A not so ghetto Grado mod (;

[peepee-king]

I was messing around with one of my brothers spare headsets, an el cheapo Power Wave thing. Horrible headphones, but they have a half decent self adjusting headband. After taking the thing apart I found that the Grado SR80i housing could be fit into the headband seamlessly. No mods to the Grado housing at all so it's completely reversible.

I have to say that it's many times more comfortable than the stock set. The drivers only swivel 180 degrees meaning no more tangled Y split. They're also foldable, if that means anything. I'm going to order a Beyer headband to put over it as a finishing touch but I'm very happy with the current result. I'm pretty sure these are the headphones I used, except mine was USB. I have no idea where you can source them though.

I'll try post details if people are interested...

Here are some pics:

 

[t1337Dude]

That looks pretty awesome, actually.

 

[Alpha 1 Omega]

nice job never did like the stock headband..

 

[z50j]

what was the brand of those crappy headphones? and how much did they cost?

it's a cool mod, I wanna try it

 

[peepee-king]

I should mention that the 'i' version is required for this mod, the mushroom shape holds the cup in place.

 

[REB]

Great mod. I'd almost buy a pair of Grado's just to try it

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[xaval]

this is not ghetto... this is win. The Grados now look good and makes me wanna buy a set lol

1 - Please post the crap model you scraped
2 - Would any higher end Grado also work out the same way?

 

[Blackmore]

Here we go https://www.aussiegamer.com.au/power...c-p-33935.html

 

[peepee-king]

Quote:

Originally Posted by xaval /img/forum/go_quote.gif this is not ghetto... this is win. The Grados now look good and makes me wanna buy a set lol 1 - Please post the crap model you scraped 2 - Would any higher end Grado also work out the same way?

I posted the crap set at the bottom, I guess I'll move it up to make it more visible.

All the new 'i' models, MS2s and SR325i(s)s (assuming they have the same mushroom mold) will fit. Looking at the shape of the RS1, I'm quite certain it won't work. The headbands circular pieces sit between the mushroom extrusion and attached pads (bowls, comfies etc). I wen't a step further, though not totally neccessary, and hot glued it together. It stops it from moving inbetween. I can always remove the glue since it's pretty weak to begin with.

 

[xaval]

Noted! Cheers guys.

 

[thornygravy]

that's awesome.. they look like an evolved grado or something.. cool man

 

[intoart]

The word "ghetto" has no posive connotations for me. It describes a really crappy place where nobody would want to live if they had a choice!

 

[Rick]

*starts singing* "In the ghettoooo"

 

[peepee-king]

New pics added...

 

[peepee-king]

I've found out that it's the exact same headband found on the SONY MDR V500DJ headphones. If somebody wants to give this mod a go, I'll put up some instructions.