[ghiberti]

just a PIZZA BOX... yeh...

 

[1117]

Delivery never looked so good.

 

[SonicDawg]

It's a shame that they have to package a pair of phones the worth of one grand in some pizzaresque box...

I mean at least get some plastic box like the HD580 or something. And I doubt that it will drive up the cost in any significant degree at all.

 

[kramer5150]

Cool... the flagship, Grado Statement corrugated pizza

box

 

[nsjong]

Quote:

Originally Posted by SonicDawg It's a shame that they have to package a pair of phones the worth of one grand in some pizzaresque box... I mean at least get some plastic box like the HD580 or something. And I doubt that it will drive up the cost in any significant degree at all.

But you can't really recycle those! Plastic sucks in a degree.

If my pizza guy delivered those... he'd get quite a tip.

 

[lmilhan]

Does this really come as a surprise?

Good thing the way a pair of headphones sound is not determined by the box they are packaged in, huh?

It doesn't matter one bit to me either way to be honest. Even if the GS-1000s came in a really fancy wooden box that was lined with velvet and encrusted with diamonds, it would still be put in the closet, never to see the light of day again (unless I sold them). There probably is no way for Grado labs to win in regard to the packaging - if they did go with a fancy box again, it would probably drive the price up, and then people would piss and moan about the price hike.

 

[Mercuttio]

Quote:

Originally Posted by SonicDawg It's a shame that they have to package a pair of phones the worth of one grand in some pizzaresque box... I mean at least get some plastic box like the HD580 or something. And I doubt that it will drive up the cost in any significant degree at all.

The Grado pizza box is actually famously strong. You can hunt around here for stories about RS1s surviving shipping great distances in only a pizza box.

 

[warubozu]

Yeah, wasn't surprised to see that a pizza box would be used to package the GS1000s. If it were to be boxed in a wooden box, the price for them might have been higher.

 

[Jahn]

hey, if the PS-1 can live happily in one, so can the GS1K. go go industrial design!

 

[1117]

It's all about the sound!

Actually, Grado is MOCKING all of us.
See, the package and its contents are really a symbol for Head-Fiers everywhere: we are driven to live in cardboard boxes after all the money spending, but hey, at least we got quality sound, right?

 

[lator]

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1117 Actually, Grado is MOCKING all of us. See, the package and its contents are really a symbol for Head-Fiers everywhere: we are driven to live in cardboard boxes after all the money spending

No, Grado is doing a favor by providing us a free box!

 

[darkninja67]

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1117 It's all about the sound!

QFT.

 

[mrarroyo]

The box matche the retro look of the cans perfectly. I for one care about the sound and not the box. Just my $0.02

 

[003]

A nice wooden box looks retro as well, such as the one the HE90 and the K1000 come in.

 

[nabwong]

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkninja67 QFT.

What's QFT?