Do you think it is worth buying a GS1000i while you aleady have Ps1000 and Rs1i? - Page 3

I'll second what was said about the ps1000s weight. It doesn't bother me that much, but it is a factor, and they will slip off when I tilt my head. If the LCD-2 was too heavy for you then the ps1000 will probably be as well.

A huge thanks goes out to 'Brooko' for this simple revelation regarding Grado headbands.

 

This Beyer Dynamic headband fits nicely :- part #185-340502 (I've just ordered two myself)

 

Best part is that they 'snap on' over the stock band meaning there is no need to break the

super glue bond at either the left/right holders.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They don't get much exposure on here compared with the T1, HD800 and LCD-2.

 

Then again, they are very pricey and that surely has something to do with it.

 

Glad you're loving them.

Website? Price? Shipping cost?

I'll wait for your approval first before I'll buy one.
 

 

I'm getting two sets through George at Addictedtoaudio.com.au (Kew, Victoria)

 

He seems to be a real specialist when you need spares eg, spare HD 414

pads, headbands, etc

 

He's yet to get back to me on price but they will land on his door step on

Monday. I'll pick them up and give you the full low down then.

 

Appears to be nothing to it. Here is a pic courtesy of Brooko with his MS2i

 

 

 

Hmmm, I may have to do this to upgrade the comfort of my 125s.

Glad you are loving them, and thanks for posting your positive impressions. They were savagely blacklisted here very early in their lifecycle, almost exclusively by people who never seemed to own them, which was disconcerting to those of us who are intimately familiar with them as one of the very best dynamic headphones on the market.

I agree with what Bilavideo said ages ago. Price hampered the PS-1000, I am not underestimating or belittling what Johnny Grado had to do

in terms of R&D to finish the product but a bit more research into profit margin versus turnover may have revealed a price of $1200USD

or so may have brought more punters to the table to try it.

 

Look at the Ultrasone Ed 8 & 10 - I know a heap of head-fiers who write them off the bat simply on price.

 

Only STAX manages to breach ever new pricing heights without questioning or reprimand by the community.

Edited by Gwarmi - 10/1/11 at 9:17pm

 

 

STAX is not criticized as much as other headphones simply because they are rather inaccessible to many people here and being "electrostat" make them think they are special and deserve the status.

 

Ultrasone is..... well.... it is rather known fact that the sound signature is extreme, which makes love&hate situation for many people (my case.... same with almost all STAX minus 007, I just cannot listen to any of Ultrasone headphones for more than 10 seconds. Same goes for Grado headphones with bowl pads as well.)

 

Well, Edition 10 was really terrible when I heard them (could not believe they cost $3k), Edition 8 was actually sounded ok.... probably the best Ultrasone headphones I've ever heard. But the fact that $1.6k you are merely getting second-tier sound performance is just unacceptable. I must point out, however, since all of closed headphones' performances are very underwhelming, Edition 8 is worth for buying as good closed headphones.

 

I said somewhere in this forum a long time ago : PS1000s are the best John Grado headphones I've heard; I pretty much heard every single Grado headphones in existence with exception of HF-2 and first batch of SR325, and PS1000 are the most musical and most listenable Grado headphones. But for 1.7k USD, it is just not worth it IMO, even with comparing other super expensive headphones.

 

Being said, I am eagerly waiting for my PS500 to arrive.....

Edited by wnmnkh - 10/1/11 at 11:20pm

Agreed the Ultrasone Ed. 10's were very underwhelming and this was out of a Violectric V200 and Sugden Masterclass listening

to 'Romanza' by Bocelli - it's all down hill from there. Some bloke was dead set keen at the meet to buy them, but then he

reconsidered upon seeing Tyll's youtube review and started to doubt his own ears and bank statement.

Thanks for posting your impressions..The comfort on the GS1000i, as opposed to PS1000, is definitely a major benefit. Even though the PS1000 is my favorite headphone, and sounds better to me than anything I have heard, I often think of trading it in for the GS1000i, just so I don't feel it so much and don't have to keep re-adjusting the cups, which slide down constantly due to their weight. I suppose I could do that mod where I add stoppers to the rods, but they would still be awkward and floppy. Plus the only club that is lonelier than the PS1000 club is the GS1000i club.