Nik
Headphoneus Supremus
Thanks to W. I received these news about the PS-1:
"Mr. Hoffmann from Grado Distributors in Nuerenberg informed me that the PS-1, which was mainly designed for sound engineers, is being sold without any sort of manual/documentation regarding its technical specifications.
He said that Grado only produced a limited quantity of these headphones for interested sound engineers in Germany. After all phones are sold, Grado has no plans of ever producing them again. Consider yourself lucky that you possess a set of these phones, as they will eventually become a rarity with an extremely high resale price should you ever decide to get rid of them.
He also told me that the specs of the PS-1 are identical with those of the RS-1. Anyone interested in finding out the specs of the PS-1 should check out the specs of the RS-1 on the Grado Labs Homepage.
The only major difference between the PS-1 and the RS-1 is that the parts inside the RS-1 are mainly glued while those inside the PS-1 are all screwed together. According to Hoffmann, this has a considerable impact on the sound of the PS-1.
By the way, Mr. Hoffmann said that he checked out HeadFi and noticed that there was a big hype in the United States about the PS-1. People in the US should, however, not get their hopes up, as these phones will not be marketed in the US, and, once the limited number has been sold, there will no longer be such a thing as PS-1".
Best!
Nicola
"Mr. Hoffmann from Grado Distributors in Nuerenberg informed me that the PS-1, which was mainly designed for sound engineers, is being sold without any sort of manual/documentation regarding its technical specifications.
He said that Grado only produced a limited quantity of these headphones for interested sound engineers in Germany. After all phones are sold, Grado has no plans of ever producing them again. Consider yourself lucky that you possess a set of these phones, as they will eventually become a rarity with an extremely high resale price should you ever decide to get rid of them.
He also told me that the specs of the PS-1 are identical with those of the RS-1. Anyone interested in finding out the specs of the PS-1 should check out the specs of the RS-1 on the Grado Labs Homepage.
The only major difference between the PS-1 and the RS-1 is that the parts inside the RS-1 are mainly glued while those inside the PS-1 are all screwed together. According to Hoffmann, this has a considerable impact on the sound of the PS-1.
By the way, Mr. Hoffmann said that he checked out HeadFi and noticed that there was a big hype in the United States about the PS-1. People in the US should, however, not get their hopes up, as these phones will not be marketed in the US, and, once the limited number has been sold, there will no longer be such a thing as PS-1".
Best!
Nicola