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Originally Posted by mbd2884 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
From Grado, such expensive gear, I did not expect to see those particular workers working there, if they have training outside of Grado, doesn't have to be College, at least a good vocational school with some sort of apprentice program.
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how do you know that they dont have the training you stereotype them not to have? Except for doctors, lawyers, mechanics and engineers it is not common for people to hang their degrees above their desks.
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I expect the machines area kept immaculately clean, the workbench again, organized and clean, no cardboard boxes, headphone and amp parts not piled up on top of each other everywhere. |
its really not that different from any other large scale manufacturing place.
My local machine shop has a few $250K CNC mills that have fubar'd paint. I asked the owner why he dosnt get them repainted (cause im an idiot) and he said they dont need paint to turn out parts to 0.00001" tolerances, and shutting his shop for 2 days to paint everything costs him a few bills...
like I said, im an idiot, but I had to ask about something that didnt matter....
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Find something else other than card boards. |
why?
They serve the function of holding the parts perfectly until they can be assembled.
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I just won't buy a Grado headphone because of the factory they are manufactured. |
you should tour a few small speaker builder's factory's
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I've always thought Grado headphones looked like DIY project rather than a professional, commercial product. |
seriously?
CNC machined wood, and injection molded parts? When is the last time you saw a DIY project that used injection molded parts?
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I much prefer if a headphone was made in a high tech factory where the only significant human element is in quality control to test each product, matching drivers, build quality and etc than Grado. |
ironically, the only headphones built this way, with virtually no human interaction save at the last steps of blisterpacking are mass produced earbuds and similar headsets.
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There is a reason why my Audio Technica's can be heaved across the room and look awesome after, and Grados will break. |
the plastic ends of the headbands on audio-technicas break just as quickly. arguably more, because the headphones weigh more..