[Flipjack]

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the MS Pro is just too expensive.

 
They sure are. When I received them and put them on, (just the Pro's with standard bowls) I was underwhelmed like nobody's business. I'm glad I found a seller who sold his with distancers and GS1k pads included. All combined cost me far less then a MS Pro costs when directly bought from Alessandro

 

[olor1n]

As someone who sees the MS-Pro as the holy grail and the end road if I could justify the cost, it pains me to see you guys hacking away at it. If I was actually impulsive enough to buy MS-Pro, I'd probably be too scared to put it on my head! The improvements in SQ must be phenomenal for you guys to take it apart and punch holes into it. I wish I could hear this MS Ultimate!

 

[Flipjack]

To me the improvements with the mod are indeed phenominal! But no, you should not punch holes in the MS Pro!! That's just for low(er)-end Gradesandro's.
 
I'm not hacking away at it, it's just that it costs $699 (but I paid $150 less, and the distaners and GS1k pads were included

), so with that thought in mind I put them on for the first time. To me, they don't sound like $699. They sound nice and all, but if it stopped at just MS Pro I wouldn't have kept them. But it's also a matter of preference. I like my headphones to have a wide soundstage and I like my bass (to go as deep as possible). The MS Pro gave neither of these two things. Soundstage is very small and bass certainly doesn't go as deep as MS Ultimate. If you only need kickbass, then there's enough in MS Pro, but I need more layers. To me, comfort also greatly improves.
 
And also, the mod is completely reversible

 

[daveDerek]

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They sure are. When I received them and put them on, (just the Pro's with standard bowls) I was underwhelmed like nobody's business. I'm glad I found a seller who sold his with distancers and GS1k pads included. All combined cost me far less then a MS Pro costs when directly bought from Alessandro

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As someone who sees the MS-Pro as the holy grail and the end road if I could justify the cost, it pains me to see you guys hacking away at it. If I was actually impulsive enough to buy MS-Pro, I'd probably be too scared to put it on my head! The improvements in SQ must be phenomenal for you guys to take it apart and punch holes into it. I wish I could hear this MS Ultimate!

my stock vintage are lovely phones, though not quite the holy grail. there seems to be a lot of unit to unit variability with grados. often the older ones are regarded as sounding better, which i suspect has something to do with the wood itself.
i am curious about how the ultimate sounds. i'd love to get drivers and see how they sound in the jaben aluminum cups (http://jaben.net/forums/index.php?topic=14663.0).

 

[olor1n]

 
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To me the improvements with the mod are indeed phenominal! But no, you should not punch holes in the MS Pro!! That's just for low(er)-end Gradesandro's.
 
I'm not hacking away at it, it's just that it costs $699 (but I paid $150 less, and the distaners and GS1k pads were included

), so with that thought in mind I put them on for the first time. To me, they don't sound like $699. They sound nice and all, but if it stopped at just MS Pro I wouldn't have kept them. But it's also a matter of preference. I like my headphones to have a wide soundstage and I like my bass (to go as deep as possible). The MS Pro gave neither of these two things. Soundstage is very small and bass certainly doesn't go as deep as MS Ultimate. If you only need kickbass, then there's enough in MS Pro, but I need more layers. To me, comfort also greatly improves.
 
And also, the mod is completely reversible

Did you buy your MS-Pro from another Head-Fier? I've literally had my eye on the FS Forum 24/7 in search of an impulse buy. I've not heard any other Grados/Alessandros. I'm just driven by the obsession to obtain an improvement on my beloved MS-1i and a stupid desire to burn a hole in my bank account.

 

[Flipjack]

Yes, I bought them from another Head-Fier about 2 weeks ago.

 

[deaththeorist]

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Uncle Wilson over at Jaben sells nice red anodized aluminum cups built to spec for this project. this will make it really easy, and it looks pretty cool too!

http://jaben.net/forums/index.php?topic=14663.0
 
there are also wooden cups made specifically for this, though i can't recall at the moment who sells them. mine were made with them and are quite lovely. they look nicer than my GS1000s!

jaben ALSO has the wooden cups! lol
 
instead of a 2 piece solution like the metal mod, the wood one is a one piece thing

(distancer + cups)
 

 

[daveDerek]

deaththeorist (catchy handle!), do you know how much the metal and the wooden cups are? i don't see prices listed.i've emailed uncle wilson but haven't heard back.

 

[deaththeorist]

lol ty ty
 
woodies are http://jaben.net/forums/index.php?topic=12726.0
alumod is 8 bucks cheaper!

and cooler lols.... i'm getting them this saturday

 

[apatN]

As in

[size=138%] 88 Singapore dollars = 68.48248 U.S. dollars!!!?

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That's ridiculously cheap... They even throw in GS1k pads with that!

 

[apatN]

And look what I also found: a DT770 woodie kit! These guys are unstoppable.
 
http://jaben.net/forums/index.php?topic=11496.0

 

[apatN]

(Multi-post, I know

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From this picture it appears that the inner diameter is too big. What do you guys think?
 

 

[nickchen]

Yep, looks like 42-45mm. I personally wouldn't like to wear such an aluminium anvil. I found the weight of PS1, PS1000 & my MS2 also totally out of question.

 

[bozebuttons]

 
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(Multi-post, I know

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From this picture it appears that the inner diameter is too big. What do you guys think?
 

 I have a pair the drivers fit perfectly from my sr80i.as per picture they sit lower in the housing.I put felt liner on the sidewalls to eliminate reflection of sounds off the metal sidewalls of the housing,acts like a distancer.I like the bowl pads with this housing,the salad bowl pads put your ear to far from the driver.Yes the weight is more.

 

[Flipjack]

I did some more listening and I'm with nickchen when it comes to coated or non-coated pads on MS Ultimate. From now on, I'll run mine with coating