[Shane D]

Well, the Beautiful Audio pads arrived! ...And they don't fit on the GS3000e. I'm gonna try for a bit longer, but this might be dead on arrival because Beautiful Audio did not test on larger Grados. Wow.

The Grado G-pad opening diameter is 52mm. I measured the Beautiful Audio G-pad opening diameter and it's 47mm.

When I first put them on my GH2's, it was a VERY tight fit. I actually broke a yoke putting them on. I had to work them around the wood quite a bit. But of course being hand made, there is probably some variance.

I have never owned genuine G-Cushs, but I do own two pairs of knock offs and they fit on quite easily.
My stock pads are the L-Cush.

 

[Gippy]

I edited my initial post with pics. The large Grados are literally 5mm wider in diameter, and this is why it won't fit.

 

[ruhenheiM]

Well, the Beautiful Audio pads arrived! ...And they don't fit on the GS3000e. I'm gonna try for a bit longer, but this might be dead on arrival because Beautiful Audio did not test on larger Grados. Wow.

EDIT: The Grado G-pad opening diameter is 52mm. I measured the Beautiful Audio G-pad opening diameter and it's 47mm. Absolutely disappointing. I'm probably going to return these and eat the customs cost. Pics attached.

The pads fit on a Prestige series Grado (SR225i). The diameter of the SR225i driver in case is 54mm, while the GS3000e diameter is 59mm. Basically, nobody else with a large Grado had ever ordered from Beautiful Audio before. I guess someone had to be the first and get screwed.

as far as i know you're the first one in this thread that's why i said thank you for your service haha
my guess is since the L-pad and g-pad are interchangeable between grado models, they probably assumed both have similar diameters. since grado pad is foam in the first place, stretching wouldn't be problem while leather won't stretch that much

 

[Gippy]

Well at least this should shut up all the people who say Grado uses the same drivers for every model hahaha

 

[ruhenheiM]

Well at least this should shut up all the people who say Grado uses the same drivers for every model hahaha

well, some of the things still left unanswered... but the conclusion of this experiment would be that's a pretty good r&d if you asked me charging that much without even getting the correct measurement. did you try to listen with it though? still curious about how it would sound

 

[Gippy]

I haven't placed the pads on my ears because things may happen. I've contacted Silvain of Beautiful Audio to see what'll happen next.

In the meantime, I took out my GS2000e, and it has the same diameter as the GS3000e. So it looks like it won't fit on any large Grado. No idea about the RS1e, which is a "small" Grado but uses the 50mm driver.

 

[ruhenheiM]

I haven't placed the pads on my ears because things may happen. I've contacted Silvain of Beautiful Audio to see what'll happen next.

In the meantime, I took out my GS2000e, and it has the same diameter as the GS3000e. So it looks like it won't fit on any large Grado. No idea about the RS1e, which is a "small" Grado but uses the 50mm driver.

just to be clear, this is quite fascinating for me. when you contacted him the earpads not fit on larger grado, his initial respond was he didn't test it on larger grado? not, like sorry we sent you wrong product all that kind of stuff?

 

[Gippy]

He may have tested it on an older GS/PS model (50mm drivers were launched with the e series). Could someone with a GS1000i/PS1000 (non-e) measure the diameter of the exposed cup to see if it's also 59mm, or if it's more narrow?

 

[Shane D]

He may have tested it on an older GS/PS model (50mm drivers were launched with the e series). Could someone with a GS1000i/PS1000 (non-e) measure the diameter of the exposed cup to see if it's also 59mm, or if it's more narrow?

Mine are relative cheapies compared to yours, but I just measured mine (GH2's) at about 51mm. Sorry to hear about this. I am really surprised that Silvain didn't know this.

 

[ruinedx]

So

If you could only own two currently available Grado headphones with price being no barrier, which ones and why?

 

[Mightygrey]

So

If you could only own two currently available Grado headphones with price being no barrier, which ones and why?

PS2000e because shiny.

GH1 because it sounds excellent, has a manageable form-factor, and has a bit of rarity to it.

 

[Gippy]

Silvain gave me instructions on how to mount them, as he said that +5mm diameter doesn't seem like a large difference, he has sold to a number of large Grado users which did not have this issue.

Well, I gave it another try using his instructions and additional force, and.... *rip* uh oh, that didn't sound good...

Experiment's over. Even if I did manage to fit it on my GS3000e, it shouldn't be like this. My hands smell like cocobolo oil due to the excessive pressure needed to hold the GS3000e steady, and flecks of leather are coming off both pads as they're stretched well beyond tolerance. I'll decide what to do next after the weekend.

 

[Joaquin Dinero]

He may have tested it on an older GS/PS model (50mm drivers were launched with the e series). Could someone with a GS1000i/PS1000 (non-e) measure the diameter of the exposed cup to see if it's also 59mm, or if it's more narrow?

My original model GS1000 measured between 54-55 mm. Probably just enough smaller than yours that the pads would fit mine.

 

[BobG55]

So

If you could only own two currently available Grado headphones with price being no barrier, which ones and why?

GS3Ke which I own
PS2Ke which I’d love to own

 

[Joaquin Dinero]

So

If you could only own two currently available Grado headphones with price being no barrier, which ones and why?

Current models: GS2000e and 3000e. They both look so nice, and they're different enough with the different woods and coloring. I'd have people blind test me on them all day long and I wouldn't care if I couldn't tell the difference because they would both be awesome.

All time models: Swap the GS2000e for an original series HP 1.