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KHF909
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Yes, it was all I could get. Now I am asking myself where the photo I thought I uploaded went..
Let's try again....
Shane D
Headphoneus Supremus
Yes, it was all I could get. Now I am asking myself where the photo I thought I uploaded went..
Let's try again....
They are beautiful. I love cocobolo.
I am surprised there are still new ones around. Cool that you got a nice discount on new!
Shane D
KHF909
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They are beautiful. I love cocobolo.
I am surprised there are still new ones around. Cool that you got a nice discount on new!
Shane D
Yes me too, very pleased with whole deal. I got the impression a change of supplier/distributor drove the discount and I also suspect here in NZ things like these don't move too fast.
Shane D
Headphoneus Supremus
Congrats! And I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. I have several 'phones as I love variety, but I always go back to the Grado's.
The only thing I HATE about my Grado's and All Grado's is the stiff, fixed cable. They are the only 'phones that I can't feed from my balanced DAP output or balanced amps.
Shane D
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You can change the connector, it's not that hard. The 1/4" plug of my PS2000e started failing and I just removed it and put a 4 pin XLR. Soldering something smaller might be challenging, 2.5mm would be nightmare with the 12 conductor cable. Also I find excessive the 170 usd they charge for change the connector, a 4 pin XLR costs around 5 usd, and soldering it should be fast for someone with experience.
KHF909
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Sorry if this is against the rules but there is this place that I've looked at for ear pads that seem to have an adapter that might do the job, definitely seems to be some soldering involved.
https://www.beautifulaudio.biz/products/grado-cable-adaptor-small
https://www.beautifulaudio.biz/products/grado-cable-adaptor-small
The adapter is nice, I used one of those in a sr225e for a friend. My only issue with it is that it limits the tilting of the cup. And yes, it requires soldering.
Shane D
Headphoneus Supremus
They have been discussed here often. People love their pads and I was even considering the conversion kit.
Shane D
Shane D
Headphoneus Supremus
The only change that I would make is to have a removable cable. Then you could have XLR or whatever you wanted. Something like the Beautiful Audio conversion kit would be ideal if you didn't mind cutting up your set.
Shane D
You might also want to check out the Grado mods thread here or try some of the thread for alternative drivers such as Magnum, Elleven Acoustica, Nhoord and Turbulent, lots of good info and some very helpful posters
gregorya
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What process do you follow to burn in the new phones?
Congrats on the GH2, beautiful headphones!
KHF909
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Cheers for that, I am hoping they are significant improvement over the SR225e I've got.
As for burn-in, I use the extremely scientific approach of just plugging them into an amp and playing a variety of music at a medium volume
There may be some sort of tone or tone pattern that could be used?
I just figure that if I play the music I'm likely to play anyway it's just speeding up the process... I can't say for certain either way but it's a habit now
100 + hours should put one very wide smile on your face. Congratulations.
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