Disassembling SR-60's

[Morwan]

I'm not sure whether this should be in DIY, or just in the normal forum.

I own a pair of Grado SR-60's, and somehow (don't ask me how) a hair made its way into the left speaker chamber. It results in some damage to my listening experience, because I can hear the hair buzzing in there. Obviously it's annoying.

I was wondering how I could disassemble the chamber so I could remove the hair, and then reassemble it with minimal damage, or if there's some easier way I could remove it.

 

[Megaptera]

You can usually blow gently to get little hairs out of the earcup of Grados. If you're really determined to open them up, though, there's instructions on Headwize, in the Collected Grado Mods page.

 

[ajt976]

Yes, there is a good guide at the Collected Grado Mod's at Headwize. There is a method that uses a tapered spoon that I've found quite effective. Basically you use the spoon (or in my case a fork) as a wedge to separate the inner and outer cups of the driver housing. Just stick the spoon in the space between the two cups and push up, then repeat rotating around the driver housing.

Here's some pictures that might help better explain the process.

 

[JWFokker]

You put the narrowest part of the spoon between the two cups and slide the handle down between them. It's pretty easy. You then work your way around the phone. You can hear the glue crackling as you do it.

 

[saturnine]

I heated mine up with a hair dryer, and pulled them apart. Worked great, and didnt damage the cups any.

 

[JimmyDean]

It would probably be a better idea to get the hair out without seperating the halves (eg. blowing at the driver).

 

[arspy87]

Plus, opening the housing is only part of the process. The driver is held in by glue and some plastic pieces (at least on my SR125), so you'd need to sand down the plastic pieces and do some careful work with the glue to pull the driver out. I'd recommend trying to get the hair out without opening the headphones, but be careful about blowing too hard into the drvier chamber (and the rear chamber, for that matter).