a package? let's see what's inside....

[PFKMan23]

Must resist!!!! must lock away monies.....

 

[GreenEggs313]

Nice cans ayt!

 

[Jahn]

beautiful! congrats!

 

[agile_one]

Tease, Temptor, etc, thy name is ayt999

Congrats, Alex - lovely addition to the collection.

 

[chungsoi]

Looks great! Welcome to team RS-1!

Didn't the old grado's come with flats?

 

[ayt999]

Quote:

Originally Posted by braillediver One pair of RS-1's I had seemed like the pads were glued on but I think it was just the pads had been attached for so long they just stuck to the earpieces.

probably. now that I examine it closer that seems to be the case and I don't see any glue. Quote:

Originally Posted by Voltron BTW, have you noticed how many people who were at our mini-maxi-meet have advertised the need to acquire balanced rigs, even at the cost of all their other gear? SinglePowerful stuff.

there might be a massive concentration of SDS-XLR's in the bay area soon.

I wonder how the other balanced amps from SinglePower sound... maybe a balanced MPX3 would be a good balance between price and performance. Quote:

Originally Posted by chungsoi Didn't the old grado's come with flats?

some did. I wonder if mine originally had flats and later replaced with bowls, or not.

not quite sure how old mine is so if someone can tell me or give me pointers that would be very helpful.

 

[GoRedwings19]

That is truly a nice phone. You don't suprise me as someone who would be a fuzzy member

 

[NeilPeart]

This RS-1 is from the earlier batch, as illustrated by the brown leather headband and red drivers (or driver screens). I compared the old-school one to a newer RS-1 and I did indeed prefer the older one, though the comparison wasn't extended and the conditions weren't ideal (this was at the recent SJ meet). Since Neilvg and I are already heading up to Santa Rosa to enjoy the Headcode (and I'm returning Alex's BlockHead) we might as well give the ol' RS-1 a whirl.

In conclusion: ayt999 isn’t that fuzzy – he just bought the RS-1 so he’d have the nice wooden box for his prized PS-1!

 

[GoRedwings19]

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeilPeart This RS-1 is from the earlier batch, as illustrated by the brown leather headband and red drivers (or driver screens). I compared the old-school one to a newer RS-1 and I did indeed prefer the older one, though the comparison wasn't extended and the conditions weren't ideal (this was at the recent SJ meet). Since Neilvg and I are already heading up to Santa Rosa to enjoy the Headcode (and I'm returning Alex's BlockHead) we might as well give the ol' RS-1 a whirl. In conclusion: ayt999 isn’t that fuzzy – he just bought the RS-1 so he’d have the nice wooden box for his prized PS-1!

Hey Dude,

I remember talking to you a while back about the old school Rs-1's. You are not alone who feels that the older Rs-1's are better. Beagle is also of this same opinion.

I knew alex couldn't handle the ultra fuzz. Maybe he will sell the old school rs-1's cheap to you

 

[ayt999]

RS1's are ultra fuzz? better read your FAQ again.

says that the RS1's are the master of the fuzz. must have forgotten that part.

btw, did you read my comment I made for your W11JPN picture? isn't that destroying the fuzzy? (and is that you in the pic btw?

)

see how well the PS1 fits? it really likes its new case.

 

[GoRedwings19]

Hi Alex, Did you give the Rs-1's a listen? So whaddya think of them. I bet they would sing outta ya SDS-XLR.

 

[ayt999]

I listened to the RS1's so far with the HeadCode (maybe Leeav and Neil would review it for me when they come... I'm all Head-Fied out right now.

I should be sending it back to its owner soon too.) and the Balanced Reference and the RS1 sounds quite good. seems different than what I recall of a newer model RS1, and I like this much better.

I'll use it with the SDS-XLR... but either single-ended using half the amp, or with an adaptor so I can use the whole amp, but the output will still be unbalanced. so I was wrong with the pads being glued onto the wood, but the driver is definitely glued in place very well. not going to mess around with that in any way....

 

[Giteet]

Leeav = NeilPeart and Neil = Neilvg

 

[GoRedwings19]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ayt999 I listened to the RS1's so far with the HeadCode (maybe Leeav and Neil would review it for me when they come... I'm all Head-Fied out right now. I should be sending it back to its owner soon too.) and the Balanced Reference and the RS1 sounds quite good. seems different than what I recall of a newer model RS1, and I like this much better. I'll use it with the SDS-XLR... but either single-ended using half the amp, or with an adaptor so I can use the whole amp, but the output will still be unbalanced. so I was wrong with the pads being glued onto the wood, but the driver is definitely glued in place very well. not going to mess around with that in any way....

I remeber when I had the Ms-pro's the bowl pads were glued on.

I am sure Gman wouldn't mind if you reversed the bowls and glued them back on for him.

You seem to share the same opinion as Leeav and beagle. I will have to get round to comparing sometime.