[MdRex]

I was thinking about sending my MS1 to headphile for woodification and I have a few question:

-I want to retain the grado stock cable (I am willing to pay full-price) and by the woodification itself, is the mod still worth it?

-Larry mentioned that the wait time is around 5 weeks? How long did you wait?

-If I have a budget of $200 which wood would you pick?

 

[pencechp]

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Originally Posted by MdRex I was thinking about sending my MS1 to headphile for woodification and I have a few question: -I want to retain the grado stock cable (I am willing to pay full-price) and by the woodification itself, is the mod still worth it? -Larry mentioned that the wait time is around 5 weeks? How long did you wait? -If I have a budget of $200 which wood would you pick?

I can't answer your questions (except about the wood: at that price I'd do Paduak or Zebra, but it's all personal preference!), but I've had some experience with Larry at Headphile before---he's incredibly prompt and thorough in responses to e-mails, and replies very quickly too. I'd definitely e-mail him!

 

[Akathriel]

Not to rain on your parade but a MS1 is hardly worth woodying. it would make more sense to upgrade to the MS2i for that value but whatever floats your boat...

 

[afireinside]

Why would you want to woody it but not recable?

 

[F107plus5]

I have MS-1s and am extreemly happy with them. I am also thinking of upgrading to more of the same.(MS2i or RS-2)but......

The thought of woodifying a set of MS-1s is interesting!

If it can be done for less than the price of MS2i but get a sound as good; cool!! Even if the sound dosen't get much better than a stock set of MS-1s; that's cool too if the wood alone makes that much of an esthetic difference!

I haven't checked Larrys' site with MS-1 in mind; but is the housing the size of the MS2i,(same as RS-2 also), or larger, or smaller? I would wonder how a housing of a different size and material resonance would affect the sound of a driver designed for a specific housing.

I wouldn't for a moment suggest that what you have in mind is a bad idea. It sounds like fun to me!

Outside of head-fi there are probably lots of folks who have cans of similar or lesser SQ than MS-1 and they are their final sets of cans. If I didn't know of this forum and the addictive nature of this place; I would likely be home listening to tunes as happy as could be thinking this is probably as good as it gets!! And if I looked at these otherwise stock sounding MS-1s with pretty wooden housings and thought about how great they looked too! Well;....it dosen't get much better'n that!!

 

[Zorander]

Larry's price of woodying is inclusive of recabling as well.

Here is a quote of his explanation:
"From my perspective, when you purchase a woody/recable the recable is virtually free, due to the labor involved in making/assembling the woodies. This is one of the reasons I don't offer them separately."


Regards.

 

[cmirza]

Headphile MS-1s are really testing the law of diminishing returns. Personally, I would upgrade to a higher end headphone before considering getting them woodied. The thing is, the amount of SQ increase you get on the MS-1 will probably be less than the increase you could get if you sold your MS-1s and combined the proceeds with the $200 you would spend woodying them. ~$300 could get you MS-2i's or HF-1s which i'm willing to bet would sound way better than woodied MS-1s.

If your still determined to get them woodied, I think the type of wood you pick is just whatever you think looks nicest (I'm partial to Cocobolo). And try to get the stock grill replaced with something more open to increase airflow.

Good luck with whatever choice you make.

 

[Skrying]

I suggest you get a higher end can instead of spending the money on wood. Just doesnt make sense to mod a low end (relativly) can like that with $200 worth of mods. You'd get a much better return investment by upgrading.

 

[MdRex]

The reason that I want to opt out of a recable is that I like the stock grado cable (aesthetic wise) enough to want to retain it. Recabled cables (with techflex and all just aren't too appealing.

Concerning a MS2i and SR225:
I already own a SR325i, there ain't too many reasons for me to purchase the MS2i other than collectitus (*rabid* COLLECT EM' ALL!!!11!!11!!111!! *rabid*). Besides, woodying the MS1 would cost much less.

I have no reason to buy the SR225 either other than the above mentioned collectitus. Besides, MS1 woody would be soooo much cooler...

 

[rhythmdevils]

why not woody the 325?

I had an ms1 woodied but not recabled. It's the only can he's ever done the woody only job, so it was an experiment.

I thought it really helped the cans. though asthetically i actually prefer the stock look better for its low profile.

The wood warmed up the midrange and tamed some of the gra-T-o and really helped with soundstage and instrument seperation. I did a review comparing them to the HF1

I actually like the woody MS1 better than the 325, because withe the 325 everythingn sounds metalic to me. though it did have better detail, the woody ms1 had a much more free, open, natural sound.

http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showt...ht=wood+inside

hope that helps...

 

[grawk]

Sell the 325i, it's resellable, and sounds like rectum. Then sell the MS1. You should have enough to get a 225 and pay to woody it.

 

[F107plus5]

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Originally Posted by MdRex The reason that I want to opt out of a recable is that I like the stock grado cable (aesthetic wise) enough to want to retain it. Recabled cables (with techflex and all just aren't too appealing. Concerning a MS2i and SR225: I already own a SR325i, there ain't too many reasons for me to purchase the MS2i other than collectitus (*rabid* COLLECT EM' ALL!!!11!!11!!111!! *rabid*). Besides, woodying the MS1 would cost much less. I have no reason to buy the SR225 either other than the above mentioned collectitus. Besides, MS1 woody would be soooo much cooler...

Not knowing what plug option you have, I do know that I prefer the stock small plug cable. I don't know if a new cable of "any" variety would help with the SQ, but I do know that I prefer the small plug over the large, as over half of the devices I regularly plug into have the smaller jack. So I too would not consider a cable update if I were to go the woody route.

The plug option on the MS-1 is something that should even be considered a recomended feature in this day of the computer and computer related audio devices!

 

[MdRex]

It's weird rhythmdevil, I scrolled thru the thread and found out that I said...

"That MS-1 is totally stunning looking... I am so tempted to get mine woodied..."

The temptation...

Your post didn't help changing my mind..

Btw, which wood did you choose? Those wood looks really close to Mahogany.

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Sell the 325i, it's resellable, and sounds like rectum. Then sell the MS1. You should have enough to get a 225 and pay to woody it.

I <3 my SR325i and will not part with it no matter what (I remember those sweet moments when I listened to them after saving up for what seems like eternity...). The mids are just addictive...

Thanks for all the responses, appreciate them

p.s. Although Ebony would looks wicked... but...

 

[kin0kin]

aesthetic is just as important as the sound...but i wouldnt pay 200 bucks for the look. you'd be better off selling ur sr325i + ms1 + extra 200 cash that u were gonna use to mod and get a pair of RS-1 instead.

 

[Mercuttio]

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Originally Posted by grawk Sell the 325i, it's resellable, and sounds like rectum. Then sell the MS1. You should have enough to get a 225 and pay to woody it.

Huh, I always though the 325i's at meets were farting at me, but I never had proof.