Comments on Profile Post by scblock

Grado cable is part of the magic sauce though. I wouldn't go messing with it.

The sound or the ergonomics?

Ergonomics are just awful. The new improved cord is still huge, massively heavy, and has terrible memory.

I've got no way to prove this, all tinfoil hat. But there's something to the headphone cable being soldered to the voice coil that gives Grado their clarity. 3.5mm ruins that.

Then the cable, solid core non litz also gives their Grado sound. In short, Grado knows what they are doing actually.

If you did want to leave the grado wiring intact, you might be able to strip the sleeving/insulation and replace it with something lighter and more pliable, but it would be a huge pain and I imagine the solid core wire has a lot to do with the memory aspect.