[vanfrosty]

I've babied these headphones since I bought them in 2008, and I only pull them out a couple times a month when I want to really hear to the intricacies of a recording.
 
I was mortified this morning as I was listening to the new Patrick Watson album, when some of the lows made a rattling buzz in my right ear.
 
I found a tone generator app, and sure enough, at at 160hz, a pronounced buzz appeared, that mostly disappears when I tilt my head to the right. I shook and shook the right cup, hoping that something would fall out of the grille, but no such luck.
 
I called Grado, and they said that they'll fix 'em for forty bucks - I'm a desperately poor student so that money hurts, but I will probably do it at some point if there's no hope of fixing it.
 
Does anyone have any experience with a problem like this? Any suggestions?
 
Additional details: rotating the headphones so that the head band is under my chin does not do anything to the buzz.

 

[Questhate]

Could be the famous Grado "grattle"? Often times with Grados, a buzz is caused by a hair that got through the screen and made its way onto the driver. Maybe try spraying with an air canister. Otherwise try opening up the cups by using a hair dryer to warm the glue and then pulling the cup apart.

 

[vanfrosty]

My hopes were set low, but I'll be damned if a little compressed air didn't clear the buzz right up.
 
Thanks for saving me forty bucks and all sorts of frustration Questhate.
 
Cheers