WilliamLeonhart
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Hey we missed you here pal! So glad that you're doing better!
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Hey we missed you here pal! So glad that you're doing better!
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Vibrum asked for an amp/dac combo, I think.
rgs9200m
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I would get these. I love these. They are my favorite Grado (and one of the best of any headphone ever made in my book):
http://www.head-fi.org/t/812517/grado-ps1000e
ruthieandjohn
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Beautiful photos... when I see the shiny chrome and then the wood underneath, I catch my breath Good job @punkmanmatthew .
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Welcome back!!!
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So up until recently I was one of the world's lamest Head-fi'ers. Through college I was listening to my HD650s which I've had since like 2010 straight from my macbook headphone jack. They're good headphones so they sounded much better than what I had before (which was crap) so it was cool. Then last year I picked up a set of GH-1's and again ran them straight from my HP jack. I was blown away at how good they are. Well recently I picked up the Schiit stack (Lyr2/Bifrost) and the amp/dac did a lot for the HD650 but not nearly as much for the Grados. It seems to me like the Sennheisers seriously needed the power but the Grados really don't. In fact the Grados start to sound congested and really just not good above something like medium volume, and that's on low gain where the Senns get hi-gain.
So my question to the other Gradophiles here is what would I need to do to make the most of the Grados? Right now I still use them for certain kinds of music, like instrumentals, live recordings, acoustic stuff... types of music that are about delicate rendering of the music more than force. The Senns right now through the amp feel powerful and the Grados seem much more delicate. I don't mean that in a bad way, just describing my experience. Anyway whatever advice would be appreciated. Cross-posted in the GH1 thread just to try to get as many helpful responses as possible. Thanks in advance.
So my question to the other Gradophiles here is what would I need to do to make the most of the Grados? Right now I still use them for certain kinds of music, like instrumentals, live recordings, acoustic stuff... types of music that are about delicate rendering of the music more than force. The Senns right now through the amp feel powerful and the Grados seem much more delicate. I don't mean that in a bad way, just describing my experience. Anyway whatever advice would be appreciated. Cross-posted in the GH1 thread just to try to get as many helpful responses as possible. Thanks in advance.
GreenBow
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I am really surprised someone has not mentoned the GH-1 with G-cushions to you. They might be the best of the PS500e and the GS1000e together. I don't know enough though as I have not heard either, but I keep up with a few Grado threads.
Bonobo Loco
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I have the GH1/G and use it often. I think it is a prime headphone for music that is delicate like strings, acoustic, vocals, etc. It's a great headphone. It's one I liked so much that once I heard it I bought another pair for my brother and he loves it too.
So up until recently I was one of the world's lamest Head-fi'ers. Through college I was listening to my HD650s which I've had since like 2010 straight from my macbook headphone jack. They're good headphones so they sounded much better than what I had before (which was crap) so it was cool. Then last year I picked up a set of GH-1's and again ran them straight from my HP jack. I was blown away at how good they are. Well recently I picked up the Schiit stack (Lyr2/Bifrost) and the amp/dac did a lot for the HD650 but not nearly as much for the Grados. It seems to me like the Sennheisers seriously needed the power but the Grados really don't. In fact the Grados start to sound congested and really just not good above something like medium volume, and that's on low gain where the Senns get hi-gain.
So my question to the other Gradophiles here is what would I need to do to make the most of the Grados? Right now I still use them for certain kinds of music, like instrumentals, live recordings, acoustic stuff... types of music that are about delicate rendering of the music more than force. The Senns right now through the amp feel powerful and the Grados seem much more delicate. I don't mean that in a bad way, just describing my experience. Anyway whatever advice would be appreciated. Cross-posted in the GH1 thread just to try to get as many helpful responses as possible. Thanks in advance.
While I don't have the GH-1, I have RS2e, SR-225i/e, and woody SR-60i, along with an Ypsilon driver build (in progress) and a few SennGrados, most of these headphones sound best on my UD-301 or the Xonar sound card in 2 of my systems. The headphone output of the UD-301 for some reason is a good pairing with Grado's and also my EL8 and K533.
The Lyr2 does work well with the HD-650 but it sounds better on the BH Crack or Ember to me, others may say otherwise, YMMV since we all hear differently and or prefer different sound signatures.
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stacker45
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congrats Stacker45
....i've never had to do oxy...but once, after surgery many yrs ago, i was given 3 types of pain medication to try from weakest to strongest:
tylenol 3, percodan (or percocet) and demerol.
tylenol 3 and dermol..nada
but taking the percocet holy mole...
I got so stoned: felt ultra giddy, very positive, loving, a warm feeling came all over me...i finished the entire 1 week supply in 3 days.
so in other words: i got a firsthand experience on how insidious are pain meds in being potentially addicting....especially oxy.
as per the grados: someone else also suggested the PS500e vs the RS1k...so guess i'll have to do some listening.
Thanks!, Percocet contains both, Oxycodone and Tylenol, As you've said, they can be potentially addicting, so let's hope that our experiences with pain meds, will benefit others, so that they don't have to go through that hellish path!
As fo your ''dilema'', I've heard the PS500, not the e, and I thought that the bass was a bit much, coupled to my vintage Marantz recievers, so I personally prefer my RS1k.
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Awesome to have you back
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Having no close family, you guys have no idea how much these kind words mean to me!
@jaywillin, thanks for posting those nice renditions, sounds great on my SennGrado build and even better on my RS2e
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I don't know you but I am proud of you for your openness with your struggles and successes. I work in the field of Psychiatry and I personally have found music to be the most viable outlet for relieving stress as well as for celebrating anything meaningful. My AKG K702 Annies were the first open headphone that blew my mind with openness of soundstage but it was the Grado RS1i that introduced me to unadulterated musicality. I was addicted! I have since sold my RS1i (very sadly so) in order to fund the purchase of the GS2Ke which take what the RS1i's were to a whole other level. So I guess what I'm trying to say is, we that are in the Grado Enthusiast Club are a fortunate group of people who are able to realize the synergy that occurs when Musicality meets Humanity. Happy Listening everyone!!!
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Having no close family, you guys have no idea how much these kind words mean to me!
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I don't know you but I am proud of you for your openness with your struggles and successes. I work in the field of Psychiatry and I personally have found music to be the most viable outlet for relieving stress as well as for celebrating anything meaningful. My AKG K702 Annies were the first open headphone that blew my mind with openness of soundstage but it was the Grado RS1i that introduced me to unadulterated musicality. I was addicted! I have since sold my RS1i (very sadly so) in order to fund the purchase of the GS2Ke which take what the RS1i's were to a whole other level. So I guess what I'm trying to say is, we that are in the Grado Enthusiast Club are a fortunate group of people who are able to realize the synergy that occurs when Musicality meets Humanity. Happy Listening everyone!!!
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