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Dec 22, 2014 at 5:47 AM Post #21,151 of 65,622
Vacuum tubes are finicky by nature.....they need time to warm up to sound their best....they need a little time to cool down....they can suffer from EMI and microphonics.
 
Just treat them as such as you are all good....try to keep your cell phone and all electrical stuff so that it does not sit right beside your amp.
 
My wifes cell phone can interfer with my 12AX7 gold lion tube in my mad ear, if she sits it down right beside my amp....it does not bother my 5751 sylvania tube.....go figure.
 
Dec 22, 2014 at 5:49 PM Post #21,152 of 65,622
^^^ Good advice and thanks. I will report my impressions with the new tubes (will probably arrive after Xmas).
 
Dec 22, 2014 at 6:30 PM Post #21,153 of 65,622
ruthieandjohn said:
  stacker45, Great Idea!
 
Does anyone know what year the RA-1 amp was designed or first sold?  Whatever Grado RS1s were available at the time would likely be the ones for which the RA-1 was designed.
 
I actually already have both a current RS-1i AND a vintage RS1 with buttons... I had not thought to try any comparative listening.
 
But now I will.  Thanks!
 


(Front row) - Grado RS1i. Grado RS1;  (back row) - FiiO X3, Grado RA-1.
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I hate you, sir, I mean, you own a mint pair of the HP1000's most collectible version, the HP1, with the original box and all, plus an even rarer HPA-1, and now, you just pulled a gorgeous pair of vintage RS1 out of a hat, next you're going to tell me that they came in the Grado wooden box!, alright now,  what else have got?, now's the time to come clean, some PS1s perhaps?.
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Seriously though, those are nice buttoned RS1s you have there, and as far as I know, they're from the right time period, and should be a great match for your RA1.
 
Dec 22, 2014 at 8:08 PM Post #21,154 of 65,622
stacker45 said:
   
I hate you, sir, I mean, you own a mint pair of the HP1000's most collectible version, the HP1, with the original box and all, plus an even rarer HPA-1, and now, you just pulled a gorgeous pair of vintage RS1 out of a hat, next you're going to tell me that they came in the Grado wooden box!, alright now,  what else have got?, now's the time to come clean, some PS1s perhaps?.
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Seriously though, those are nice buttoned RS1s you have there, and as far as I know, they're from the right time period, and should be a great match for your RA1.
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...thanks!  No Grado wooden box though... I have called both Grado and 4ourears to try to get the one shown on the 4ourears site, but they are out of stock with no promise of a replenishment date.
 
Oh, and my dear Santa wife did get me at least a box that says PS1000 on them now under our tree.  I am not allowed to look inside until Christmas!!!
 
The big one I am missing is the GS1000e.  I have made a public promise, in front of witnesses, to buy one from our local Grado dealer audio store, Overture Audio, when their order for them arrives.  That store is hosting our headphone meet next March....  Here:  http://www.head-fi.org/t/744205/southeastern-michigan-spring-meet-03-14-2015-hosted-by-overture-audio-ann-arbor-mi/30#post_11140059
 
Oh, and I must come clean with two more Grado accessories, custom made and shown here:
 

 
(Oh, and the buttoned RS1s DO sound divine with the RA-1, so I thank you so much for thinking of that matching.  However, I can' begin to figure out whether the RA-1 improves the RS-1 better than it improves the RS-1i, as the RS-1 sounds slightly darker than the RS-1i (might be partly due to the buttons, which add a bit of a closed nature, or maybe the flat pads of the RS-1 vs. the bowls of the RS-1i). 
 
I think I might be a Grado-holic! Maybe I should be saving for a pilgrimage to Grado Labs, Brooklyn, NY!
 
Dec 22, 2014 at 9:29 PM Post #21,155 of 65,622

I think you should, pilgrim.
 
Dec 23, 2014 at 5:31 AM Post #21,156 of 65,622
Dec 23, 2014 at 3:38 PM Post #21,157 of 65,622
whirlwind said:
  Agreed
 
 
We lost a great singer yesterday....RIP Joe
 
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+1 ... I spent last night listening to Joe Cocker and I had forgotten just how much I love his music.
 
Dec 23, 2014 at 11:45 PM Post #21,159 of 65,622
Dec 24, 2014 at 5:23 AM Post #21,161 of 65,622
Dec 24, 2014 at 7:32 AM Post #21,162 of 65,622
joseph69 said:
Thank you!
Out of the GSe/HE400i/HD-800 these seem to suite my tastes right out of the box regardless of price.
Just need to listen to them for a while then go back to the PS1K's and take it from there. I like these because they do have a similar sound to the Grado's.
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Congrats Joseph69! So how is it?
 
Dec 24, 2014 at 9:00 AM Post #21,165 of 65,622
Less than 24 hrs before I can see whether the tempting box my wife got me under the tree contains what it says....
 

 
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