Grados plastic!!!?!!

[redrich2000]

Another surprising discovery I made in Audio Cubes is that the SR125s are plastic! From the pictures I assumed it was black metal but no!

So which Grado models use metal and not plastic?

 

[VeipaCray]

The 325i's are in a metal housing. The higher end Grados RS2, RS1, and GS-1K are wood.

 

[progo]

SR325i is aluminium AFAIK.

 

[gp_hebert]

The HP1000 series are the only all-metal Grado AFAIK.

 

[Zorander]

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Originally Posted by redrich2000 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Another surprising discovery I made in Audio Cubes is that the SR125s are plastic! From the pictures I assumed it was black metal but no! So which Grado models use metal and not plastic?

Of the current Grado line-up, only the SR-325 has metal housing. The rest are either plastic (SR-series) or wood (RS-series).

p.s. Aluminium is a metal, progo.

 

[d-cee]

Yes, plastic. And not quality plastic either =(

SR325 and MS-2 are are aluminium

RS-2, RS-1, GS-1000 and MS-Pro are wood obviously

HP1000 (HP1, 2 and 3) and PS-1 some sort of metal, guessing aluminium too

 

[donunus]

plastic is good. It makes them light and comfortable. They wont break when they fall since they are so light

 

[bashot]

What's wrong with plastic? AFAIK the HD650 and K701 are mostly plastic as well and they don't sound too shabby. If you really want to get picky the drivers of the 325i are still housed in plastic and only the back of the cups are metal.

 

[Tetromino]

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Originally Posted by bashot /img/forum/go_quote.gif What's wrong with plastic? AFAIK the HD650 and K701 are mostly plastic as well and they don't sound too shabby. If you really want to get picky the drivers of the 325i are still housed in plastic and only the back of the cups are metal.

I'll have you know the HD 650 features acoustic silk!!

Sennheiser Worldwide: HD 650 - HD 650

 

[mark_h]

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Originally Posted by gp_hebert /img/forum/go_quote.gif The HP1000 series are the only all-metal Grado AFAIK.

Do they sound as good as they look? One can only dream!

 

[Dept_of_Alchemy]

...and the HD580 Jubilee features "carbon fiber" stickered plastic.

 

[gp_hebert]

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Originally Posted by mark_h /img/forum/go_quote.gif Do they sound as good as they look? One can only dream!

They're the best dynamic phones I've ever heard. The current prices are a little bit prohibitive, but IMO they're leaps and bouds above the present Grado line-up.

 

[John E Woven]

Grados' aren't made of plastic, they're made of dreams

 

[FooTemps]

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Originally Posted by John E Woven /img/forum/go_quote.gif Grados' aren't made of plastic, they're made of broken dreams

fix'd. lol, if only the hp1/hp2 could be in an affordable price range. They sound so damn good.