[peterinvan]

That’s great.
Do you find them more laid back than the PS500e and SR325?

I’m really enjoying the knock off GS with SR60 drivers.
The Rose wood cups less so.
The Rose wood have far too much bass at the moment and I need to retune them.
Less holes in the back of the driver and less damping .
I weigh each amount of damping I use with digital cartridge scales so I’m keeping a note of the different amounts make.
Can say for certain I have over done the Rose wood this time.

I have found a enjoyable difference going balanced on both sets.
More authority more control and sound stage gains.
The Questyle M15 GS cup combo is really good.
Amazing sound quality for not a lot of money.
The SR60 I picked up for £14.50 from eBay with a broken cable.
Complete bargain .

I hope you do a GS build I’m looking forward to it.
The only problem is the cups.
As I have said the earphonediy cups are a bit sketchy build wise.
They make up for it in the sound stakes and that’s all that matters.

I successfully used micropore surgical tape to cover two out of the four holes I poked in my SR325is mod. This tightened up the bass to where I wanted it.

 

[quentinspriggs]

It is that time again…

Grado says to use a damp cloth

 

[jonathan c]

Grado says to use a damp cloth

I dampen the cloth with Howard’s Feed-N-Wax .

 

[ledzep]

That’s great.
Do you find them more laid back than the PS500e and SR325?

I’m really enjoying the knock off GS with SR60 drivers.
The Rose wood cups less so.
The Rose wood have far too much bass at the moment and I need to retune them.
Less holes in the back of the driver and less damping .
I weigh each amount of damping I use with digital cartridge scales so I’m keeping a note of the different amounts make.
Can say for certain I have over done the Rose wood this time.

I have found a enjoyable difference going balanced on both sets.
More authority more control and sound stage gains.
The Questyle M15 GS cup combo is really good.
Amazing sound quality for not a lot of money.
The SR60 I picked up for £14.50 from eBay with a broken cable.
Complete bargain .

I hope you do a GS build I’m looking forward to it.
The only problem is the cups.
As I have said the earphonediy cups are a bit sketchy build wise.
They make up for it in the sound stakes and that’s all that matters.

Yeah definitely more laid back than the 500's which I find work better with the magni 3+ or direct out of the M17 the top end of the 500's with stock pads I find a bit to much for me so I'm going to try out the bowls on them but I've got a pair of shipibo pads coming this week to try with them as well, the 325x work well with everything pretty much. They are all different but in a good way, which is the point otherwise we'd all have one pair , I'm just finding out what works best on what set up and genre of music. Yeah I'm still thinking of the GS from earphone DIY labs and trying out a selection of drivers, the cups depending on what they look like will more then likely be sanded down and ebony black stained, at that price I don't mind modding the drivers and everything else and having a good play with them, for the genuine grados I have no problem cutting the cables, changing gimbals and such but prefer to leave the drivers as stock, more fun times ahead

 

[gimmeheadroom]

I just realize that RS are on ears, I’m not so fond of. Also I believed that GS have better soundstage than HE6se, HE6se have very good imaging but not the widest soundstage.

All Grados are on-ears.

 

[ledzep]

Grado says to use a damp cloth

I need to wear my glasses more, I thought you were having a glass of single malt and a listen

 

[gimmeheadroom]

I need to wear my glasses more, I thought you were having a glass of single malt and a listen

If not for the fact he reads the fine print on the Grado boxes, he was about to polish his cans with single malt. He takes them looking good that seriously.

But, fortunately, he realized that alcohol is not good for wood, all in time to avert a disaster!

 

[jonathan c]

If not for the fact he reads the fine print on the Grado boxes, he was about to polish his cans with single malt. He takes them looking good that seriously.

But, fortunately, he realized that alcohol is not good for wood, all in time to avert a disaster!

….and that Feed-N-Wax tastes like s##t…!

 

[gimmeheadroom]

….and that Feed-N-Wax tastes like s##t…!

That's cuz you didn't add salt and pepper!

 

[jonathan c]

All Grados are on-ears.

…except when one uses G-cushions.

 

[gimmeheadroom]

…except when one uses G-cushions.

Are they really that big?

 

[jonathan c]

Are they really that big?

Ask Johnny Holmes…

 

[gimmeheadroom]

Ask Johnny Holmes…

Dead end

 

[labrat]

Are they really that big?

They are really that big. Really warm ear muffs! I don't use them much, they make much bass, soft, very bassy sound.

 

[movinIron]

Probably so, in pictures they look quite basic. Just maple, that's what I make syrup out of every year lol, not a very exotic wood.

I agree. Exotic woods are something to enjoy. Look and feel.
It‘s good, that put on the head, only sound and to a degree comfort is left.

But Guarneris and Stradivaris are made of spruce (top), ebony (fingerboard), palisander (neck) and mostly …maple (frame and bottom) for the sound.
Some say that Stradivaris sound special because of the woods lower material density.
But every instrument maker at that time had these woods on hands.
Some say there was a special drying process. But no, that times forced the people to use only 20 year stored (the drying process) wood instead of 30 - 35.
The truth is simply, Antonio Stradivari was an empirical scientist. He had an idea, what might affect the sound in which way and than - tested it.
And he had an ear which tends slightly to sound coloration that sounds like eː (between e in ‚berry‘ and a in ‚air‘), with a preference for sound pressure in frequencies between 2 and 4 kHz. You will find the formants (sound coloration, harmonic waves) here, that’s why this is called ‘presence‘. Some were told to add 1kHz, some 5 kHz, not worth to quarrel about. Fact is in all definitions 2-4kHz are safely included. It is followed by the 4-6kHz range which is named ‘brilliance‘ this is where the sibilants are at home. (There is no formant possible above 4 kHz. (Couldn’t resist.))
Now that we talked about the way old Antonio worked starting at 12 until he was 89(!), can you see any similarities to these Brooklyn guys named Joseph or John Grado?
Especially when looking for the the year ‘65 at the Grado timeline:
https://gradolabs.com/company/timeline