fleasbaby
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Hi All,
Thought I would start a new thread on this...a little while back, I am not sure how long ago, I came across a website for a company called Elleven Acoustica. It was stocked with several goodies for modding Grados (wooden cups, and some aluminium ones, as well as wooden sleeves). A little thereafter the site appeared to be under construction again for some time.
Recently a good friend pointed out that they were back up. I had a look through and their selection had changed. They now stock wooden cups only, a nice cable, gimbals, "project boxes" and drivers. The gimbals are interesting in that they come with a spring-steel arch. Up until now modders have had to hunt out their own alternatives or stick with the Grado headband. The cups look very well made, but the real thing that caught my eye was the drivers.
I emailed the general contact email on the site and started discussing them with one of the staff members there. They sounded rather intriguing: tuned for a neutral sound signature, designed specifically to be flush-fit (not foam fit) in a Grado-style cup, made in Germany, aluminium casing. Long story short...a pair arrived on my doorstep yesterday.
I am not affilliated with Elleven Acoustica in any way. I don't know the folks who run it, or work for thm at all.
Here are some unboxing pictures:
Of particular interest to me is the backs of the drivers and the aluminium casings. I have never seen a Grado-mod-style driver with four holes in the magnet back, a metal casing or the paper damping under, not over the ring of holes around the driver magnet. If you look carefully these have one hole punched in the paper damping just next to the positive terminal (I am assuming this means like other Grado-type drivers more holes can be punched for more bass).
I'll be making some cups for these in the coming days, and after making a build with them, writing a review...more thoughts to come.
Thought I would start a new thread on this...a little while back, I am not sure how long ago, I came across a website for a company called Elleven Acoustica. It was stocked with several goodies for modding Grados (wooden cups, and some aluminium ones, as well as wooden sleeves). A little thereafter the site appeared to be under construction again for some time.
Recently a good friend pointed out that they were back up. I had a look through and their selection had changed. They now stock wooden cups only, a nice cable, gimbals, "project boxes" and drivers. The gimbals are interesting in that they come with a spring-steel arch. Up until now modders have had to hunt out their own alternatives or stick with the Grado headband. The cups look very well made, but the real thing that caught my eye was the drivers.
I emailed the general contact email on the site and started discussing them with one of the staff members there. They sounded rather intriguing: tuned for a neutral sound signature, designed specifically to be flush-fit (not foam fit) in a Grado-style cup, made in Germany, aluminium casing. Long story short...a pair arrived on my doorstep yesterday.
I am not affilliated with Elleven Acoustica in any way. I don't know the folks who run it, or work for thm at all.
Here are some unboxing pictures:
Of particular interest to me is the backs of the drivers and the aluminium casings. I have never seen a Grado-mod-style driver with four holes in the magnet back, a metal casing or the paper damping under, not over the ring of holes around the driver magnet. If you look carefully these have one hole punched in the paper damping just next to the positive terminal (I am assuming this means like other Grado-type drivers more holes can be punched for more bass).
I'll be making some cups for these in the coming days, and after making a build with them, writing a review...more thoughts to come.
