[DaemonSire]

  Would the Grado fans here consider the Alessandro's as part of the club?

I would 

 

[joseph69]

  I prefer my PS1000e to the 009, fwiw. The Grado has a sort of silky flow to it that is uniquely pleasant and free of pain, peaky sound, or shrillness on any music I throw at it.

Have you owned the 009 before, or just had the chance to hear them?
If you owned them, what amp/DAC did you use with them?
Thanks.

 

[fjrabon]

[VIDEO]https://youtu.be/JVScRf03-u8[/VIDEO]

Video of Wilco doing Space Oddity I took tonight.

 

[ruthieandjohn]

But John, there's no box, and they smell like smoke

Yes I remember the ad said smoke smell was included "at no extra charge!"

 

[WilliamLeonhart]

I would :wink_face:

Definitely! I love all 3 of them

 

[jaywillin]

 

 

[jaywillin]

Yes I remember the ad said smoke smell was included "at no extra charge!"

but wait, there's more ! order withing the next 10 minutes, i'll through in a second helping of smoke(the wife smokes) at no extra charge !
(just pay additional S&H)   

 

[jaywillin]

  First, we would need to know who Han Solo and Princess Leia are.
 
I nominate Jaywillin as Chewbacca...

 
 

I resemble that remark

 

[WilliamLeonhart]

Found out they're selling the 325e for roughly $250 in Singapore today. Such a bargain.

 

[stacker45]

  I would 

 
I would too, a half brother, is still a brother.

 
 

   
 

 
Great choice Jay, who doesn't love Chewi.

 

[whirlwind]

 

  First, we would need to know who Han Solo and Princess Leia are.
 
I nominate Jaywillin as Chewbacca...

 
 

I resemble that remark

Ha ha ha ha ......Awesome Jay    

 

[BobG55]

 

  Yeah, I can't for the life of me understand this?
I've tried (in home) LCD-X/HD-800/HE1K/400i/T1 and although they all sounded good (except the LCD-X to me) they have nothing over Grado and I would put them up against any of these HP's any day. Hell, I'm even worried I'm going to prefer my Grados over the 009/BHSE after all is said and done. And I do understand its a matter of preference, but... 

Yes, there are certainly headphones that are considered much technically better than Grados, and often much more expensive, that I preferred Grados to.  I'd take my SR225e over a set of HD800 any day (though I admit to being intriguied by the HD800s).  When I look for what I'm after in a headphone, part of me always looks for at least some of the Grado up front aggression.  For example, I just couldn't abide with the HiFiMan Edition X because it was a bit too soft for me.  What I liked about the HE400i was that it had that Grado punch over the top of planar bass.  The THX00 was to me, in a lot of ways, like a U shaped Grado.  So, even when I'm not listening to Grados, their sound is still with me, in part, in what I'm after.  Grados are very polarizing, and sometimes I feel like most people are in one of two camps with them, they either think they can do virtually no wrong, or that they're a travesty of sound that only deaf hipsters like.  I tend to find myself more and more towards the middle of that spectrum these days.  But to me, Grados get some things fundamentally right with what I'm after in a headphone sound.  
 
The people who think they're pure junk, I think, listen more with their eyes on measurement graphs than their ears on music.  

I fully agree about those who simply rely of graph measurements.  It always reminds me of Mark Twain's famous quote : "There are lies, damned lies & statistics !"

 

[bassboysam]

anyone order anything from BTG Audio recently? i placed an order a month ago. I've sent a couple emails asking about my order and no response. now the website seems to be down...

 

[JoeDoe]

anyone order anything from BTG Audio recently? i placed an order a month ago. I've sent a couple emails asking about my order and no response. now the website seems to be down...

I sent a cable in to be reterminated three weeks ago. No word on arrival, on the progress of the job, until Tuesday when I got a two sentence blurb about the job being done and it being shipped out.

Got the shipping notification from USPS today so I still won't get it until Saturday at best...

 

[bassboysam]

I sent a cable in to be reterminated three weeks ago. No word on arrival, on the progress of the job, until Tuesday when I got a two sentence blurb about the job being done and it being shipped out.

Got the shipping notification from USPS today so I still won't get it until Saturday at best...

well that's good. website seems to be back after being down most of the day.