Grado GS1000i

All I know is that every Grado I have ever owned has improved over time. And I've owned them all except the one you have and the SR80i. I would give it some time, as the manufacturer suggests. You may also want to post your specific question in one of the GS1000i-oriented threads. Welcome to Head-Fi.

I agree with priest...I've only had my GS1000s for about 6 months, but they've really warmed up quite a bit since I got them. I took Grado's suggestion of burning them in naturally (I use them ~1-3 hours a day), so its taken a while, but the sound is now wide and warm. I'm not sure if you're into rock, but right now I'm listening to Metallica's "One", and I can actually feel each hit on the kick drum, so I would definitely say the bass gets better with time.

They did not clean up for me, unfortunately. There was always an incredibly piercing upper register, even after hundreds of hours. My pair was one of the very early batches though, not an "i" model. I'm not sure how much has changed since then.

Just got mine over a week ago. Super comfortable. Fanstatic bass, detail separation, but the treble is piercing, sizzling, screeching, whatever you wanna call it. DISGUSTING!!!!

During one track, I literally had to take the headphone off when the female vocalist reaches high.

This better be go away or I'm selling them.

Its always better to try them out through differ amps first, some may offer better control overall.

I believe they need 300-400, if not more, of burn in. At the time I owned my pair, which was bought new and never used for that long at all, I tried several differ GS1000 where one was really burned in, cos it sounded very delicate compared to my own pair, so, if I were you, I would burn them for like 500 hours first, just play music through them at normal level, that's it.

Good luck

Thank you! I find that I can tolerate the treble if I listen at low volume. Will continue to burn them in.

 

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Originally Posted by Blackmore 

Its always better to try them out through differ amps first, some may offer better control overall.

 

I believe they need 300-400, if not more, of burn in. At the time I owned my pair, which was bought new and never used for that long at all, I tried several differ GS1000 where one was really burned in, cos it sounded very delicate compared to my own pair, so, if I were you, I would burn them for like 500 hours first, just play music through them at normal level, that's it.

 

Good luck

You get used to the treble after a few weeks. It's mostly the same from the SR-60 to the RS-1. It just becomes less sparkly and more refined and transparent in the higher end models. Hope that helps.

You really do get used to it though. My neighbor with GS-1000's couldn't stand them for more than 30 minutes and now it's his favorite for 3-4 hour long sessions. I may have to rob him....

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Originally Posted by Mercuttio 

They did not clean up for me, unfortunately. There was always an incredibly piercing upper register, even after hundreds of hours. My pair was one of the very early batches though, not an "i" model. I'm not sure how much has changed since then.

hear hear

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Originally Posted by Mercuttio 

They did not clean up for me, unfortunately. There was always an incredibly piercing upper register, even after hundreds of hours. My pair was one of the very early batches though, not an "i" model. I'm not sure how much has changed since then.

I too had one of the first run GS1000 and after 300 hours of burn-in I returned them. They had lots of bass and LOTS of highs with no mids! They were comfortable.

I sincerely disagree; I think the GS1000 in any form has a distinctly sharp presence in comparison to any RS1 or any other Grado on down; and I've had a lot of experience with many models from various eras of RS1. 
 

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Originally Posted by Chris_Himself 

You get used to the treble after a few weeks. It's mostly the same from the SR-60 to the RS-1. It just becomes less sparkly and more refined and transparent in the higher end models. Hope that helps.

 

You really do get used to it though. My neighbor with GS-1000's couldn't stand them for more than 30 minutes and now it's his favorite for 3-4 hour long sessions. I may have to rob him....

Looking at the their freq response.. and reading your comments guys, I came to believe that these headphones are not really worth their price. I do have a question though. Since I havent heard them, how would their compare to AKG K701 for example? I know they are completely different, except for the fact that both brands are considered to be making bright sounding headphones. I wanna know how would they compare.