And I'm going to take S cush pads and cut a circle out of them the exact diameter of the ear cup
I would try the (S) cushion in "stock" form before cutting the centers out, no?
And I'm going to take S cush pads and cut a circle out of them the exact diameter of the ear cup
A question for the Grado experienced:
Do you feel like the jump from say, the SR-225e, to either the RS1e, PS500e, or GH-1, is noticeable enough for the price? For persepctive, I feel like the jump from HD-650 to HD800 is more than justified.
I've previously owned an SR-225i, and technically owned it for longer than any other headphone, despite moving through different flagships to the HD800. I'm considering on the aforementioned Grados to compliment my HD800 since I really enjoyed the SR-225i as a "fun" headphone, though I wouldn't mind a touch more bass and resolution from that.
Not to mention, as a headphone I can go portable, and listen in other parts of the house besides my bulky main desktop setup.
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If your ears are anything like mine--and I suspect they are--you will be thrilled with the 2e's and will find them to be a natural progression from the 225's sound wise, only much much better.
As for the RS1e's by all reports they are markedly different than the previous generations, and most say that they are worse. Certainly they aren't in line with the 225 sound according to people here. Although, to be fair, I haven't ever heard then myself, so I don't really know.
Thanks for the feedback. The RS2 is in an odd position of being $100 under the PS500. But it may be more of that natural step up from the 225. I do like the wood look better, like yourself, though. Admittedly, my curiosity regarding the RS1e is mostly with the larger 50mm driver, though impressions seem to be more mixed.
The GH-1 also seems to be getting a lot of positive impressions, even though it's limited, and I love the maple look. Now they just need to bring back the PS-1 as an E version with 50mm driver at around $850 or $900. But that would probably cut into the PS1K sales, hence why they haven't probably.
SR-80e here (driven by little Dot MK V amp and little Dot DAC_1)
Got them about 12 months ago. One pivot post broke on the left driver, cheap plastic.
I like the sound, but the build quality is junk, frankly. Also, hair constantly get's beyond the foam and causes the bass to crackle. It's quite annoying.
If you don't like the standard Grado headband assembly a very inexpensive replacement option are the Vivitar DJ Mixers,when i got mine i just cut the wires on the vivitar cups/drivers and tossed em (they're junk anyway) and popped in the Grado cups.also to get rid of grattle (the rattling you get when hair gets caught in the driver housing or the diaphragm becomes misshapen from being over driven),just remove the earpad from whichever side is rattling (or both if they both are), then place your mouth over the inside of the cup (over the mesh covering the driver) and gently suck until you hear a slight click or popping sound which is the diaphragm popping back into its proper shape.have had to to this a couple times on all of my Grado's from my SR60i and SR80i to my PS500e.usually it happens after playing bass heavy music too loud,but not always, anyway that will fix that issue straight away.a more in depth walk through on dealing with grattle can be read here.
Hi, everyone! Noob here. Is it a good idea to go for the Sr60e directly over the Sr60i? I read somewhere that the wires on the sr60e aren't as good as the earlier model.