Grado Modders Go Ypsilon (Elleven Acoustica drivers and builds thread)

[NewbieForever]

 
Here you go
 

 

Whoa! Thanks man. How is SQ in reference to SennGrado?

 

[fleasbaby]

 
Whoa! Thanks man. How is SQ in reference to SennGrado?

These are early impressions, and I haven't built a SennGrado or owned one for a good 6 months, but the SennGrado is bassier (depending on your variant....seems like some folks find themselves with bass-heavy drivers, others find themselves with more neutral ones....@thelostMIDrange can speak to driver variance very well. He's researched it heavily) with a less articulate top-end. 
 
The Ypsilon (pre-full burn-in) are a lot more neutral than the SennGrado and the Magnum V5 and Magnum V6. This appeals to my tastes...a lot. They extend high and low, but don't have the coloration that current Magnums, the SennGrado and Joe Grado-era Grados have.

 

[jaywillin]

 
Here you go
 

 

i dig those cups  

 

[Arty McGhee]

 
Here you go
 
 
 

great lookin cans

 

[fleasbaby]

  great lookin cans

...that's what I told my missus when she tried 'em on 

 

[thelostMIDrange]

how is the midrange and vocal presentation compared to a magnum and pink driver? is it distant like a senn or up front like most grado drivers?
 
how is the presence/resolution balance? meaning is the upper mid 'hot' at all like grados or is it super smooth and resolved like the senn and some magnums/pinks....
 
how is it with 70's rock n roll/ old aerospmith, motorhead, dire straits, rush et al? do they rock at all? neutral and reference should not mean dull or colorless as those recordings have tons of color. A reference can should render rock n roll with all the excitement and drive they where recorded with.....
 
 
 

 

[fleasbaby]

  how is the midrange and vocal presentation compared to a magnum and pink driver? is it distant like a senn or up front like most grado drivers?
 
how is the presence/resolution balance? meaning is the upper mid 'hot' at all like grados or is it super smooth and resolved like the senn and some magnums/pinks....
 
how is it with 70's rock n roll/ old aerospmith, motorhead, dire straits, rush et al? do they rock at all? neutral and reference should not mean dull or colorless as those recordings have tons of color. A reference can should render rock n roll with all the excitement and drive they where recorded with.....
 
 
 
 

 
So far I haven't done the recommended 20 hours burn-in. I would have been close if I had remembered to plug them in last night, but...oops...I'll let them run all day at the office today and all of tonight, which should get them there. I am hesitant to commit to anything until that is done, as I have heard them start out pretty neutral, with present, but not unusually extended bass, and at this point the mids have come up some, the bass has extended a little more to become better than average. Treble and upper mids aren't aggressive or discomforting.
 
I had my Pono shuffling randomly through everything yesterday, and they did well with jazz, old analog dub recordings from Jamaica (Lee Perry's Black Ark wizardry). Speaking of wizardry, they tore through Led Zeppelin's Good Times Bad Times like a bottle of Jack Daniels on a Saturday night if I might be frank...could hear the hum of Jimmy's amp in the pauses before he ripped into his solos, and all the while Bonham's crushing drums, especially that beautiful arrhythmic pedal work he does, were there, but never overwhelming or out of place.
 
This is early impressions though. I want to put them through their paces after that 20 hours before I get too effusive...

 

[Rauliki]

I'm looking forward to your impressions.

 

[floresjc]

I am also extremely interested in a Magnum comparison. Although I might be tending towards Magnums as I might want a tad more coloration.

 

[Michael V]

$233 for the gold plated gimbals on their website, ouch, Anyone know where I can get metal grado gimbals? I have an RS2e and the plastic ones are very squeaky.

 

[jaywillin]

  $233 for the gold plated gimbals on their website, ouch, Anyone know where I can get metal grado gimbals? I have an RS2e and the plastic ones are very squeaky.

this guy has them sometimes
 
http://www.headphoneku.com/

 

[speedking]

  $233 for the gold plated gimbals on their website, ouch, Anyone know where I can get metal grado gimbals? I have an RS2e and the plastic ones are very squeaky.

Are you looking for oem Grado gimbals or just aftermarket?
Keep in mind that the oem ones are lightweight and expensive (if you find one)
The aftermarket are mostly heavier, The cost is depenting at the details,for example the EA ones are very well made and are HP1000 replicas! Some other on ebay from Thailand are much cheaper but they don't look so great to me..

 

[Michael V]

 
Are you looking for oem Grado gimbals or just aftermarket?
Keep in mind that the oem ones are lightweight and expensive (if you find one)
The aftermarket are mostly heavier, The cost is depenting at the details,for example the EA ones are very well made and are HP1000 replicas! Some other on ebay from Thailand are much cheaper but they don't look so great to me..

Just something that isn't squeaky lol. I guess it got better over time though because I don't really hear it anymore.

 

[Arty McGhee]

  $233 for the gold plated gimbals on their website, ouch, Anyone know where I can get metal grado gimbals? I have an RS2e and the plastic ones are very squeaky.

check out gamja labs on faces book
his stuff is nicely made and he sells 'em for like 50 bucks
i have a couple of them and they're well worth it

 

[Rauliki]

Any chance for e-mail to this Gamja Labs? I don't have FB