[Vaughn]

Well, I've just shipped these off but I thought I would post them anyway...

They are woodied SR225's constructed of baltic birch and reusing the original stainless screen. I domed the screen out a bit to give it some dimension. In contrast to the rosewood cans (which I think are beautiful) and their dark wood and leather furniture smoking room appeal, these have more of a 1950's Heywood (furniture) appeal.

I recabled with Mogami star quad with a portable length cable. I love the sound of the stock SR225 but I found these mods brought the sound very close to the RS1.

 

[s1rrah]

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Originally Posted by Vaughn /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well, I've just shipped these off but I thought I would post them anyway... They are woodied SR225's constructed of baltic birch and reusing the original stainless screen. I domed the screen out a bit to give it some dimension. In contrast to the rosewood cans (which I think are beautiful) and their dark wood and leather furniture smoking room appeal, these have more of a 1950's Heywood (furniture) appeal. I recabled with Mogami star quad with a portable length cable. I love the sound of the stock SR225 but I found these mods brought the sound very close to the RS1.

Beautiful work my friend.

<much applause>

 

[GreatDane]

 

[Vaughn]

Hah!!!

Well, consider me seriously, and thoroughly trumped!!

Those are freakin gorgeous!!!

I assume you milled/had milled the cups and had them anodized?

I'm drooling...

I love anodizing....

PLEASE TELL ME.....

 

[[S]uds]

I believe those might just be SR325(i)'s with the plastic, black lettering removed. It does look very nice though.

 

[Vaughn]

It is possible... but I wonder how the lettering was remove so perfectly?

Generally the lettering would be part of the milling process...
so perhaps it was milled out and then re-anodized...

the suspense is killing me...

 

[[S]uds]

If I am not mistaken, the lettering is just a black circle glued onto the headphones. Of course, I may be wrong but I've seen mods done like this before, on the 325's and the lower ends as well.

 

[GreatDane]

The lettering is in fact simply a plastic insert. I heated the top of the aluminum cup in boiling water to loosen, then pried it out. The button was also removed this way. I then used goof-off to remove the black paint from the stainless steel screen. I did no polishing afterwards...recabled and there you go.

 

[Vaughn]

Wow... such an improvement over the lettering.

Of course, I have never been a fan of lettering and logos on anything

 

[GreatDane]

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Originally Posted by Vaughn /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wow... such an improvement over the lettering. Of course, I have never been a fan of lettering and logos on anything

Thanks for the kind words. Your 225 look classy, I wish I could give them a listen.

Here are some in progress pics of my 325i from a few pages back. The last pic shows before...what a difference!

 

[Tornitron]

This mod worked best for me -

 

[s1rrah]

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Originally Posted by Tornitron /img/forum/go_quote.gif This mod worked best for me -

[size=large]FTL!![/size]

 

[V-Duh]

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Originally Posted by xnothingpoetic /img/forum/go_quote.gif Quote: Originally Posted by V-Duh /img/forum/go_quote.gif Woody-ing seems to change two variables from the original plastic housing - increased depth (generally) & material. If I understand correctly, increasing depth increases the chamber volume which must change the way the sound bounces before leaving the chamber. Changing the material also changes the bouncing from a surface texture. I would guess that there must be some resonance issues with different materials. OK, that said, what improves the SQ more - depth or material? Material dosen't have as big effect on headphones as it does musical instruments. With that said: depth will have a bigger effect.

xnothingpoetic - Thanks for the response!

Anyone else have any thoughts?

 

[nickchen]

MS1 with distancers, MS2i headband and GS1K pads

MS1 woody with liberators, HD25 cushions and GS1K pads

MS1 with "severe" woody, distancers, MS2i headband and GS1K pads

MS Pro with distancers and GS1K pads

 

[cdawg48]

Heres a little mod i did to my SR80s. I pulled the plastic frame out of some "180s" earmuffs

Put the cups through...

And i've got my own sport-band Grados!

They fold up nicely. The only thing is that they press a little too much against your head. Maybe i'll make mounting points for the "antennae" eventually.