no no silly!   im getting a grado rs1i for xmas using $350 of the $956 some that i earned . I was going to just buy it retail price right after my summer work was done but my dad made me a deal. He would pay for half of the 700 needed to get it if i waited until xmas to get it. i there for...

  oooohhhhhh i see! :D    regardless i would still hurt them if they even so much as touched my headphones without my permission and even worse so if they decided that they were going to drill holes in them.   Even if they asked me if they would like to mod my cans i would say no, because...

  if one of my friends drilled holes in my headphones, they wouldn't wake up the next morning... either that or some of their fingers might be gone ( in reality i would just force them to pay for it)   I would drill holes and mess up theirs however IF and only if they were beats. Lets say...

      crap i just realized this forum is about making fun of our selves lol ( I DO NOT LISTEN TO BEATS NOR I EVER WILL) just sayin 

would a amp/dac improve the sound quality greatly? or would it just add minor improvements?   Iv heard you can drive the rs1i's directly out of a ipod so im wondering if getting a amp and a dac would be worth the exstra money. If its worth getting an amp im thinking about get the little dot...

Quote: i probly wont know for a long time if the he 500 are better than the rs1i or vice versa. as i have said before there is basically no way for me to try both of the on and compare them at the moment.   However from what i have been reading and from what i have heard from people...

Quote:   i dont think i would blame anyone. everyone has different tastes and from a technical stand point i can see why some people would choose hifiman over grado. They seem to be more neutral, have a bigger sound stage and bass impact and they can do all genres decently well (from what...

as i have said before there is simply no way for me to audition them both in my current situation. there for i will go with my logic and gut instincts on this one and what people have been saying. My heart and head is set on getting the grado rs1i. if i somehow dont like them i can simply return...

Quote:   lol iv put alot of effort into finding a place to audition them both,long story short in my state and there is simply none as of now that have them both that i can trie .Crucified at one time had them both but i dont know how they will react to someone wanting to rig up to...

hey everyone im realy really sorry to drag this dead thread back to life but i simply must know somthing. Iv been looking all over the internet to see which headphone (he 500 vs grado rsi1) is better for MY listing prefrences. so far most people say that the grado sounds really really good with...

Quote:   forgive me, i thought origonaly that the he 300 was also an ortho like its upper models and from that i thought it would share atlest some of the sound signature from the rest of the he line.how ever from what you said this seems to be incorrect.   from what iv been reading...

im still unsure of what to get here. i think im might really like the grado "colored" in your face sound in the rs1i compared to the he 500 but idk. man i wish i could audtion them side by side in my area :( . I wounder what do you guys consider the sound signature on the he 500 to sound like...

PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU VOTE      THANK YOU   hello everyone iv been considering buying the rs1i or the he 500 after i went to try on the sr225i grados at crutchfeild audio. Let me explain what happened there. I drove about a hour down from where i was livivg to try the sr225i out. when...

thanks guys for clearing some of the questions that i had about the rsi1 and gs 1000. i think im going with the rs1i but im going to see what people think about rs1i vs the hifi man he 500 i however will post this in its own thread.

what do you guys think about the sound signature of the gs1000i then? iv heard its a whole different beast sound wise compared to all the grados but iv never tried them so i cant realy say. would the gs1000i be considered a better headphone over the rs1i? Iv heard alot of people say they still...

hey everyone I'm thinking about getting the grado rs1i headphone but i have just one question before i think about pulling the trigger on this one. Does the rs1i still retain the famous grado sound signature or does it sound different? I'm just sorta of wondering about that because iv heard...

hey everyone sorry i havent responded recently, iv been very busy today unfortunately.   Quote: high end to me is a headphone that sounds fantasic and ushly costs alot of money i suppose. It could be headphones that need a amp or not. The thing im simply trying to find out is there...

hey guys I'm wondering if theres some really high end headphones/IEM's that don't really need any external amplification to sound great. iv heard that with some of the grado line you dont really need a dedicated headphone amp but i could be easily mistaken.

iv been doing some research on the tf10 and iv heard people say that build quality isn't really that good and the cables are pretty bad. they also said that if you have small ear canals that its just not worth it because it just wont fit. This sort of turned me off of the tf10 because I'm not...

Quote: ill take a look at them thanks!

Quote: thank you for your help. I was in fact looking for a v shaped sound signature with IEM's but since i have little to no experience with IEM's i didnt realy know where to start. 

bump          p.s. sorry for not posting this in the help and recommendations forum, i put it in this forum by mistake >_< but i still need some help here.

hey hey hey people! i am in desperate need of a portable IEM under 200$. iv been using my bulky mdr v6 for portable endeavors for far to long! ill give you guys my music preferences so you'll have an idea what might work for me. to name a few i listen to rock,heavy metal, just about any...

age: 16 (turned last feb)   grade: 10th   gear a900x  fiio 5 mdr v6 ipod 5th gen  pc   looking forward to audtioning (and maybe buying) the lcd 2 rev 2 schiit lyr amp bifrost dac combo after my summer job is done and i got the funds for it.