Hey guys, don't worry I also like my SR325i A LOT ;D, and I'm using it stock right now, because my taped bowls are on a Grado that needs it more (a weaker outputting and old, SR200 (factory mismatched, with one black and one silver magnet driver used in it, it's a oddball)).
I was only trying to "act" as the incarnation of the Grado hater (while I'm a Grado-only person myself)... I don't think it's harsh or sibilant at all
, and agree with you everywhere. Actually regarding my own bass tastes, I consider the SR325i and Grado in general, bassy, just the right way, on the right spot, for me and for my music. I have had a taste of flatter, and going-lower bass (on a modded T50RP) and I missed the 100 Hz typical Grado bump.
The ultimate sibilance test for me is how loud I push tolerate voluming up this track (Necrofantasia by ZUN, piercing highs):
http://soundcloud.com/devouringone3/zun-necrofantasia-phantasm
You should all try putting two layer-wide of (smaller)
on a
SR325i or SR325is, that statement still holds on even though I told you I was joking earlier, lol
Around the circumference of your bowls (the mod doesn't do much to the flats pad, from my experience and with my headphones(all types, except wood+plastic hybrid, the HF-1). Don't use electrical tape, it looks good but it's a more-permanent addition, unless you choose to live with all the residues left behind (very hard to wash back. Scotch tape is removed without a single trace of it's passage.
Also it's a simple mod, you don't need to try 20 brand or configuration of tape... just cover all the area there is with Scotch tape (like I said it takes two stripes wide with the smaller one), and I recommend 3M because it's of good quality and I can certify it doesn't leave residue, but many other tapes might do the job just as well.
Or one width of the larger one
the effect is dramatically fun. Bass is added in quantity (with a nice touch of different quality also) but the highs and mids remains untouched. It's the whole output that's increased, you might even perceive details more easily too.
I'm not a modder also, for the less in the world lol. Tape mod is the only thing I've ever done (indirectly) to (the pad of) a Grado. I consider Grado headphones almost perfect the way they are, colored and yes, flawed in some areas, but sooo musical and enjoyable. And, well less importantly, gorgeous (not the all plastic models, lol, but I do like the metal accents of the SR225), and
comfortable... at first I couldn't not stand the scratchy foam, but after a few months of adaptation, slowly starting to use them more and more, I simply can't wear anything else. Grados are light to wear, never hot, and super
comfortable-sounding (low listening fatigue, and I think it's because of the "just-right" extension on both ends of the spectrum). Comfort of the sound was my first scare when I bought a RS1 as my first headphone... but I was wrong.
"Light to wear" but I absolutely need my cotton "sport headband" under my "headphone headband":
Because they simply hurt me otherwise.
I wear it like this
(left cup lifted for demonstration)
, looks great!
