nickchen
Headphoneus Supremus
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Grado and its stuff have been 10x more often been topic here in earlier years. I doubt somewhat that this anvil thing will bring them back into vogue...
I've heard so much about the HF2 that I'm really excited to try these as I didn't get into quality headphones until well after they had come and gone. I started with a pair of RS2i and upgraded when the opportunity arose to my current RS1i. I've had so much fun listening to these that I saved for ages to get the MAD Ear+ HD as I heard the synergy was amazing. I'm really tempted to buy a pair but I'm not sure where they will fit in my setup, I have no intention on getting rid of my RS1i, was looking to the LCD2 as an upgrade down the road but will need an amp for them (Lyr is where I'm leaning at present) and I only have so much room/money for gear...
bahhhhhh this website has cost me more money than I could have imagined. Running out of ways to explain to my wife why I need another amp/pair of headphones/turntable etc.
Just tell your wife that you were eyeing a $5k pair of speakers and thankfully these came along at 1/9th the price.
I've heard enough Grados to have a good idea how they scale up and down their product line. I've heard Joe Grado and John Grado 'phones. To think the PS500 will be a radical departure from the HF2 or any of their other headphones is pure speculation. To think the PS500 will sound close to the almost identical looking HF2 isn't that far a stretch. If someone has heard the SR-60i and the SR-225i it wouldn't take much to accurately estimate the sound of the SR-80i and SR-125i.
There is enough experience with Grado among Head-Fi members to be able to have a pretty good idea what a Grado will sound like.
They aren't a company like Sennheiser that has radically different products. Grado has a consistent sound signature throughout it's open dynamic headphones.
One of Grado's 50 cent party members I see. Welcome.
If she even thought I was looking at $5k speakers I'd be listening to my headphones in a tent in the backyard.
A Grado HATER will always be a Grado HATER, there's no point arguing with them.
Just like there's no point of them posting in a PS500 thread, but yet they're still posting, hoping someone will listen to their ridiculous advices DON'T BUY GRADO PS500 OR YOU'LL DIE WITH DISAPPOINTMENT!! ......
Good entertainment though.
Completely agree with your and Uncle Erik's comments. I'd love for these to be something different but am not holding my breath.
The interesting thing about these is that Grado is attacking the low to mid-end market with gusto, so maybe these will be another win for the consumer in the price-performance category. I doubt these will be an improvement over the flagship GS/PS, and given how I was less than impressed by the RS-1i and GS, particularly given the price, I'm not too interested in these for my personal use. Maybe the PS-500 will compete against the RS-1i or RS-2i in performance? I'm not sure how the HF2 stacks up against the RS-1i and RS-2i.
It'd be nice if Grado could inject some more diversity (and comfort) into their models, otherwise it's hard to get excited about new product releases.
I'd buy a headphone if Jessica Simpson told me to though.
That's all we ever wished for.