My headphones are prettier than yours

[boomana]

These East Indian Rosewood woody Grado 225s were the biggest and nicest surprise for me at CanJam bar none. Who knew Nate could not only build nice cables and amps, but is more than pretty handy with a lathe? The pics, as often happens, don't do them justice, but I'm loving the looks, and, lucky me, they also sound good.








Thanks again Nate and Dan.

[Dusty Chalk]

Gorgeous.

[tyrion]

Those a beautiful. Nice work guys.

[riceboy]

Beautiful work. Really, really nice.

[cclragnarok]

These are indeed prettier than my headphones.

[Pars]

Those look great. Really nice work Nate!

[morphsci]

Very, very nice. My MS-Pro's are weeping.

[blessingx]

Very, very nice. Prettier than my head or phones.

[Nebby]

Those are simply beautiful!

[Deadneddz]

lucky you, those are quite beautiful

[MASantos]

Those look really great!

[Wmcmanus]

Those really are gorgeous! Nice to have friends, huh Vicki?

[VPI]

That was my one Jude quote overheard at CanJam "It is good to be Nate's friend" when discussing all the great work he does for his friends.

Beautiful work and they sounded great.

[Elephas]

Very nice, I like dark wood.

How exactly does one become a "Friend of Nate"?

I know that posting about earpads in the Stax thread is a big no-no. What would earn some points?

[screaming oranges]

They are indeed prettier.

They also seem like they taste better too...
I swear, some people in this forum have a talent for delicious-looking woodies!

NOTE: please do not misinterpret my last statement

[swt61]

Dr. Wood gives a big, big two thumbs up!

Firstly East India Rosewood is one of my favorite woods, secondly I think that shape is just perfect. Love the squared top, with the lightly chamfered edge. And lastly the finish is beautiful!

If you ever wash up as an engineer Nate, you can come and work for me!

Vicki congratulations on a beautiful pair of headphones that were obviously a labor of love.

[swt61]

Very nice, I like dark wood.

How exactly does one become a "Friend of Nate"?

I know that posting about earpads in the Stax thread is a big no-no. What would earn some points?

Homemade Chocolate chip cookies wouldn't be a bad start. Six dozen should start him off.
PM me for shipping details, and nevermind the Texas address, that's just for quality control.

[screaming oranges]

Come to think of it, what happens to the factory cups afterwards? Do the custom-builders discard them?

[luvdunhill]

wish I could have been there

[n_maher]

Thanks for all the kind words folks, it was a lot of fun getting back to the lathe after a long absence.

Of course the coolest development to come out of all of this was a greatly refined process of how to make the cups. Most of this refinement was a result of buying a Nova chuck and soft jaws which eliminates the need to dill the cups on my press. The drill press was always the weak link in the process and the most frustrating. In fact, between Ian and myself we've got more than just a couple of sets of cups that we'd previous abandoned because we didn't feel like drilling them or the walls were too thin to drill. Given some time I hope to have a go at a few of those and see if they're salvageable and we'll see what happens to them after that. Larry's not going to be pleased...

Come to think of it, what happens to the factory cups afterwards? Do the custom-builders discard them?

I've got a small collection of the plastic cups in a drawer. The only metal-cupped ones I've modded have been my own and I've sold the cups afterwards to recoup costs.