An Interview With John Grado

[Joe Bloggs]

But... but... Mr. John Grado MUST talk to Circuit City and Best Buy this time! Can you imagine what a monumental flop it would be if a Sony Streetstyle-priced headphone were to sell only in audiophile shops and online orders? Perhaps that's why the SR40s failed too, they weren't marketed in the right place! (and yes you need marketing for such a mass market product)

 

[Jahn]

Amazing- the SR40 is still mentioned on the Grado website. How's that for updates? Hehe!

 

[Joe Bloggs]

You seem to have joined the forum after the last time I ever posted and now you're in the top 5 in number of posts! How'd you do it??

 

[Jahn]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe Bloggs You seem to have joined the forum after the last time I ever posted and now you're in the top 5 in number of posts! How'd you do it??

Love of Grados make you do crazy things.

 

[South_Korean]

lol i think Joe is trying to catch up with the quadruple posts

 

[F355]

hi Zanth,

you probably know by now, how much we appreciate this effort. Its amazing you could recall so much from a loooooong conversation, and yet put it in words so well.
Regarding Alessandros, so I guess all that speculation about the MS-1 being based on the SR 125 is not true huh? they have nothing/very little to do with the grados????
either ways, I dont care.... I'm from India, and a friend has purchased the MS-1 for me. It'll be shipped to me very shortly

 

[Jahn]

Yep apparently our guesses about it being "based" on the SR125 or any other particular Grado can, then just "tweaked," was wrong lol. John just builds up the MS-1 from scratch according to how Alessandro wanted it to be voiced, so it's like a whole different can. Pretty cool!

 

[squall2072]

I've got to say thank you somewhere on the board for the new headphones John!! Thanks!! This is amazing, its a proud day for head-fi!!

Thank you1 Thank you! Thank you!

 

[The Monkey]

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Originally Posted by squall2072 I've got to say thank you somewhere on the board for the new headphones John!! Thanks!! This is amazing, its a proud day for head-fi!! Thank you1 Thank you! Thank you!

I echo that: thank you!

[size=xx-small]and damn you, too.[/size]

 

[nierika]

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Originally Posted by Kurt Come to think of it. Maybe HE-1 would be the better model name.

Wow, you were only 1 letter off!!!

 

[toreide]

Great read!

I love my SR60's! For some reason the HD600's have not been in use as much as the Grado's. For that reason I have ordered the HF-1 to experience the Gradosound on a higher level

 

[afobisme]

i love my SR60 too but the design really sucks... i dont like the way it fits on my head. i also feel a bit naked, since it's not circumaural.

been listening to a lot of fall out boy lately, and oh man... is there a difference

 

[Feanor]

I've just gotten around to reading this. Thank you very much, Zanth and John. It was nice to get a view into the everydays of John, it makes me want those new grados that much more.
It would also appear that somebody was watching this thread and liked the idea of the Head-fi grados, or we have some very lucky members. I think this gesture shows more of the humanity of Grado that the interview revealed. Brought me with it.
Zanth, the form was great, do lot listen to the naysayers. A transcript would have been more bulky, and you might not have chatted so freely with him if you had prewritten questions and a recorder running.

 

[J-Pak]

John if you are a lurker at Headfi, thanks for the HF-1

 

[carlosgp]

And thank you for making it available to non-usa headfiers at the same price.