[lucky]

Anyone have a picture of Grados or Alessandros + jumbo pads but without the liberators?

 

[MONVMENTVM]

Why should the mids suffer if you don't have distancers? Imo that's bullok. If you have some Grado's with jumbo-pads on them and press them against your ears, you can clearly hear the mids getting more forward. The farther away they are, the more the mids will suffer.

I never tried the jumbo pads on other Grado's (though I will do it soon on my SR-60) but I don't miss any mids from my HF-1. Of course the mids aren't as forward as before anymore, but that's just because the distance between the ears and speakers has increased - it's no way lacking though. (Edit: And I don't think that liberators would make them more present.)

 

[lucky]

Monumentum, could you take a picture of your HF-1 with the jumbo pads? I'm curious to see what they look like. And could you also comment on the soundstage?

 

[MONVMENTVM]

Sorry I'm a bit busy right now (3 exams this week) but it looks very similar to the one posted here:

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f4/ale...arning-323271/

In the first pic you can clearly see where the pad would normally stay in place. So the cups are about half an inch narrower without liberators.

The soundstage transforms from "not available" with bowls to "large" with jumbo-pads.

Edit: The midrange becomes "smooth", "well-balanced" and "clear" with jumbo-pads where it was "overwhelming" and muddying the overall sound a bit before. Of course this is with HF-1 and may be different on other Grados. From what I know 325i have more treble power. This could lead to the treble killing the rest. Then the midrange might sound too thin. If you manage to tame the highs a bit with further modding it should be fine again.

 

[Zombie_X]

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Originally Posted by MONVMENTVM /img/forum/go_quote.gif Why should the mids suffer if you don't have distancers? Imo that's bullok. If you have some Grado's with jumbo-pads on them and press them against your ears, you can clearly hear the mids getting more forward. The farther away they are, the more the mids will suffer. I never tried the jumbo pads on other Grado's (though I will do it soon on my SR-60) but I don't miss any mids from my HF-1. Of course the mids aren't as forward as before anymore, but that's just because the distance between the ears and speakers has increased - it's no way lacking though. (Edit: And I don't think that liberators would make them more present.)

I tried the GS1000 pads on my MS-1 and it made the mids sound really weird. Totally messed them up.

 

[MONVMENTVM]

As I said the Alessandros seem to have less mids (a more balanced sound) by default, while Grados in general seem to have more of the in-your-face midrange.

 

[RonMiller1]

I'm thinking of ordering some from Todd, Anyone have any last minute opinions?

 

[HK_sends]

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Originally Posted by RonMiller1 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm thinking of ordering some from Todd, Anyone have any last minute opinions?

...'nuff said.

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[RonMiller1]

It's amazing how only a few photos can push me over the edge.

 

[Xan7hos]

Gs1000 are very picky with their headphones, I'd say if you find one that synergizes with it you are definitely lucky

 

[xkRoWx]

I have tried the GS-1000 pads on my MS-1, with and without the distancer. The difference is almost negligible to my untrained audiophile ear. It was too much work to A/B test with only one set of MS-1, GS-1000 pads and distancers. I will be attending a mini meet with a couple of friends, which one also happen to have a pair of stock MS-1. I'll post some impressions after the meet.

 

[HK_sends]

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Originally Posted by RonMiller1 /img/forum/go_quote.gif It's amazing how only a few photos can push me over the edge.

Interestingly, I originally bought the donuts for the comfort factor. I can wear these puppies all day and not feel like I'm wearing sandpaper on my ears (like the original pads). I have come to enjoy the sound as a bonus...

Cheers!

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