Zanth - As I previoiusly mentioned, I have an RS-1/RA-1 setup, and I love the Grado sound that it produces. In fact, I listen to the RS-1 for more hours than any of my other headphones, and I also find it to be the lightest and most comfortable of my headphones. But, IMO the RS-1's sound is not as good as that of the K1000, and not nearly as good as that of the R10. As for my repeated descriptions of the HE90 as the world's best headphone, I reached this conclusion as a consequence of reading lots of Head-Fi postings. I've actually never heard an HE90. As for our Head-Fi membership comprising only a very small base of Grado and other manufacturers' clientele, that may be true, but we comprise a really good statistical sample of what headphone users like. My suggestion remains, that John Grado delegate the responsibility to develop a new headphone (possibly an integrated electrostat/dynamic one that matches or exceeds the performance of the big O headphone, but at a lower price. During development of such a headphone, I suggest that the Grado person in charge should frequently listen to an HE90, in order to evaluate their new Grado headphone's performance. My personal interest is to promote having an HE90-quality headphone brought to market at a cost that's less than $3.5K. As part of my effort to achieve this end, I've forwarded written appeals to Sennheiser Corp., and to Grado Corp. through the vehicle of this thread, and also shortly to Koss Corporation. So far, I haven't had any clear response.
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