[Bureiba]

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wow those look pretty cool, i mean i cant tell the quality of them but i love the grill, how did you do that (how did you paint it and what kind of grill is that?)

Thanks! I used spraypaint from home depot, and the grille is from a letter tray I bought at Target.

 

[wje]

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Looking forward to that feedback

 
Is anyone of the selected few able to compare a Full Woody Magnum with a stock Magnum? This would, obviously, be ideal.

Sadly, I don't think any of us on the test have deep enough pockets for the regular "full blown" Magnum.  There are plenty of people out there, but not in the testing circle this time around.
 
I like the look of aluminum cup headphones, but do have issues at times with the extra weight that they carry along.  I guess the question remains - how thin could someone turn the aluminum so it could just "wrap" a wooden cup?  This would minimize the weight by a significant amount and keep that aluminum appearance.  I might just wrap a pair of my woodies with beer cans and see how it turns out. 

 
 

 

[mahnameisjaime1]

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Thanks! I used spraypaint from home depot, and the grille is from a letter tray I bought at Target.

do you remember what kind of spraypaint? and i think i bought one of those letter trays last week so i think i'll just cut it up

 

[Bureiba]

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do you remember what kind of spraypaint? and i think i bought one of those letter trays last week so i think i'll just cut it up

I believe it was a spraypaint that is used on car engines... that's what the picture on the cover was. It's back at my parents house so I can't verify - but I just showed the material to an employee and he handed me the proper spraypaint.

 

[chippechanga]

 
Pictures of my Alu mod:

 
I have been messing around with these for a while, now they're finished.
Unfortunately I screwed up one of the drivers and am now looking for a new pair of "donor" cans.
 

 

[chippechanga]

Sorry for bad resolution

 

[liamstrain]

Very pretty - and nice addition of the folding mechanism. No leather or anything over those top straps?

 

[schwallman]

Very cool. I like the all metal grados.

 

[SemiAudiophile]

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Pictures of my Alu mod:
 
 
I have been messing around with these for a while, now they're finished.
Unfortunately I screwed up one of the drivers and am now looking for a new pair of "donor" cans.
 

 
Interesting...what drivers are those? HP1000?
 
 

 

[mahnameisjaime1]

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I believe it was a spraypaint that is used on car engines... that's what the picture on the cover was. It's back at my parents house so I can't verify - but I just showed the material to an employee and he handed me the proper spraypaint.

ok, ill go see if i can find it, thanks =]

 

[chippechanga]

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Interesting...what drivers are those? HP1000? 
 

Actually its just some 125i drivers.

 

[oddsratio]

My dad made these aluminum cups and yolk for me thanks to all the design specs on this site. I wouldn't have been able to have been as precise with my caliper gauge.
 

 
Vented two driver holes, though because the aluminum's brightened up the sound a bit more, I might have to vent another hole or two. The bass was fine with the plastic, but it's slightly diminished now.
 
Did the blu-tack, which you can see through the new mesh.
 
I made a major screw-up in the first few steps of this mod: After venting the drivers, I slammed the plastic cups down too hard and split my cable pretty badly. Luckily, I was able to cut it at the tear and resolder the wire back. The left side is about an inch shorter than the right, though. But it's just as well, as I was planning on shortening the cable by a foot, get rid of the y-connector and change the sleeving to cloth. So at least that experience has made me a little less nervous about taking a soldering iron near my driver. Just a word of caution before putting your cups back together. That's the only other mod planned, except for ordering a J-Money headband.
 
At some point, I might draw up some distancers, but I'm happy with the sound as-is. The only drawback is that I'll probably never sell these because of the inborn sentimental value.

 

[calipilot227]

 
SR60i's. Rockin' a Mogami 2893 cable, Switchcraft right-angle plug (gold plated), new driver grilles, L-cush pads, foam damping on the back of the driver magnet, and all 10 holes vented. Sounds incredible, especially out of my ancient discman 

 

 

[xaval]

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Pictures of my Alu mod:

 

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This is awesome (and heavy?)
 
 

 

[oddsratio]

They're heavy enough where the pole gradually slides down the LR brackets, so I had to tape them at the height I normally keep them. I have a makeshift padded headband, so it actually doesn't feel heavy when it's on my head. Hopefully I'll have one coming in the next week or so, even if it's not from JMoney.