[Focker]

  Rules to live by  

 

[JerseyD]

 
With the continual glowing reports on the 2e coming
out of this thread, I think I'll have to get a pair in
the next week or so after I clear up some other
projects.

Zazex,
If you're going to the NY Head-Fi meet on Saturday, I'll have the RS2e (among others) there for audition and sale. If not, and you're in the city, happy to arrange an audition with your own equipment at the place of your choosing. Cheers.

 

[DaemonSire]

If you had a choice between the 325e and the RS2e for metal/rock music, which would it be?  

 

[BobJS]

  Just remember...easier to ask forgiveness than permission, brother

 
I actually think it's harder.  The net result is much better though. 

 

[jaywillin]

  Zazex,
If you're going to the NY Head-Fi meet on Saturday, I'll have the RS2e (among others) there for audition and sale. If not, and you're in the city, happy to arrange an audition with your own equipment at the place of your choosing. Cheers.

that's service !

 

[sling5s]

  If you had a choice between the 325e and the RS2e for metal/rock music, which would it be?  

I had both and preferred the RS2e. 

 

[Benfica1]

RS2e used - Like New on AWD for $420.

 

[stacker45]

  Thanks stacker.  Are yours the pink drivers?
 
Where did you find a NOS RS1 if you don't mind me asking?

 
No pink drivers.
 
Thanks to kayandjohn's tip, I bought them from LPGear.

 

[joseph69]

  Thanks to kayandjohn's tip, I bought them from LPGear.

Letting me know where you purchased the NOS RS1 from may have been the worst thing for me to know!!!

 

[Nerrel]

  When I bought my RS1i's, I also bought the RS2i's.
The 2i's sounded like the 1i's with insufficient bass,
and they were thus almost unlistenable for any decent 
length of time.  The treble was great, though, and I
was urged to move to the 1i's in order to correct the
bass deficiency.
 
I like my 1i's very much, but the treble is beginning
to grate on me a bit.  And I wish they had a wee bit
more bass.
 
With the continual glowing reports on the 2e coming
out of this thread, I think I'll have to get a pair in
the next week or so after I clear up some other
projects.
 

The RS2e is little lighter on bass overall than the RS1i, but the treble is definitely much easier on the ears.  It's smoother and a little better balanced. 
 
When it comes to the bass, the RS1i seems to have more low bass, but the RS2e has a little more upper-bass/lower-mids.  It leaves the RS1i sounding deeper but more hollow in the mids while the RS2e is punchier but a little compressed.  I have no problem going between them.  I never heard the RS2i, so I can't compare directly, but if you felt the RS1i bass was good then I don't consider the RS2e the type of drop off that would become a dealbreaker. 

 

[argustimewas]

I have a pair of Grado SR60 which are about 15 years old and which I enjoy using in my home office with an iPod (using lossless ALAC files) and an Oppo HA-2 DAC/amp. My musical tastes are mainly rock, blues, prog rock and acoustic rock (e.g. Wishbone Ash, Led Zeppelin, Yes, Jethro Tull, etc.). I have other headphones I use in other contexts (see my sig).
 
Although I'm happy with the sound of my SR60, I'd like to upgrade to an e-series Grado which will similarly be almost exclusively used as above. My question which level of Grado should I go for? My budget (I will be paying in UK £) could stretch as far as a PS500e or an RS2e, but I wonder if that's overkill for the kind of listening I will do with these headphones? If the Prestige series is more appropriate for my needs in this context which level should I go for? I'm really just looking for pointers of where to start as I will base my final choice after doing some listening.
 
Thanks. 

 

[sinkie]

for how many hours approximately in total do you guys generally burn in your Grados?

 

[zazex]

 
The RS2e is little lighter on bass overall than the RS1i, but the treble is definitely much easier on the ears.  It's smoother and a little better balanced. 
 
When it comes to the bass, the RS1i seems to have more low bass, but the RS2e has a little more upper-bass/lower-mids.  It leaves the RS1i sounding deeper but more hollow in the mids while the RS2e is punchier but a little compressed.  I have no problem going between them.  I never heard the RS2i, so I can't compare directly, but if you felt the RS1i bass was good then I don't consider the RS2e the type of drop off that would become a dealbreaker. 

 
Thanks for that detailed comparison.

 

[CanadianMaestro]

  for how many hours approximately in total do you guys generally burn in your Grados?

I would recommend playing and listening normally, for about 10-20 hrs (Prestige series). I did about 25 hrs for PS500.
 
See this post:
 
http://www.cnet.com/news/headphone-burn-in-fact-or-fantasy/
 
And this:
 
http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/evidence-headphone-break
 
Just enjoy the music, and don't obsess about it.

 

[zazex]

  Zazex,
If you're going to the NY Head-Fi meet on Saturday, I'll have the RS2e (among others) there for audition and sale. If not, and you're in the city, happy to arrange an audition with your own equipment at the place of your choosing. Cheers.

 
Many thanks, but just not up to it this time..