[movinIron]

I hate it…
couldn‘t get rest, so I dug out the Grados, a ruler and measured again. My memories were wrong. SR325e and GH3 are 44mm sized. The eGrado ‘cup‘ is the outer driver housing, so also 44mm.
Must have measured the nozzle back then. Might be the reason for the other discussion about the same diaphragm diameter in all models: they all up to GS1000e have the 40mm nozzle in the same diffuser design. White, PS2000e and GS3000e differ in design, no idea about the diameter.
The GW100 might be different too.

 

[movinIron]

SR325e and SR325x driver diameters are also identical

 

[funkymartyn]

Driver diameters ? Are these measurements the actual size of driver or size of cups . ?
Would like to know what size drivers are in the ....
Sr60
Sr125e
Sr225e
Sr325i. Gold
Rs2e .

Reading up a bit , it looks like all the Sr range are ....40mm ( assume Inc the E series )
And the Rs2e are 44mm ...........But are these the cups or driver sizes. As you can interchange the pads etc.

 

[funkymartyn]

The Hemp and 325x driver diameters are identical:

Would like to know what the actual size of the driver. Are these the cup sizes. Etc

 

[movinIron]

Measured is the outer driver diameter.
Looking at the driver you can see an inner plate, the diffuser or some say guide line and an outer plastic ring, which is the driver housing/capsule.
I just took a picture of the GS1000e.
Measured is the outer driver diameter not the inner wood cup or glue. See the orange marking.

 

[movinIron]

Looking at the GS1KE driver, you can see the same 40mm Nozzle as in all Grado drivers from eGrado up to GS2KE including the Heritages. This is no sign of sparingness, but one of the bases of their sound design. Which is altered with the White, PS2KE and GS3KE.
You can also see a stage or step surrounding the outer ring, probably to integrate a greater diaphragm diameter with the 50mm drivers. The diaphragm is visibly deeper in the driver, so it is possible. So in RS1e -GS3000e, PS1KE, PS2KE.

 

[movinIron]

Indicators for different drivers are the colours of the voice coil lacquering, painting on the magnets and with the 1000-3000 Models smoother textured fabric on the nozzles.

 

[movinIron]

I think that the 32 Ohms/98-100dB is also part of the sound concept, not sign of every where the same diver, because every single Grado is designed to sound extraordinary even on an integrated headphone driver like in our Surround Receivers, Amplifiers, Pres, CD-Players, Tape, Walkman, Discman, etc.
'S why I love them.
(And they scale with real Headphone Amps.)

 

[tombrisbane]

Got some G cush to put on my GH2, somehow enjoying them more than I did before! It seems to have toned the bass down just a notch, they sound pretty much perfect now to my ears. I’ve been thinking about getting the GS3000e but not sure how much better they’d be than this…?

A happy snap just because

Listening to The Doors original album and it’s never sounded better.

 

[movinIron]

A TA-Zh1ES? Impressive!
A rule of thump, slightly modified, says that gain of quality needs an unproportional increase of … expense?!
Never heard them, because my local ‘dealer of my trust’ (german saying) doesn‘t have them, but I expect the GS3000e will be better from a technical point of view.
And they will sound different.
Currently I‘m saving money to purchase a Malvalve Headamp Three, never heard something like this one with a Grado before. Or on this planet…
(Some prefer a Riviera AIC 10 which is a mere 4K more.)
It‘s an awful amount of money. 3 times my first car.
For me it‘s worth each cent. My first car wasn‘t.
The question is, is it worth it - for you?
2 ways to find out:
-buy it and sell it, if you don‘t fall in love with them.
-ask your local dealer for an overnight loan or better a weekend loan. But save the money first, little is more distracting while testing sounds than unconscious thoughts of where to get the money from.
(wisenheimer mode : off)

and please don‘t tell the wife…

 

[Johnscheley]

and please don‘t tell the wife…

Never!!

 

[tombrisbane]

A TA-Zh1ES? Impressive!

Yeah, I love it

buy it and sell it, if you don‘t fall in love with them.

This is what I’ll end up doing I think, curiosity will get the better of me eventually!

Currently I‘m saving money to purchase a Malvalve Headamp Three, never heard something like this one with a Grado before.

Very nice! Would love to hear your thoughts when you get it! I have a topping A90/D90SE on the way to compliment my TA-ZH1ES, not quite in the same league as the Malvalve…

 

[TheMiddleSky]

Either the SR60X has almost zero margin and is basically a steal, or the Hemp has a very large margin - even at $420.

Hemp is my favourite Grado so far, however I tend to agree SR60X is a steal for the sound quality

 

[TheMiddleSky]

Reading up a bit , it looks like all the Sr range are ....40mm ( assume Inc the E series )
And the Rs2e are 44mm ...........But are these the cups or driver sizes. As you can interchange the pads etc.

All X Generation from SR lines have 44mm driver

Sorry for the double post

 

[funkymartyn]

Measured is the outer driver diameter.
Looking at the driver you can see an inner plate, the diffuser or some say guide line and an outer plastic ring, which is the driver housing/capsule.
I just took a picture of the GS1000e.
Measured is the outer driver diameter not the inner wood cup or glue. See the orange marking.

Hi , so what are we saying this driver is in your photo . Looks like 44mm to me , but case seems nearer 50mm. ?