[HiGHFLYiN9]

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Originally Posted by gsferrari Tell you something else - they sound FANTASTIC and the broken SA5000s just make my SA1000s sound like trash

Well of course they sound better now that they are broken-in.

Sorry GS I just had to. Personally I would snag a Beyerdynamic headband and fabricate some forks on each end to attach to the swivel points on the Sonys, then insert them into the little black boxes on the ends of the headband. I have Beyer USAs # if you decide to go that route.

EDIT: on second hand I don't know how far gone the headband is, it looked pretty bad in the pics but if it's still salvagable you'd prolly be better off going the way you stated initially. Erix (i hope I'm spelling that correctly) is an excellent metal worker and could most likely cut that headband for you if he has the materials available.

 

[akwok]

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Originally Posted by Naga canibalize the sa1000 for its chassis and put the sa5000 cups on it

I think that would be your best bet..

 

[mmmmcheese]

Just make sure you most some pics of the first ever Franken5000s.

 

[Joey_V]

Use the one from the SA1000.... good luck with it. And post pics of your little healed baby.

 

[seeberg]

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Originally Posted by Naga canibalize the sa1000 for its chassis and put the sa5000 cups on it

GS isn't getting my pair, no way. I enjoy mine too much for something like that

Also, I get the feeling it wouldn't work too easily, since you'd have to mangle an SA1000 headband to make it work, since it's got wires inside and poking out- it's got a single sided cord entry, so one must keep that in mind.

Have you given Grado a ring on the matter, GS? I get the feeling you potentially could get a headband from them (for a fee, of course), and then work with it from there, or you could see if Sennheiser has a HD580/600/650 headband available for fitting and all that stuff. I imagine a replacement AT (A900 maybe?) headband could work, but you'd have to make sure that whatever headband you do use has the same swivel/angle stops that the SA5000's already had. The SA1000's are similar, I believe, and keep it from being a good DJ headphone for functionality sake becuase the earcups can't go 360.

I'm very interested to see where this project ends up!

,
Abe

 

[kunwar]

Might I recommend putting out a WTB on a headband from a CD3000 znd see if that works. It just might. If it is too small, I am sure someone else would love to snag it.

Larry at Headphile must have some lying around.

 

[James63]

Pictures would be great if possible.

 

[CingKrab]

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Originally Posted by gsferrari I should have said stanless steel. That is what I had in mind.

Use titanium damn you! Or custom mold them out of carbon-fiber.