[Killercrush]

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Originally Posted by juzmister Just the standard grado lab cable

If they had the JGSUWBR cable, would you have considered a recabling?

 

[robm321]

Very nice work!!!

Thanks for the show and tell

 

[adfinni]

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Originally Posted by juzmister /img/forum/go_quote.gif They were a little more than that...The refurb bill was not cheap, but I feel Alex earned every cent...

bah i typed it in £ thinking it was $.... $600 or £300 is what i ment... Think i saw them for that. Alex is a legend and those looks stunning.

O and my emu0404 cable made by him sounds awesome too

 

[configure]

Those are absolutely gorgeous headphones, the kind you might expect to see in some kind of avant garde design store.

 

[MrSlacker]

wow those look stunning. Alex is a real artist

 

[J-Pak]

Great looking headphones, in my opinion the MS2i isn't even close. Plastic L/R pieces and plastic where it holds the driver housing. Also the MS2i drivers are encased in plastic, and not directly to the aluminum.

 

[Nenso]

omg, THAT IS GORGEOUS.. I really admire your new cans.. grats

 

[Rob N]

Last time I heard screws were $50 a pair

 

[lmilhan]

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Originally Posted by Rob N /img/forum/go_quote.gif Last time I heard screws were $50 a pair

If I owned a pair of HP-2s like the OP, it would be a no brainer for me to drop another $50 to get a pair.

I mean at this point I am sure the entire affair ran well over $1000, so what's another $50 to finish the project off properly?

 

[juzmister]

Do I get them from Joe or from Grado? Thanks for all the compliments guys, i'm so excited to get them...

 

[nikongod]

i dont think this was such a good idea. perhaps i am alone.

i had a long and drawn out list of stuff here, but in the end it comes down to 2 parts:
1: joe grado still services his headphones. unless his stock piles have gone dry you could have had a NEW grado cable, and new HP1000 drivers.
2: the stuff that was removed from teh cups was PUT there deliberately. not the dust of course, but the brown tar looking stuff. for the same reason people dont have OLD violins with anything but the worst varnish re-varnished, i would not have touched it. the masters made their instruments a certain way, and they sound the way they made them.

 

[Killercrush]

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Originally Posted by nikongod i dont think this was such a good idea. perhaps i am alone.

You're not alone on this nikongod, IMO nobody could repair these phones to original specs as well as Joseph Grado himself, even if there's a longer wait and a slightly higher price tag, in the long run, you get what these phones deserves, the best. However, I do respect Alex's work alot.

 

[spinali]

Why am I panting so hard?

 

[Thelonious Monk]

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Originally Posted by HiWire /img/forum/go_quote.gif How do you tell the 2 channels apart, since the labelling is gone now? Good job on the refurb... let us know how you like the sound, once you get a chance.

listen to stairway to heaven of course

 

[recstar24]

wow, never realized how pretty they look with no lettering and a nice shiny buffering.

Maybe I should wipe off all the lettering on my 100% intact HP's?