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Jul 6, 2015 at 11:54 PM Post #26,176 of 64,913
  Thanks!  Since I bid even more than that $600 on the last Bushmill's eBay AND WON, only to have the seller say he sold it to a friend outside of eBay without canceling the auction, I almost feel like posting a question "Do you really HAVE this Bushmills?  Is it your intent to sell it via eBay or is eBay going to let you sell it somewhere else like  (first name, middle initial, last name), who works at (business) did?"  Won't help anything of course, but I was really disappointed when that happened to me!

That sucks!
Are you going to bid on these?
Sorry if its not my place to ask.
 
Jul 6, 2015 at 11:57 PM Post #26,177 of 64,913
 
  ha! if that auction was a horse race, my money would be on @kayandjohn!
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Thanks!  Since I bid even more than that $600 on the last Bushmill's eBay AND WON, only to have the seller say he sold it to a friend outside of eBay without canceling the auction, I almost feel like posting a question "Do you really HAVE this Bushmills?  Is it your intent to sell it via eBay or is eBay going to let you sell it somewhere else like  (first name, middle initial, last name), who works at (business) did?"  Won't help anything of course, but I was really disappointed when that happened to me!

I know, and I think it was a really schiiity deal, imo. Best of luck to you Sir, I hope you win and for a better price then the first time you won the auction!
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Jul 6, 2015 at 11:58 PM Post #26,178 of 64,913
  That sucks!
Are you going to bid on these?
Sorry if its not my place to ask.

No problem asking!  I'm not sure.  I feel burned, and I did buy three more Grados since then (as well as an HE1000!!!).  In any event, I have it on my calendar to look toward the end of the auction and decide.  Thanks!

 
Jul 7, 2015 at 12:09 AM Post #26,179 of 64,913
Well, it was that weird Brooklyn oak, so who knows what they paid and how it compares to the price of mahogany. 

Seems a lot to me like Grado went from the reference series being the star of the lineup in the previous series to now being behind the other offerings.  I demoed the RS2e for the second time and the RS1e for the first time, and I honestly really think I prefer the SR225e and SR325e to both.  And this was the flush mounted RS1e that a lot of people have said fixes the issues people had with the RS1e originally.  After hearing the whole e line recently, I'd go:

PS500e (more fun, preferred sound signature) = GS1000e (more analytical, better soundstage) >> PS1000e > SR225e > RS2e = SR325e >> RS1e > SR125e > SR80e >> SR60e

Now these were not ideal conditions, they weren't all equally burned in, and it wasn't a top tier setup (audioengine D1 DAC/amp).

Kind of torn about the GH-1.  Pretty close to pulling the trigger on a pair of PS500e's, but am intrigued by the possibility of the GH-1, even though I think it'll probably "just" be a RS2e with oak cups.


Love my PS500e. I would like to be able to compare ut to an RS2e and a PS1000e.
 
Jul 7, 2015 at 7:52 AM Post #26,182 of 64,913
 
  That sucks!
Are you going to bid on these?
Sorry if its not my place to ask.

No problem asking!  I'm not sure.  I feel burned, and I did buy three more Grados since then (as well as an HE1000!!!).  In any event, I have it on my calendar to look toward the end of the auction and decide.  Thanks!

 
Go for it kayandjohn!
 
Add them to your collection....and to be honest.  ...I think you must add a pink driver Grado also......preferably an RS1   
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Jul 7, 2015 at 12:17 PM Post #26,183 of 64,913
   
What's "weird Brooklyn oak"?


They paid above normal prices because they bought some specially licensed harvested tree that is certified as being cut from a brooklyn park.  Probably not weird in any sense of being abnormal for oak, just that it likely cost more than typical oak would, because it was procured under abnormal circumstances.  
 
Jul 7, 2015 at 12:26 PM Post #26,184 of 64,913
Love my PS500e. I would like to be able to compare ut to an RS2e and a PS1000e.


To me the PS500e was everything the RS2e was, but tighter and better.  Both were smooth sounding to me, but the PS500e had an addicting tight bass that never bloated.  Both have that trademark Grado upper midrange sparkle, but the PS500e was more refined and level sounding with it, just enough to still be fun, but not so much that it's colored and fatiguing.  
 
Comparing the PS1000e and the PS500e, I found the PS1000e to be a tad bit fatiguing at times.  Deeper soundstage, but I found it a bit wonky, like I felt like guitars would move around as they played higher notes.  Singers sounded closer if they were singing high notes than bass notes.  Like the soundstage was artificially deep, placing bass notes further back, and treble more upfront.  
 
Again, these weren't ideal conditions, and who knows how the levels of burn in compared.  Further, I think Grado has more unit to unit variation than companies like Sennheiser, so who knows if the PS500e I demoed just happened to be a "magic set."  
 
Jul 7, 2015 at 12:35 PM Post #26,185 of 64,913
NEW SEMI OUT OF FOCUS PICTURE OF THE GH1 ALERT:
 

 
Jonathan posted it to the Grado twitter feed.
 
Interesting that you can see the red drivers, which I thought had been phased out.  Also going with the black leather headband when it seemed like Grado was going brown leather on the reference series now, I thought.
 
Jul 7, 2015 at 12:39 PM Post #26,186 of 64,913
Ugg - plastic bindings.  This isn't looking good...
 
Jul 7, 2015 at 12:42 PM Post #26,187 of 64,913
  Ugg - plastic bindings.  This isn't looking good...

yep, more and more looking like a special edition brooklyn oak cup RS2e. Which would have had people excited if they hadn't been hoping for more.  I think they should have just called it that ... "The Brooklyn Heritage Edition RS2e" or something.
 
Jul 7, 2015 at 1:25 PM Post #26,189 of 64,913
 
Probably a stupid question but which  parts are the bindings?

The part that attaches the wooden cups.  In higher end models (cough...), it's made of metal and makes a full circle around the cup.
 
Since they are using the plastic cup binding, I bet they are also going cheap on cable and accessories.  I'm glad more information is coming out though, even if it is only a photo.
 
Jul 7, 2015 at 1:26 PM Post #26,190 of 64,913
  yep, more and more looking like a special edition brooklyn oak cup RS2e. Which would have had people excited if they hadn't been hoping for more.  I think they should have just called it that ... "The Brooklyn Heritage Edition RS2e" or something.

 
Agreed, and add to it the price tag of $650.  I'm beginning to feel stupid for pre-ordering it.
 

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