[Spaceage]

Ok, so I could not resist the urge to take those damn buttons off. I knew there was an industrial adhesive under there, but I figured what the hell. Of course, you can't get the adhesive off without taking the black paint off with it (think aquarium sealant, but worse.) As luck would have it, I have a can of gold spray paint in the house:



I seperated the driver from the housing using a hair dryer (damn easy to do), taped the gold housing up to protect it from the paint, sprayed, touched up a bit, done. It doesn't look as pro as the black paint, but it looks pretty darn good (and the blasted buttons are gone!)

 

[dkjohnso]

Those look nice. Did you notice any change in the sound though? I've heard differing opinion about whether the change is anything but cosmetic.

 

[Spaceage]

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Originally Posted by dkjohnso Those look nice. Did you notice any change in the sound though? I've heard differing opinion about whether the change is anything but cosmetic.

I did it primarily for the cosmetics, but I did consider a possible improvement in sound. The buttons blocking the grille could only serve as a detriment to the sound, but their positioning probably doesn't have much, if any, effect on the sound. I did test at the halfway point and I could not detect a difference between the left and right.

 

[milkpowder]

Very nice indeed! I really like the new colour scheme.

 

[kramer5150]

Nice Job... Looks like a gold MS2. Pretty sure the black grilles are just painted over the silver

 

[F107plus5]

Yeah! I thought they looked like MS2i photographed in good old fashioned tungsten light!

Looks great!!

 

[VR6ofpain]

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Originally Posted by F107plus5 Yeah! I thought they looked like MS2i photographed in good old fashioned tungsten light! Looks great!!

how about carbon filament:

 

[F107plus5]

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Originally Posted by VR6ofpain how about carbon filament:

Wel.....if nothing else.....the Grados' "Look" like they come from about the same era.

 

[Fitz]

Very nice! That's how they should've looked in the first place.

 

[Electro Point]

Cool!
Looks very clean and nice that way.

 

[F107plus5]

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Originally Posted by Fitz Very nice! That's how they should've looked in the first place.

 

[skyline889]

Nice cans, the gold grill matches the 325is perfectly. You should take some shots with the flash off so we can see them better

.

 

[Corbet]

I'm pretty new to head-fi and I've been noticing: what's the deal with everyone wanting to take the buttons of their Grados?

 

[cmirza]

Very nice indeed. Way more elegant looking than the stock 325i. Almost like some sort of limited edition Grado (HF-2?

).

 

[Spaceage]

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Originally Posted by Corbet I'm pretty new to head-fi and I've been noticing: what's the deal with everyone wanting to take the buttons of their Grados?

Listen to a pair of Grados and cover up the grilles with your hands. It makes it sound like the music is being patched through a seashell. Covering the grille with anything is just a bad idea, but the center button probably, "probably", doesn't affect the sound. Removing the button can't hurt the sound and can only help (and I think it just looks better with out it.)