[cmirza]

Examining my SR225s, I noticed something:

I've owned several other Grados and never noticed anything like this before. Also the cord to the left earcup was pretty twisted when I received them too, more than I've ever noticed before. Is this just sloppy manufacturing on Grado's part or am I just nitpicking?

 

[EFN]

No mate. Looked like a bad apple to me. You should get them replaced out of warranty ASAP.

 

[fureshi]

doesn't look like a big deal to me. there are other areas of the grado build that aren't great either. if you look at the bottom of the cups, there's a some plastic left over from where they cut the plastic tree off. every pair of grado/alessandro, which i've had, that uses a plastic housing seems to have it. i just used an xacto knife to clean it up. easier than having to go through the whole warranty process and besides, to me it doesn't detract from the sound.

 

[gmckay]

Purely speculative, but that looks like stress damage and not a manufacturing defect.

I would send them back to the place you bought them for a replacement, and not to the manufacturer as a warranty repair.

 

[cmirza]

Hmmm, I bought them from TTVJ. But they were packaged just in a slim Priority Mail box. I know that Grado's builds aren't always totally clean, but since I don't have any other Grados on hand to compare, I wanted to know if this is common or defect damage that I should have exchanged.

 

[jinp6301]

my sr225s are pretty similar to yours. it has that wierd plastic cutoff and mine had the SR225 button slightly off center, but i dont think its anything to ship it off to grado for.

 

[kramer5150]

yuk.. take em back!! That top pic looks like the "C" plastic part is cracked half way through. A $200 headphone should not look like that.

 

[gmckay]

Quote:

Originally Posted by cmirza /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hmmm, I bought them from TTVJ. But they were packaged just in a slim Priority Mail box. I know that Grado's builds aren't always totally clean, but since I don't have any other Grados on hand to compare, I wanted to know if this is common or defect damage that I should have exchanged.

I looked at my SR-225's and the pivot holes are clean, centered and without any gaps between the pin and plastic.

Did you perhaps buy this item as B Stock from TTVJ ?

 

[skyline889]

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmckay /img/forum/go_quote.gif I looked at my SR-225's and the pivot holes are clean, centered and without any gaps between the pin and plastic. Did you perhaps buy this item as B Stock from TTVJ ?

Nope, my HF-1s came the exact same way and those were brand new. Maybe Todd can arrange something with Grado so we can send it back? They don't seem to answer their emails.

 

[Emon]

Looks like Grado's typically abysmal quality control to me.

 

[facelvega]

I'm surprised at some of the Grado mafiosi being so critical here. Shouldn't you be arguing that these flaws actually improve the sound somehow? Maybe a bad joint has some effect on reverberation, like a knot in the wood of a violin.

 

[augustwest]

"Shouldn't you be arguing that these flaws actually improve the sound somehow? Maybe a bad joint has some effect on reverberation, like a knot in the wood of a violin."

Give them a chance, no doubt soon the "fan boy/girls" will extolling the virtues of poor build quality and how a "boutique" manufacture can't be expected to do things right and still stay in business.

- augustwest

 

[lini]

cmirza: That doesn't look good to me - especially in the first picture, where the plastic looks liked it's already cracked. I've just compared with my SR80, too - no such flaws on that one. I'd suggest to ask for a replacement.

Greetings from Munich!

Manfred / lini

 

[xcodeguy]

My SR-60's came looking like that too. For my first Grado, I was not impressed. But I liked the sound. Whenever I order a headphone I now ask them to inspect the item for any blemishes. HeadRoom is really good about this.

Yeah - the plastics were all f'd up on my SR-60 but they seem to be no worse for the wear in any way. Very sturdy HP.

 

[basmatirice]

that peice looks cracked. send it back.