sml1226
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It looks like a Pro-Ject Head Box II except it's backwards and missing the logo.
For a CDN distributor of parts, I would think Solen (QC based in MTL) or http://www.partsconnexion.com/ (based here in Burlington ON) would do the trick to avoid border fees or high shipping - though I would comment that many times the shipping cost combined with lower prices in the US is the way to go, especially if dealing with an agreeable party who will send items to you USPS.
Back to the mods for the 60's.
Having complained that the 2 inch hole saw generated a hole too loose to press fit the stock front cup on my Grado's, I dug around in my speaker building box, and located my circle cutter - a variable sized cutting device perfect for use in a drill press, capable of making holes anywhere between 1-5 inches or so.
Some trial and error later, and I have some East Indian Rosewood cups that are the right size (with minimal Dremel work) for a press fit with the stock Grado cups. I received some of Tenzip's screens, and those should go right in there too.
Now we are getting somewhere - but I struggle with how to cut the 1/2 holes to allow the cables to escape - on my test cups, I have split off pieces of the edge of the cup, trying to use my drill press to cut a hole 1/2 or so centered on the edge.
My next thought is to clamp my 2 cups together, and drill down the middle of them, thus creating a 1/2 hole in each.
Is that how you guys do it, or are you using a Dremel, or did you mill that in before cutting the cups etc?
Yeah, that was me. I'd recommend splitting the boards if you're doing a desktop build. Also, since you have the space, I'd upgrade to an alps pot (I think they call them blue velvet). It's still a beginner's project, and is really quite inexpensive, so why not. Go for it, and let me know how it sounds.
I think i'm convinced, I'm going to build an a47 amp.
(this is slightly off topic but this thread has it all)
Somebody proove this?, i just mout this afternoon, i like it, but i dont know if i note some frecuencies rare, like piano sound.
Man those look awesome. What size aluminum is that (ID and OD)? Are those full coco rings inside them? I might have a decent aluminum source, so I am curious if I can get some tubing similar to that.
Unrelated, does anyone know what the size of the gimbal on the upper Grados (RS1, 2) is? I was wondering if it would be possible to get some PVC or some other material to replicate the ring that surrounds these upper models.
@ Bill - awesome looking hybrid you got there man - and I don't mean the Prius
@ Sharkz - the gimbal on the RS-2 is the same as that of the Prestige series. Only the RS-1 has the full-moon metal/aluminium variant although I am not entirely sure what the dimensions are.
Hey Bill, how closely does that band match the cocobolo? It looks close in the pics, but I assume the band is more red and the wood is more brown
Bill, I gotta say I really dig those aluminum shells with the headband you have. Looks great!