93excivic said:

  Can someone talk me through how the SR125e or SR225e compare to the SR60i? I have been borrowing some SR60s with HD414 pads and I enjoy them for some music. Such fun cans. My one complaint is the highs occasionally get almost painful. Do the SR125 or SR225 smooth this out a little? What is the difference between the i and e models of Prestige Series?

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whirlwind said:

  I think Joe retired in like, 1990 , maybe.
 
Could be he bought another company....one thing for sure, he was always tinkering with stuff after he retired...I want to say he had like twenty- something patents.
 
In my opinion, the HP1000 would be the most limited..because it was not released as a limited edition and only 1000 exist....back at that time internet sales were not there and Joseph had to travel around with the gear.
 
They did not really advertise.
 
At this point in time, with internet sales what they are and the younger generation taking over, and I am not saying this is a bad thing

, social media becomes a huge tool and you get your product to more people and also must create more product to fill the demand.
 
I believe more Grado headphones are being made than ever before, so they are very much succeeding in growing their business.

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I find it odd whirl, that John Grado proudly writes ''Grado Heritage'' on his GH1, and yet, he doesn't include the most well constructed, and greatly appreciated Grado model ever produced.

 
In my opinion, John should give is uncle the recognition he deserves, after all, if it wasn't for Joseph Grado, there wouldn't even be a Grado heritage.

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bierdc said:

   
That is an interesting observation! Right now I think I'm at the stage where I'm just exploring some of my older music, picking out nuances to appreciate (or laugh about).
For example, just the other night I noticed lightly in the background (between 1 & 2 mins) of David Gray's 'Please Forgive Me' is some off-tempo percussion. I hadn't picked up on that before.

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williamleonhart said:

  http://www.gradolabs.com/company/timeline

1989

Signature Headphones

Joe Grado introduces his Signature line of headphones

That's pretty much every thing they says right now about the HP1000.

 

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whirlwind said:

  Joseph Grado was a brilliant man 

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williamleonhart said:

I want the HP1000, which I know I'll never have as it costs too much and I'm not in the US...

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williamleonhart said:

Yep I wouldn't say that Grados can't be matched in terms of p/p. Of the same price range there would be plenty of choices and since we're talking $2000, well...
But the thing that I love about Grado is that trademark design and their house sound. I don't know if the HP1000 would sound like all the Grados I've loved, but I don't think it would stray too far. Even those Magnums sound more Grado than the PS500 to me, and that doesn't mean that the PS500 isn't a true Grado.
 
Btw, I was googling about "Grado boxes" (would have to send friends the picture of the same box so they'll know how much space my Grados would take in their luggage) and suddenly I miss the old pizza boxes so much. Those just look out of the ordinary, unlike the current boxes, which doesn't feel special to me.

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bierdc said:

 
***snip
 
In honesty, I was disappointed the first day I had them. I'm used to a much thicker midbass, and while the detail of the midbass through these is tremendous, I felt it lacked presence. I don't know if they somehow burned in super quickly, or they got acclimated from being shipped (or maybe more plausibly, my ears adjusted); but the next day I started falling in love with them and found the midbass far more reasonable. I still wouldn't mind thickening it up a bit, so I'm thinking I might order a set of leatherette pads to try:
 
https://www.amazon.com/EarZonk-Long-Life-Leatherette-Cushions-Headphones/dp/B00OM21W1I/ref=pd_ybh_a_17?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=NKF645KDMHN3W0AXQDND
 
I know a lot of diehards hate the idea of altering the sound, but I figured it'd be worth a try for me. If I don't like them, I can always swap them out again, right?

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alota said:

The hp-1000 is a fascinating object and of course has a beautiful sound
I had one in the same period with ps-1000, hf-2 and magnum v5. I don't know the new symphones drivers, i think that magnum is near of hp-1000 philosophy but not equal.
The modern grados another style.
So good one hp-1000 in the hands....

Enviado do meu ALE-L21 através de Tapatalk

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blazer39 said:

  well..according to what i researched for some time now, the e series offer more bass and less bright highs..however remember that whatever pads you use + your audio gear contribute to the sound.

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93excivic said:

 
Cool thanks. I may keep my eyes out for some used SR60e then. I want to try my hand at some Grado mods.
 
I am using a Centrance DACPort Slim with the SR60s I have been borrowing.

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williamleonhart said:

  Yep I wouldn't say that Grados can't be matched in terms of p/p. Of the same price range there would be plenty of choices and since we're talking $2000, well...
But the thing that I love about Grado is that trademark design and their house sound. I don't know if the HP1000 would sound like all the Grados I've loved, but I don't think it would stray too far. Even those Magnums sound more Grado than the PS500 to me, and that doesn't mean that the PS500 isn't a true Grado.
 
Btw, I was googling about "Grado boxes" (would have to send friends the picture of the same box so they'll know how much space my Grados would take in their luggage) and suddenly I miss the old pizza boxes so much. Those just look out of the ordinary, unlike the current boxes, which doesn't feel special to me.

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ch23 said:

 
I may be wrong in thinking so, but i believe the sr80(e/i) offers a better price/quality ratio than the sr60(e/i).

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davida said:

  Have you tried the Eleven Acoustica Ypsilon driver?  Its really good, better than my RS2e to me

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alota said:

  no. now i´m out from high-end headphones

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davida said:

alota said:

 no. now i´m out from high-end headphones

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the Ypsilon driver is not high-end in price, actually cheaper than the current Magnum driver.

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