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Difference btw Grado RS2i and RS2

post #1 of 7
10/26/09 at 3:43pm
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Here in the Netherlands i can buy a RS2 for 399 euro or the RS2i for 599 euro
is the "i" a very big difference ? I have a SR80 but never heard a SR80i, thats why i'm wondering of the i is worth 200 euro
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post #2 of 7
10/26/09 at 3:49pm
I would be interested as well in those have done A/B testing or similar with RS2i vs RS2 as well. There is quite a price gap for the RS2, RS1 RS2i and RS1i.
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post #3 of 7
10/26/09 at 4:18pm

RS1s

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Originally Posted by the chemist View Post
I would be interested as well in those have done A/B testing or similar with RS2i vs RS2 as well. There is quite a price gap for the RS2, RS1 RS2i and RS1i.
Hi there:

I would really just go for the RS1s. They are the better headphone. More refined and the best example of that "Grado House Sound".

I tried the RS2s for a couple of hours and just came back to the RS1s did everything better (some a bit better and some more).

I currently own and have owned a various amount of headphones over the years. I've have sold many, but I still have my RS1s. They are my favourites...period (although my Denon AH-D7000s have been making me re-think this recently).

Not to mention I can guarantee, if you got the RS2s, in a few months you'll be wondering about the RS1s...then you're likely to move up and sell the RS2s at a loss (hopefully small). So just save your money and buy the RS1s from the start.
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post #4 of 7
10/26/09 at 11:44pm
I have listened A-B ed a few "i" models, and they are all a huge improvement over the non-i. The SR60i, the MS1i, and the SR225i, all noticeably have bigger soundstage, more body, and an improved bottom end.

I would go with the "i" version of the RS2 as well based on listening to the lower end model alone.
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post #5 of 7
10/27/09 at 6:34pm
I believe that the i models for the lower-end Grados now have a larger enclosure? That might also account for the sound difference?

However, the body of the Rs2 didn't change with the i designation.
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post #6 of 7
10/27/09 at 7:12pm
Whatever difference that may exist between the RS2 and RS2i, I can guarantee that it is NOT worth $200 euros...
Get the cheaper one. Or better yet, buy from the FS forums here!
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post #7 of 7
10/27/09 at 7:54pm
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Originally Posted by ting.mike View Post
I have listened A-B ed a few "i" models, and they are all a huge improvement over the non-i. The SR60i, the MS1i, and the SR225i, all noticeably have bigger soundstage, more body, and an improved bottom end.

I would go with the "i" version of the RS2 as well based on listening to the lower end model alone.
Wow! Really? I was looking for this sort of firm opinion almost a year ago when most of the "i"'s came out, but up until your post, I have found nothing that has safely stated that there was clearly much of a difference. Do you really, truly think that there is actually a "huge" improvement? (I'm just playing devil's advocate here, and do, in fact, feel that there is a marginal but significant difference between the MS-1 and MS-1i.)
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