers at work.  Because I use the speakers for the benefit of students, I had them turned away from me, so they were completely...

I'm happy to say I made it through the rough month of September and I still have my PS1000s.  Somewhere between the sentimentality and the sharks, I rediscovered my inability to let these cans go.  I sold off the HD800s and the T1s but the PS1ks will remain by my side - probably till one of us...

I'm working on wooden shells for an SR60 mod but it seems to me that we may be barking up the wrong tree.  When it comes to speaker shells, there seem to be three choices: (1) closed back; (2) open back; and (3) semi-open.  Closed cans act like acoustic-suspension speakers, with everything...

A friend of mine asked me to modify his brand-new SR60i (which he bought and had sent to my door).  We talked about the SR60i as the perfect Grado to mod because of its low cost ($79) and family resemblance to the higher-cost Grados.  We also discussed how the SR60 has the mellowest HF...

Since everything is now being compared to the LCD-2, I thought I'd get the jump on the LCD-2 vs. Cream Soda thread.  Disclaimer: I have an M^3 with STEPS and a variable bass boost/crossfeed hi/low but I can't figure out how to connect it to the cream soda, which will have to be A/B'd unamped.  A...

I have a Grado PS1000, which works best when properly amped.  But by switching to bowls (instead of jumbos), the HF is attenuated and the bass is captured, enough that the headphone sounds like it's being amped.  It sounds good enough to go with me wherever I should go.   But I'd hate it if...

No, I'm not in the buff, but while I write this, my HD800 is.  Unamped, it lacks the full bass response the headphone is capable of.  Anemic?  Yeah, compared to what it produces when properly amped.  But is it still worth listening to?  Surprisingly, yes.   The HD800 is fast.  The level of...

I'm not an owner of either the JH13 or the JH16 but curiosity has seized me.  Right now, there are two JH13s up for sale, both of them hundreds of dollars below their original price, neither of which looks to be in any immediate danger of being grabbed up.  Given the fact that remolding is only...

I want to make a mod to my HF2s.  To do that, I need to pull the cups apart.  But the cups are glued in pretty well to the wood.  Without damaging the wood, how do I get the cups apart?  I'm not sure a hair dryer is going to work here.

DAY 1   I just got these eight hours ago.  They've had maybe three hours of burn-in so far.  At this point, they're a little sibilant off an unamped iPod, enough for me to switch the EQ to Bass Boost.  Off my M^3 with STEPS, they sound fine, with loads of bass.  Compared to my HD800, they're...

I recently got a great deal on a headphone, a much cheaper price than the price I paid for a recent acquisition.  But when I and the seller got together after the deal, he wanted me to pay in check or money order only and to not leave him feedback (as he did not intend to officially acknowledge...

The 325i must be the redheaded stepchild of the Grado lineup. I've never heard a Grado can take such a beating as this phone gets, particularly from its Jan-Brady sibling, the SR-225. In posting after posting, the 325 gets a beat-down from those who say its presentation is not just bright but...

That's my big question. I understand some of the older Grado Prestige Series phones had HP1000 drivers - including some of the SR100 and SR200. But how do you know whether you're getting HP1000 drivers and not just something with drivers analogous to the SR125?

I recently purchased an HD800, which is wonderful. I like the stock cable that came with the headphone but the length is overkill. I don't need six feet of cable. I need maybe half that. I'd like to get a high-quality cable but something short and relatively lightweight. Any suggestions?

I mistakenly posted this to the Trade Forum (stupid, stupid, stupid). At the risk of asking something that has been asked and answered before, I need some feedback. I'm at the cusp of a decision. I've got a rare opportunity to plunk down major funds for these cans. I don't want to know that...

After purchasing a pair of HD800s, which are all that and a bag of chips, I decided to buy some Grados I could take with me for mobile situations where I have to go unamped. I lucked out and am now the latest owner of Eagleboy's wooded SR-225s...

I just bought some HD800s, which are terrific, but having big helmet headphones (worth more than my car) just reminded me of the need for some cheap knockaround earphones - like the JVC Marshmallows. But everybody knows these earphones suck. They're $20 worth of boom-boom-boom, with a muddy...

Oh my jumpin' Jesus! I just got my HD800 and it's everything they said about it and more! I haven't burned these in. I'm running off of ground zero. I don't even have them hooked up to an amp of any kind. I'm running these suckers straight off my iPod - and they're unbelievable! Mind you, my...

In one corner, wearing red trunks, is the PS-1000. In the other, sporting baby blues, is the HD800. I know we've been through this before but never this far into the fight. It's Round 10. The hypesters have gone to bed. It's that point when enough blows have been traded, enough hot sweat dripped...

Flats are, by far, the best way to get the best bass out of a Grado. For $35, you're getting a tremendous transformation. The only problem is that you may also end up with a muddier presentation than you like. Somebody came up with a decent adjustment. If you have the guts to try it, you cut...

I like the goal of the jumbo (G-Cush) pads but I'm not as big a fan of their size or sound. On the road to the "bigger sound stage," the G-Cush shifts the tonal balance too far to the right - sucking bass and mids while blowing HF, sometimes to the edge of sibilance. But without the added...

I'm a classroom teacher. As a reward for good behavior during our state testing, I let a group of students listen to a modded SR60. Without an exception, they all raved about the sound and wanted to know where they could get similar headphones. Some made comments that suggested they could not go...

On the one hand it's hard to believe someone is charging me $35 for a couple of small pieces of foam. On the other hand it's hard to believe how much better things sound. For anyone e who has ever lamented open cans enough to say, "Where's the bass," these pads are for you. As with any solution...

In the version of Mad World on the Donnie Darko soundtrack, there's this fluff-fluff-fluff business going on in the left channel at the beginning of the song before Michael Andrews starts singing. I hadn't noticed it before but after making some tweaks to my SR60, it's driving me nuts. I don't...