how to open grado sr125 headphones

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<miso@sushi.com> wrote in message news5l7hj013c0@news3.newsguy.com...
> Yeah, I know, this isn't a high end product, but maybe someone here
> knows how to open up Grado SR125 headphones. The connection on one side
> is intermittent, and the other side is just plain not working.\


As a Gradoholic, I would beg to differ. I have the SR80's and, if they were
a woman, and I wasn't already married, I would marry them.

Flimsy, yes. But the sound is incomparable, at least to my old ears.

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Well, the price isn't high end. I like them, but geez they need tune
ups. Can't someone make decent foam? I've got SR60's as well, and both
needed the "forks" replaced, not to mention foam.

It looks like these are going to have to go back to the factory since
no one knows how to open them up. Soldering the connections is childs
play.

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The Grado headphones all have strain relief devices at the earcups.
Yours has been compromised. I don't know how they repair them. They
probably just replace the cans as they must have tons of them,
literally.
-Bill
www.uptownaudio.com
Roanoke VA
(540) 343-1250

<miso@sushi.com> wrote in message
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> It's not the plug. You can slide the wire up and down near the
> driver
> and hear the audio cut in and out. If the wires are going to just
> hang
> there without a strain relief, I'll probably skip the repair and buy
> something else. I think the basic design is flawed.
>
> So how does the factory "unseal" the cans?

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The strain reliefs are inside the cans. They can replace the pivots
too. The band is fine. They are not heavy-duty, combat-ready type
phones, that is for sure. They sound great and are affordable however.
Grado also has good customer service and assembles them here in the
US, so you can always get someone on the phone and get them repaired.
Producing something that is a good value in the USA is almost a lost
art, but I find it an art nonetheless and worthy of support. Cost is
tough to control and the Chinese dumping issue is absurd making
competition nearly impossible in lower cost goods.
-Bill
www.uptownaudio.com
Roanoke VA
(540) 343-1250

<miso@sushi.com> wrote in message news60h760gc6@news3.newsguy.com...
> Mine never had any sort of strain relief. The wires to each can move
> up
> and down quite easily. [Is the strain relief internal?] Maybe there
> is
> an improved design. In any event, if they just toss the cans, it
> sure
> seems like a waste since that means all they are saving is the band
> and
> pivots, which are probably the worst part of the headphones.