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Originally Posted by daveDerek
the word that i've heard (from good sources - who shall remain unnamed) is that Grado is swamped with orders for these, well beyond their expectations. it may take many months for them to catch up. Grado is a small company without the technical resources of a large outfit such as Sennheiser so it's unrealistic to expect them to be able to do something completely new like Senn did with the hd800. nevertheless i'm not quite sure if that makes it 'merely another one of Grado's spin off products', any more so than a sought after can such as the ps-1. grado builds on what they do, and it's likely that it'd be hard for them to do otherwise.
what's particularly intriguing so far is that the reports are from experienced listeners who are more than merely fanboys (and yes, Zanth is clearly an unabashed Grado fan). Zanth plays violin and knows what live music sounds like. he's also been around the headphone hi-fi scene for a while and knows about listening to reproduced music. Sanderman (see his listening impressions in his 'ps1000s shipping' thread, if you haven't already) may not be a prolific poster here but the man is clearly an experienced audiophile and has listened intently to all sorts of great gear, both traditional speaker based stereos as well as first class headphone rigs (other than Grado). both of these guys, rather articulately, put this at the top of the heap of (numerous) music reproduction devices that they've experienced.
for that kind of performance is the asking price too much? i too wish it were a few hundred dollars less. folks have posited a number of good reasons why it may be priced the way it is. for most prospective purchasers i'd bet that if they can pay for the hd800 they likely can opt for the ps1000. i can't wait to hear both. and i'll bet mcmanus ends up with both in his considerable collection!  |
So if I`m understanding you correctly, you are saying after the GS 1000s, there is no need to move to the PS 1000s, for the extra cash?. But the Sennhesier HD 800s, are the right move to make?