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post #16 of 23
1/27/10 at 10:52pm
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Originally Posted by Ninkul View Post
According to Google

Google Trends: GradoI actually cant possibly fathom why searches for Grado drop so much during the Christmas season :\
I can't speak for anyone but myself but I buy a lot of gifts locally. I've only given Grados as a gift on one occasion, and that was for my late sister. I don't think she got as much out of receiving the headphones as I got out of giving them.

I like the idea that Grados are a luxury that people buy for themselves, not for others. At Christmas time, when you're tapped to buy for others, there's less money to buy for yourself. That doesn't mean it works like that for everybody, but it seems reasonable to me.
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post #17 of 23
1/27/10 at 11:43pm
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Originally Posted by rds View Post
I think the answer is that Grados are luxury products that people generally buy for themselves. During the holidays most people cut back on those things and focus more of their disposable income towards gifts for friends and family.
this my girlfriend is the reason why i dont have my Predator or pico amp right now.
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post #18 of 23
1/28/10 at 1:10am
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Originally Posted by daniele_g View Post
I think it's not by chance that Italian and Spanish (though I don't know what 'grado' means in Spanish) are the most frequent languages.
X2. In Spanish it means 'step' and also 'degree' (as in temperature). Given that 9/10 of the top search countries speak Spanish, that trend is most certainly capturing people's discussions of the weather (hot in summer, comfortable in winter).
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post #19 of 23
1/28/10 at 1:16am
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Originally Posted by cck5 View Post
this my girlfriend is the reason why i dont have my Predator or pico amp right now.
Are you calling me your girlfriend? +
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post #20 of 23
1/28/10 at 3:24am
Try searching "grado headphones" and you will see 1) that the primary language is now English and 2) that there are more purchases made during the period right before X-mas. Obviously searching "grado" is not doing a proper job of detecting the trend for these headphones and rather vacation destinations and other Spanish meanings. Sheesh. Next thread.
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post #21 of 23
1/28/10 at 3:46am
People without an interest in high fidelity would probably hate the way they look. Personally, I think Grados are DAMN sexy.
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post #22 of 23
1/28/10 at 4:36am
What this tells me:

Bose and Sennheiser are bought for other people as gifts during the holidays. Then those people realize they don't like them, and in the spring search for new phones and get Grados
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post #23 of 23
1/28/10 at 4:51am
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Originally Posted by scompton View Post
Similar meanings in Spanish and Italian, the top 2 languages

Spanish to English (Google transation)
1. step
2. degree
3. stage
4. coefficient
5. point
6. slip
7. category
8. dimension
9. extent
10. rank
11. grade
12. handle
13. heading

Italian to English
1. degree
2. level
3. pitch
4. extent
5. rank
6. grade
7. generalship

It's interesting that the top language for Sennheiser is Czech. I wonder if the time period for the lists is the same as the chart?

Google Trends: grado headphones
Exactly. I'm italian and if you say "grado" in Italy None thinks you're talking 'bout headphones, so only a little par of the researches for word grado is about headphones.
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