dgcrane
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I put up my LCD offer a little while ago with no interest unfortunately... Maybe its for the best since I really love the Grado / Alessandro / Symphones sound signature.
I thought I would share a snapshot of my new steup
I thought I would share a snapshot of my new steup
May i ask where you got the lockrings? I have only been able to find the 1/4 size at my hardware store and they can't get them smaller.
Hi Sluker,
I actually picked them up at a local Canadian machine supply shop... I think the price was less than a buck each and there was no minimum to buy. I think I bought 8 of em.... but have a couple of different pairs with them on now. I believe they are also available on amazon.
Darren
Martin's cups fit flush... they pop right in and never come out.. thats why we've never had to bother with set screws.
but there are so many questions still.......does the species of wood matter?.........does the wood inner air chamber/aluminum outer shell combo sound different than a 1-piece full wood house?.........well, I guess just two questions -but they are big ones............ I suspect the aluminum glued over an inner wood shell is different, maybe damping some vibrations compared to a full wood cup which I can imagine resonating freely which is not usually a good thing in audio applications. But a full wood house would still have plenty of assets due to what it does to tone, so It's probably a more musical solution at least than aluminum or metal. Again these are just ideas, backed up a little by comparisons between metal housed 325's vs wood housed hf2's, but there are other variables at play between those two so, still not very scientific. Hopefully through all of us experimenting we can come to some kind of consensus about the affect of cups............As long as magnums quit changing versions, we can have a constant variable to play with and just focus on cups as the alternating variable.................
Martin's cups fit flush... they pop right in and never come out.. thats why we've never had to bother with set screws.
but there are so many questions still.......does the species of wood matter?.........does the wood inner air chamber/aluminum outer shell combo sound different than a 1-piece full wood house?.........well, I guess just two questions -but they are big ones............ I suspect the aluminum glued over an inner wood shell is different, maybe damping some vibrations compared to a full wood cup which I can imagine resonating freely which is not usually a good thing in audio applications. But a full wood house would still have plenty of assets due to what it does to tone, so It's probably a more musical solution at least than aluminum or metal. Again these are just ideas, backed up a little by comparisons between metal housed 325's vs wood housed hf2's, but there are other variables at play between those two so, still not very scientific. Hopefully through all of us experimenting we can come to some kind of consensus about the affect of cups............As long as magnums quit changing versions, we can have a constant variable to play with and just focus on cups as the alternating variable.................