[mattg3]

Reading a lot about igrado and its need for a quarter mod.What would you gain in actual sound quality changes using the 414 pads and quarter mod on the sr60?I had a pair last year and found them too bright and felt if i quarter modded them and used a 414 pad it would make them even more harsh.I sold my sr60 but now wonder if I should rebuy them and go the 414 route or try the igrado with a quarter mod.I just hate harsh,sibilant sound but liked the rest of the way the grado sounded. Thanks

 

[mattg3]

Any input here would help before I make my purchase.

 

[F107plus5]

Oh boy; I did the pad swap and modding to 414s on my MS-1s during any break-in, so I can't really say for sure what opening up the drivers actually did. One suggestion that would unfortunately add a few dollars to a re-purchase, would be to go with MS-1 at $99 and get a pair of cans without the Grado top end. The Alessandro MS-1s are a more neutral form of Grado.

I does seem intuitive that modding the pads would allow the top end to be more pronounced, but I can't say for sure.

Anybody mod pads on already broken-in cans and noticed the results?

 

[EFN]

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Originally Posted by mattg3 Reading a lot about igrado and its need for a quarter mod.What would you gain in actual sound quality changes using the 414 pads and quarter mod on the sr60?I had a pair last year and found them too bright and felt if i quarter modded them and used a 414 pad it would make them even more harsh.I sold my sr60 but now wonder if I should rebuy them and go the 414 route or try the igrado with a quarter mod.I just hate harsh,sibilant sound but liked the rest of the way the grado sounded. Thanks

Sounds like you are more at home with MS-1 than SR60. The very reason I choose MS-1 was because even a fully broken in SR60 is too bright for my taste - wearing them with Quarter Mod comfies and moddeede HD414 will amplify the brightness.

F107plus5:
I can vouch for this, my MS-1 has over 600hours in them, and I modded her comfies with Quarter Mod hole, brightens it up a bit but finer details are clearly audible now - and I loved them, but still not as bright as SR60 unmodded.

 

[F107plus5]

Thanx EFN.....I kinda figured that would be what happens! Now if the question ever comes up again, I can answer with more certainty!

 

[mattg3]

Sounds like maybe I should give the Igrado a chance since many are complaining the high end is a bit veiled on it so for one who found the sr60 too bright the igrado with no mod might be just what Im looking for

 

[Audiofiler]

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Originally Posted by mattg3 Sounds like maybe I should give the Igrado a chance since many are complaining the high end is a bit veiled on it so for one who found the sr60 too bright the igrado with no mod might be just what Im looking for

I would take the SR-60 over the iGrado...personally. Especially if you do not have a MS or SR currently..

You can always go ultra portable later if you like the Grado house sound, and the SR-60 is indicitive of just that. And/Or you can compliment your walks and bike rides with a K75 from Koss for very cheap, and they sound awesome too..just suggesting

 

[mattg3]

Thanks audiofiler,have you ever heard the igrado and can you comment on it vs.the sr60? thanks Matt

 

[cmirza]

I use unmodded HD414s on my SR60s. They tame the highs a bit while extending and controlling the bass. Kind of makes them sound more like MS-1s with comfies...

 

[mattg3]

Cimirza,never read of anyone doing that but it makes sense.Do you find the 414 more comfortable than the comfies?Wonder if unmodded comfies on the igrado do the same thing?