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If you're actually Justin Bieber, and enjoyed the Denon's, you should order Fostex TH900's. They're a lot like the Denon's except better.
Well done Pal! Lots of great info here.
Just want to add that there was another version of the black SR325 which had the HP1000 drivers which came after SR300.
The two black 325s next to a pair of vintage RS1 with silver gamble.
I added a note after the HF-2 entry about those!
Thank you, I kind of wanted to do a vintage Grado guide (just to clear up the principal aspects and questions people might have in the future) until I noticed Grado had posted their full history of Facebook, which also covered the subject of vintages.
Have you bought this RS1 on Head-Fi? I remember seeing the classified for a silver gimbal/gamble one, and I wonder if it's the same or if there are two of them.
I feel a bit sad when I look at all of the products grado has made and yet stopped the production of by far their two best models, the hp1000 and the ps1-pro.
Can you imagine how many of those would sell at the $1000-1250 dollar new price range??
I know the history of the ps1 and hp1000 very well (first hand see my profile join date!). I owned one of the very first ps1-pros todd ever sold! Ive also talked to joe about why th hp1000 hasn't been rereleased, I understand, doesn't make me still wish lol.
More than even just the sound (which is the real reason above all else) both of these models were made at such a higher build quality, Probably my biggest pet peeve with the ps1000. It's like they tried to cut every corner ...yet charge how much ?
Not sure if I said I prefer PS1000 to PS1 but I certainly won't put PS1 above all other headphones!
I know the history of the ps1 and hp1000 very well (first hand see my profile join date!). I owned one of the very first ps1-pros todd ever sold! Ive also talked to joe about why th hp1000 hasn't been rereleased, I understand, doesn't make me still wish lol.
More than even just the sound (which is the real reason above all else) both of these models were made at such a higher build quality, Probably my biggest pet peeve with the ps1000. It's like they tried to cut every corner ...yet charge how much ?
hmm... I wonder about the Alessandro series
Are you mainly regretting the old square rods and metal rod tips, more padded head bands (a lot of that stuff that is found on vintage RS1s, including better leather brown headbands), tighter metal arc for the headband? Quite a bunch of people complain about Grado's built quality but I've never understood too much why. They're headphones have always been the same, and they've made so many of them. Plus, I've just read somewhere that Grado has had more issues with square rods than with round ones, overall.
I was only thinking about this post really: http://www.head-fi.org/t/530965/grado-fan-club/3240#post_8446105
Maybe I misunderstood what your "three picks" were about.
Haha, you didn't misunderstand. It was all in black and white and I did put PS1000 ahead of PS1 at the time. Sorry about the bad memories and confusion.
To be honest, I hardly use these headphones now and don't miss them. Whether one is better than the other is not so important to me anymore.