[donunus]

ok now so days have passed and I have been listening to the ms1s with the bowls that i washed. It is the best sounding way to listen to the ms1s in the long term as well as short term comparison testing. I can now say I prefer these to all other configurations of pads. They are now some cool sounding cans. Even great with movies on my pc. Make no mistake though, they have nothing on my hd600s

Still, A great can in their own right and good value for the money

 

[HeadphoneAddict]

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Originally Posted by donunus /img/forum/go_quote.gif ok now so days have passed and I have been listening to the ms1s with the bowls that i washed. It is the best sounding way to listen to the ms1s in the long term as well as short term comparison testing. I can now say I prefer these to all other configurations of pads. They are now some cool sounding cans. Even great with movies on my pc. Make no mistake though, they have nothing on my hd600s Still, A great can in their own right and good value for the money

Yeah, nothing on the HD600 but you've got a great portable and "beat it up"
set of cans now. You can run them off an iPod and yet they still scale up when hooked up to a good amp.

 

[ATTL]

Hello,

Long time lurker, first time poster.
So a little history...I had bought the Grado SR-80's about a month ago. Listened to them for about 2 weeks and allowed them to burn-in over night and during the day while I was at work but basically had them going the entire time using my iTunes library. I now understand what people are talking about when they mention Grado's harsh highs. Don't get me wrong, I fell in love with the Grado sound signature but cymbal crashes and other high frequency sounds were very piercing to my ears. I ended up returning them.

So then I found the MS-1's. I really think these will be the cans for me. Apparently, much like a Grado but more "laid back".
I've ordered them last week but my cc has not been charged yet. I emailed them to see if the headphones were on back order but they have not replied to me yet. Has anyone ordered from Alessandro recently? Or know if the MS-1's are currently on back order?

The anticipation is killing me.

 

[nickchen]

Don't worry about lags. That's nothing special, as Alessandro is an unprofessional enterprise that gets its material from a half professional enterprise...

 

[F107plus5]

Yeah; it seems like every summer(up here in the northern half)that things just slow down a bit with Grado/Alessandro, and it just seems to take longer for things to happen. I dunno if it has something to do with vacations at Grado or more gigs to attend to for Alessandro and their Fine Guitar Amps, but historically it just seems like there are more complaints about shipping delays and lack of timely responses to e-mails and stuff during the summer.

Not unusual. Happens most every summer.

And yup; they're worth the wait!

 

[Desertway]

I sent Alessandro an email on Monday asking if they had the MS1's in stock. They replied that evening that they did. I ordered them right away, but my credit card has also not yet been charged. We'll see.

 

[donunus]

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Originally Posted by ATTL /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hello, Long time lurker, first time poster. So a little history...I had bought the Grado SR-80's about a month ago. Listened to them for about 2 weeks and allowed them to burn-in over night and during the day while I was at work but basically had them going the entire time using my iTunes library. I now understand what people are talking about when they mention Grado's harsh highs. Don't get me wrong, I fell in love with the Grado sound signature but cymbal crashes and other high frequency sounds were very piercing to my ears. I ended up returning them. So then I found the MS-1's. I really think these will be the cans for me. Apparently, much like a Grado but more "laid back". I've ordered them last week but my cc has not been charged yet. I emailed them to see if the headphones were on back order but they have not replied to me yet. Has anyone ordered from Alessandro recently? Or know if the MS-1's are currently on back order? The anticipation is killing me.

First of all, the sr80s have bowl pads and the ms1s come with comfies. That in itself will give you much duller highs. The pads make a bigger difference to the sound of grados than going from model to model IMO

 

[ATTL]

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Originally Posted by F107plus5 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yeah; it seems like every summer(up here in the northern half)that things just slow down a bit with Grado/Alessandro, and it just seems to take longer for things to happen. I dunno if it has something to do with vacations at Grado or more gigs to attend to for Alessandro and their Fine Guitar Amps, but historically it just seems like there are more complaints about shipping delays and lack of timely responses to e-mails and stuff during the summer. Not unusual. Happens most every summer. And yup; they're worth the wait!

Yeah that makes perfect sense. Same thing happens every summer whrere I work. I just hope the quality of the headphones are not effected.

 

[PooJou]

Long time user of the MS-1 here!

Just writing to say the MS-1's are sounding thin as of late - I'm getting used to the fuller sound of the Superfi5pro it seems. Guitar's are still fun and funky, just it sounds a little thin below the bass-y strings, and the bass guitar itself.

Shame that - Then again, I haven't dialed any EQ in yet (it's sitting on flat atm)

 

[Desertway]

Well, the phones I ordered on Monday showed up on my cc today. And I emailed Alessandro yesterday and they replied that they phones were shipped on that day (Friday).

 

[JD20]

Ordered mine 7 days ago and so far no CC charge. Anticipation is killing me

No reply to email as yet either...

 

[donunus]

wait a month

 

[Desertway]

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Originally Posted by JD20 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Ordered mine 7 days ago and so far no CC charge. Anticipation is killing me No reply to email as yet either...

Mine came today. Ordered exactly one week ago. I think you should call them if they still have not replied by email. I haven't listened yet, I'm still at work.

 

[donunus]

I got ms1s in a month or so both times I ordered

 

[Desertway]

I will consider myself blessed

So I've been listening on and off for a few hours, and am thrilled with these phones. Keeping in mind that I have only experienced ksc75s, portapros and senn px-100s, I have to say that I am impressed with the depth and balance of these beauties. I chose them over the Grado 60's because I was worried about harsh highs, and I'm glad I did. The highs on the MS1's are so sweet and natural. And there is actual articulation in the mids!

I have not been happy listening to symphonic music through headphones in the past, but with these, it is exciting! I can actually experience the "bigness" of the orchestra without the congestion of lesser phones. I'm sure that in comparison to even better models, my perspective would change, but I'm happy right here, right now.