[fleasbaby]

I've been looking for a leather or faux leather head band to get rid of the cheap plastic headband that came with my SR60e hp that I added wooden cups to.
I might have a reasonably priced source but have not had the time to investigate.  So, I decided to go commando and used some para-cord to replace the plastic headband.
I was surprised with the outcome...going commando is a little more comfy than I expected.

I hope to give them a good listen tonight and see if I really like the outcome...

Opinions welcome

Great stuff . Very inventive and looks good. If you decide to get a headband, try these guys:

http://www.modhouseaudio.com/grado-leather-headband/

They come with "i-am-iron-man"s recommendations...

 

[dbaker1981]

Great stuff . Very inventive and looks good. If you decide to get a headband, try these guys:

http://www.modhouseaudio.com/grado-leather-headband/

They come with "i-am-iron-man"s recommendations...

Do they come in other colors? Or just black.

 

[fleasbaby]

Do they come in other colors? Or just black.

Looks like they do brown as well...

 

[dbaker1981]

Looks like they do brown as well...

Interesting.

 

[dbaker1981]

Wonder what those cans of there's sound like. I'm in the market for a closed can for home.

 

[Obrx]

Hi Forums, first mod for me re: wiring with the SR-80's
 
 
Simple fix for my cable due to cracking at the Y joint due to twisting and wish to use the original cable for budget / testing reasons.
I wanted to use some nice olive green para cord I had lying about.
 

Materials & Tools

1. Paracord (or hiking boot laces)
2. 60-40 Solder for tinning
3. Soldering iron
4. Gorilla glue or super glue
5. Hair dryer
6. Scissors
7. Tinfoil
8. Shrink wrap

 
 

Lessons learned

• Apply shrink wrap before soldering, 6.5 mm shrink wrap will not fit over the moulded jack

• Make some temp coverings to protect the speakers from solder splashes and glue work.
• [size=x-small]Twisting/braiding the cable vs not twisting before sleeving with paracord. I twisted mine but had to even them out later during tensioning.[/size]

 
 
Ideas:  noticed 3.2mm shrink wrap fits over the L/R cables perfectly, might make a stronger/stiffer cable mod for somebody out there.
 
 
[size=x-small]So heres my quickie imgur gallery images from the repair job / mod with my notes for any other Sr80 users out there, if somebody with image posting rights wants to paste the final image here for reference? thanks [/size]
 

https://imgur.com/a/6pIOR

 

[DavidA]

@Obrx
, nice work.
 
I suggest a cable splitter to clean up the split, double-helix make a really nice aluminum/carbon fiber one, reasonable price too.  you can also try a craft store and look for a tube section used for beads like this:
 

the one from the craft shop are on the outsides, the double-helix is in the middle

 

[Brooko]

  Agreed...maybe we should approach the mods and ask if they can unlock it for us? I'll drop one a line and see...
 
*edit* what the heck, I'll just @ one here...maybe @Brooko? Brooko, we're looking to unlock this page for editing and updating. I checked the folks who own it, and they haven't logged onto Head-Fi in quite some time (none in 2016 if I recall correctly). Is there a way to do this?

 
I just checked and it seems as though its not locked - problem is that I'm a Mod so it may be that I can't see the restraint to editing.
 
If you still can't do anything - you have two options - let me know, and I'll talk to one of the Admins.  Or copy the main data you need from that one, and start a new and updated Wiki page. Let me know which way you want to go, and I'll see if I can help.

 

[fleasbaby]

   
I just checked and it seems as though its not locked - problem is that I'm a Mod so it may be that I can't see the restraint to editing.
 
If you still can't do anything - you have two options - let me know, and I'll talk to one of the Admins.  Or copy the main data you need from that one, and start a new and updated Wiki page. Let me know which way you want to go, and I'll see if I can help.

 
Thanks for checking Brooko! In the interests of not duplicating data and possibly confusing folks coming along later, could you ask an admin to unlock the page? I checked and its definitely not available to me for editing.

 

[Brooko]

I've sent message to Amos and Joe.  We'll see what they can do

 

[Brooko]

Try it now - think it should work.

 

[azreal]

Here is my latest mod of the sr60e. Quite happy with them.

 

[retox]

azreal
 
Very nice, did you machine the aluminum cups and fabricate the headband?
I am interested in the details, I just got involved in modding Grados and have become addicted.
 
-retox

 

[azreal]

No I bought the cups for Spirit Labs in Italiy.
 
But I did the headband myself nothing too special just some added foam.
 
Also added some Dynamat inside the cups

 

[fleasbaby]

  Try it now - think it should work.

Brilliant stuff...it does indeed! Thanks Brooko!