[meltdown100]

I saw your thread - that is awesome what you did.  How did that turn out as far as the sound goes?
 
Mine is actually not closed.  It's kind of a hybrid, something in-between.  Still a work in progress.

 

[dirkgently]

Well, I did it.
 
For the main wire, I simply cut off the garden hose just below the Y joint and soldered a 1/8" plug.
 
I used a screw-on panel mount 1/8" jack on the bottom of the right side.  Drilled a 1/8" hole in the top of both cans.  
 
Ran a 24 AWG copper speaker wire from right to left through the headband and soldered it to the left driver.
 
Admittedly, I decided to cheap out and go with the RS parts for now, just because of my impatience.  I also kind of wanted to prove to myself that I could do it.  Idle hands are the devil's playthings, I suppose.  Funny thing is, I get a more solid connection between the stock Grado 1/8" plug and the RS jack than I do between the RS plug and jack, but the RS plug allows me to connect to my iPod without removing it from its hard case, so everything worked out fairly well.  I do plan on eventually upgrading the hardware, and possibly the main wire, so your advice hasn't completely fallen on deaf ears.
 

 

 
 

 

[Kojaku]

 
Well, they're finally done. Just got 'em back from Mr. Grado today. Sent 'em in for a driver adjustment and gimbal repair. Mr.Grado replaced my drivers and gimbals and soldered the cables in as well, all free of charge. I really do love the Grado business model.
 
Anyway,  I left my sock-mod pads at school, so I'm using my spare bowls at the moment. Solid-core 26AWG Cryo-Silver sleeved with MDPC-X Grey and terminated in a DHC 1/8-inch courtesy of Chris_Himself.
 
They're...amazing. More detailed, but not sizzly. More authoritative down-low, but not bloated. And oh the mids. That same lushness with a tad more articulation. A truly fantastic headphone  
 

 
Been away for awhile so I thought I'd treat y'all to a pic of my away-from-school setup. 
 
Glad to see everyone is still doing well!
 
Kojaku

 

[Twinster]

For anyone interested in my latest Grado SR60i mod click here.  Cheer and happy holiday!  
 

 

[wje]

Simon,
 
The retro Fostex gear looks intriguing.  I wonder if Fostex has a museum somewhere with all of the various heapdhones that they've produced in their history - they've sure built a lof of them over the years.

 

[Twinster]

Wayne,  they are not Fostex but cheap I-mego from China. To be honest they didn't sound as bad as I thought they would but the Grado drivers sound better. You can see them here
 
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Simon,
 
The retro Fostex gear looks intriguing.  I wonder if Fostex has a museum somewhere with all of the various heapdhones that they've produced in their history - they've sure built a lof of them over the years.

 
 

 

[liamstrain]

They're asking $99 for those I-megos (the classics anyway)... not that cheap. 

 

[Deathdeisel]

Sometimes i wonder why i even try. Im trying to open the cups on my 60s, and they will NOT open. I got water to a rolling boil and put them in, pried as hard as i could, still nothing. I tried a spoon and its just going to mar up the case bad. Am i not leaving them in the water long enough? Or what? 

 

[Kojaku]

Sometimes i wonder why i even try. Im trying to open the cups on my 60s, and they will NOT open. I got water to a rolling boil and put them in, pried as hard as i could, still nothing. I tried a spoon and its just going to mar up the case bad. Am i not leaving them in the water long enough? Or what? 

Watch my tutorial vid on hairdryer method:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zachh7Cf5rY&sns=em

Kojaku

 

[Deathdeisel]

Yeah i know about it, but of course noone in my household has a hairdryer. Eventually i ended up using boiling water, while running a lighter around the sides carefully. Finally worked but man i had to work for it. Btw does it matter which holes i poke out? As in position? Im probably going to do 2 and go from there. 

 

[Kojaku]

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Yeah i know about it, but of course noone in my household has a hairdryer. Eventually i ended up using boiling water, while running a lighter around the sides carefully. Finally worked but man i had to work for it. Btw does it matter which holes i poke out? As in position? Im probably going to do 2 and go from there. 

Well at least they're open. Warning you though, the venting mod affects both bass and mid-bass. Some have found it very much not to their tastes and ended up re-covering the holes with muslin cloth. If you're really set on venting, then make sure your holes are symmetrical. If you punch two across from one another, one on the left and one on the right, for example, on one driver, then make sure you do the same for the other. Also, be particularly careful not to pierce through more than the cloth and damage the driver.
 
Kojaku

 

[Deathdeisel]

K, thanks for that. Venting the holes just increases bass, but slightly decreases the high end correct? 

 

[Deathdeisel]

Also sorry to double post, but when putting them back together, does it matter which way the drivers align? As in is it possible to have them upside down and have it affect sound? 
 
I ask because, A. I cant remember which way they were but i have an idea, and B. I want them a certain way so the view of the driver isnt impeded by just a dumb cord. 
Driectly below is how i believe it should go. To the right and below is how id like it to go. (essentially turn driver 180*)


Mass damping for Grados? No. Downside to the steam trick, there was A LOT of humidity on the back of the drivers and inside, a lot more than id like, so im going to make sure they dry out thoroughly before i use them. 

 

[Kojaku]

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Also sorry to double post, but when putting them back together, does it matter which way the drivers align? As in is it possible to have them upside down and have it affect sound? 
 
I ask because, A. I cant remember which way they were but i have an idea, and B. I want them a certain way so the view of the driver isnt impeded by just a dumb cord. 
Driectly below is how i believe it should go. To the right and below is how id like it to go. (essentially turn driver 180*)


Mass damping for Grados? No. Downside to the steam trick, there was A LOT of humidity on the back of the drivers and inside, a lot more than id like, so im going to make sure they dry out thoroughly before i use them. 

I just got my cans back from Grado (I essentially had them redo some soldering from a custom recable) and the drivers were situated such that the solder pad was 45-degrees in the opposite direction of the side on which the driver is located. In other words, the left driver (when seen looking through the metal mesh) has its solder pad 45-degrees clockwise from the line established by the gimbal rod. The right one has its solder pad 45-degrees counter-clockwise of this line.
 
Kojaku
 

 

[Kojaku]

K, thanks for that. Venting the holes just increases bass, but slightly decreases the high end correct? 

I've heard that the main effect is on bass and mid bass. Thus all I can tell ya xD.

Kojaku