[03029174]

Hi

A while ago, the right adjuster block failed on my Grado's resulting in the earpiece falling from the headphones, unfortunately picking up a few cosmetic scratches on its way down. I have tried to keep these in mint condition but thought, now they had picked up a few marks I would do a few upgrades.

My Dad is fortunately very handy at DIY, and has been working on the cases today. The rims are now completely polished (Chrome like) and all the marks have been buffed out (I was very lucky, all the marks were on the outer rim) He still has about another hour or 2 to completely finish the second cup but im very happy with the results, they look great!

Tomorrow he will be fitting my new Moon Audio Black Dragon cable, a little extra dampening and a JMoney headband.

Here's a few pics for anyone’s who's interested

Finally a quick question..

Has anyone had any experience with the metal Grado Yokes? Does anyone know if these disassemble? There seem to be 2 screws either side which we need to remove but don’t know if they are screwed in or bonded in somehow. Any advice would be most welcome.

Il post a pic of the finished article tomorrow

Pete

 

[mrarroyo]

Maybe using a hair dryer to soften the glue that may have been used to keep the screw in place.

 

[krmathis]

Great work polishing the cups.

Please keep up updated with pictures when it is all mounted with the Back Dragon cable and all.

 

[kontai69]

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Originally Posted by 03029174 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Finally a quick question.. Has anyone had any experience with the metal Grado Yokes? Does anyone know if these disassemble? There seem to be 2 screws either side which we need to remove but don’t know if they are screwed in or bonded in somehow. Any advice would be most welcome.

Curious as to how you detached the metal yokes from the cup without removing the "screws"?

 

[03029174]

We put a little pressure at the top and bottom of the yoke to slightly bend the middle out and we were able to get them off. We bent them back perfectly and got the screws off in the end. They were really tight mind.

 

[kontai69]

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Originally Posted by 03029174 /img/forum/go_quote.gif We put a little pressure at the top and bottom of the yoke to slightly bend the middle out and we were able to get them off. We bent them back perfectly and got the screws off in the end. They were really tight mind.

I see. So were the screws press fitted or do they actually screw in?
BTW, good job on the polishing. I've polished quite a few stuff in my time and it is quite a painstaking process.

 

[03029174]

They do actually screw in. They were pretty tight but we got them off ok in the end. The cases are finished and back together now. We've changed the dampening inside because the old stuff had dried up and was brittle so thats gone. Recable tomorrow night and back on my ears by Tuesday

 

[mrarroyo]

Sure look forward to the pics of the finished product. Will you be using loctite or similar to keep the screws in place?

 

[03029174]

Yeah, we used Locktite. Does anyone have experience with dampening materials? Drew sent me some dampening material and said its better than the grado stock but its half as thick? I would assume the thicker the better, or is that not the case?

Pete

 

[03029174]

Got some better pics today of the finished cases

Here is a face on shot

And here is the side shot

Im considering polishing the rods to match the rims but they look like they are Steel so might not polish up too well.

 

[DoYouRight]

very very nice!

 

[03029174]

Hi Guys

Just thought i'd post my last two pics now my upgrading has finished. Im really happy with the way they turned out and the photo's don't really do them justice. The sound isn't quite there yet (they sounded awful last night ) but they've been burning in all night and the sound is getting better. I noticed there wasn't much dampening in the cups and Drew from Moon Audio suggested covering as much surface area as possible, which we've done. So it'll be interesting to see if that makes any difference. The wider JMoney headband is also proving popular and the new cable doesn't instantly tangle like my old stock one.

Here's the pics

Cheers

Pete

 

[scootermafia]

Damn, those are really sick. Nice job on the restore, maybe try some fiberloft or some of the Acoustic Revive silk stuffing or even Dynamat to get the sound where you want it to be.

 

[robm321]

Those are the nicest PS-1's I've seen!

 

[vcoheda]

very nice.