Quote:
Originally Posted by BrookR1 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Please...the headphone universe created by one or two people. Everybody listens and everybody repeats because they don't have first hand knowledge themselves. And then when I see ricmat recommending to LawnGnome to upgrade to the MS-1s from the SR-60s when ricmat is only repeating rehashed information he read from probably...F107...which got his information from a speaker forum. The telephone game folks. People have to realize that they're basing purchase decisions on 3rd and 4th hand information and that fanboy creep is alive and well. Imagine how disappointed LawnGnome would be if he actually did "upgrade" to the MS-1s. He would think it a waste of $$$. Regardless, I would love to see more comparisons from other people about these two cans. I seriously doubt people are willing to risk disrupting their own private universe. I would be willing to loan you my SR-60s (via refundable PayPal deposit). The price of shipping is the only expense. Would you be up for it F104?
|
Ah Ha!(*chuckle*)you didn't read what I wrote! I said basically...or at least I tried to, it was gettin' late last night and I was gettin' a bit punchy!...was that the speaker guys who already had SR-60s and MS-1s only suggested that the MS-1 would suit my needs, and pointed me here! I then came to this evil place to refine my search, and tons of further study seemed to bear out what they had suggested. The studies I performed were going back to day one of this, and other, forums and pulled together information submitted by folks who haven't posted here in years, from folks who are old timers, and from noobes with initial impressions untainted by exposure to others. If you look at only the current batch of members, certainly you get only the current gossip, but by going back and wearing out the search button you get a varied and bewildering amount of data to digest. I can do that. I'm retired and have tons of time to invest in searching and reviewing data. It's fun!! Anyway, the headphone universe is populated by a truly phenomenal amount of stars from brown dwarfs to red giants and some real super novas who are no longer with us and everything in between! Not to mention the black holes trying to suck out our wallets.
Thank you for the offer to check out your SR-60 in comparison to my MS-1, I appreciate the offer! I will be, however in about three months, getting a pair of SR-80 for my oldest grandkid. I was originally thinking about SR-60, but the three wire cable bothers me a bit, and the bowls will make a better test since I can put the bowls from my MS2i on my MS-1 and get a better match-up with the bowls on the SR-80 rather than having reversed 414s on one set to botch up the mix.
The bottom line, to me anyway; is that there IS a difference between the Grado and Alessandro LINES of phones. There is just too much written data available by too many distinct individuals over too many years to see it any other way. Whether the MS-1 and SR-60 are similar is an interesting question. Why they would be, considering the thought that entry-level phones are intended to show the listener what the rest of the line is all about, begs the question as to WHY Grado would want them to sound the same in the first place. I should think that he and George would want the entry level phones to sound more like the upper level models of those two similar but still distinct lines.
