[mkyy]

I was browsing in Audiocircle and read this article.

The reviewer Danny, owner of GR Research, thinks this amp is way beyond the Melos. He was auditioning the amp with Grado. No picture whatsoever, but price ain't bad.

 

[Uncledan]

This is hard to tell the amp is good or not.....

 

[mkyy]

That's true. I don't know if he's bias, or somehow connected to Dodd Audio at all. But just know there's an alternative out there.

 

[Uncledan]

Anyway we can get more info about it??!?!?

 

[cary]

gary dodd's email address is gldodd@comcast.net if you want more information. that guy, danny, seems to regularly introduce his products over at audiocircle and so far hasn't seen a dodd audio product he hasn't liked, as far as i can tell. as far as his bias, i guess you have to draw your own conclusions. looks to me like dodd bases a fair amount of his circuitry work on melos designs, so maybe danny's claim isn't so far fetched.

 

[Canman]

He mentions use of an Alps Black Beauty Pot...I thought those were discontinued. Anyone know?

 

[cary]

only nos. aka RK40312 Series. incidentally, i think joe grado preferred these pots to others, although reputedly the penny & giles are better.

 

[dave-the-rave]

"Best sound I ever heard from headphones." And how many other amps would that include, my cowboy friends? (Plus, if you're listening to Grado's, I hardly see how you're in a position to evaluate a given amp).

 

[braillediver]

Besides which Grados?

Reviews like this are totally meaningless. It doesn't even mention which tubes the amp is using.


Mitch "Born again skeptic"

 

[blessingx]

Quote:

Originally posted by dave-the-rave Plus, if you're listening to Grado's, I hardly see how you're in a position to evaluate a given amp.

Okay, Dave-the-Rave, what grand statement are you making here?

 

[Wilson M.]

It's too difficult to take that thread seriously at all.

First, it's in the GR Research forum which is moderated by the poster who owns GR Research. Also, GR Research sells Dodd's regular pre-amp and amp. Presumably, they will sell the headphone amp at some point.

The entire post sounds like a really badly scripted infomercial (not that there are well scripted informercials) rather than a review. It has enough cliches to sound like a "review" to the naive but it seems nothing more than horn-tooting.

I'm surprised that it doesn't mention tube complement despite mentioning a lot of other stuff.

What's even more funny is the last post in the thread presumably by someone else who was there to listen to the amp. He is the one who mentions that the headphones were the SR-60s and some $1000 pair of Grados (HP-1000? RS-1?) and we all know that the SR-60s, as good as they are, can hardly be compared to the top Grados.

 

[dave-the-rave]

"Okay, Dave-the-Rave, what grand statement are you making here?"

Gee, I thought I'd get flamed by Texans, not by Team Grado. In any case, relax, I just bought a pair of SR-200's in search of that elusive "neutral" Grado sound.

 

[dave-the-rave]

Gee, I thought I'd get flamed by Texans, not by Team Grado. In any case, relax, I just bought a pair of SR-200's in search of that elusive "neutral" Grado sound.

 

[fewtch]

Quote:

Originally posted by dave-the-rave Gee, I thought I'd get flamed by Texans, not by Team Grado. In any case, relax, I just bought a pair of SR-200's in search of that elusive "neutral" Grado sound.

Off-topic alert (sorry)... I have to agree. Recently heard a pair of HP-1000's and felt that they were anything but neutral (they sounded nice and build quality is superlative, but...). I seem to be drifting away from Team Grado, and will probably end up selling my SR-60's to help pay for a used pair of Senn HD-600's (waiting until widespread presence of the 650's help drive down the price).

Edit -- With all due respect to Wilson -- I'm not flaming his choices and personal preferences/opinions, merely expressing mine (the usual disclaimers apply). They're just headphones, people.

Now back to the regularly scheduled programming (flaming?)...

 

[blessingx]

Quote:

Originally posted by dave-the-rave Gee, I thought I'd get flamed by Texans, not by Team Grado. In any case, relax, I just bought a pair of SR-200's in search of that elusive "neutral" Grado sound.

Just a question, no flame. If it was a flame, it would have had a couple more lines I deleted before posting.