[pigmode]

Wow, this thread is still going.

I had an RS2i a few years ago but got rid of it, and haven't been keeping up. Just ordered an RS-2i, which is supposed to be in excellent condition.

 

[ruhenheiM]

@joseph69
yeah, ps1000e is my daily driver. i just noticed it like a month ago, the g-pad structure seems changed and i can't really tell if there is any sonic differences hahaha

Wow, this thread is still going.

I had an RS2i a few years ago but got rid of it, and haven't been keeping up. Just ordered an RS-2i, which is supposed to be in excellent condition.

i think even if grado labs cease to exist this thread would still going,unless head-fi got shutdown

 

[HungryPanda]

@joseph69
yeah, ps1000e is my daily driver. i just noticed it like a month ago, the g-pad structure seems changed and i can't really tell if there is any sonic differences hahaha



i think even if grado labs cease to exist this thread would still going,unless head-fi got shutdown

Heaven forbid.....

 

[cathee]

@joseph69
yeah, ps1000e is my daily driver. i just noticed it like a month ago, the g-pad structure seems changed and i can't really tell if there is any sonic differences hahaha

noticed a friend's grado deteriorating too, i think it just comes down to skin oil chemistry? seems to be much worse for some than others

 

[ruhenheiM]

noticed a friend's grado deteriorating too, i think it just comes down to skin oil chemistry? seems to be much worse for some than others

yes, skin oil+sweat+time = thinner wallet
especially when those foam start to fell apart leaving all those foam residue all over places. luckily i haven't reach that stage



hahaha one of those freaky friday grado

 

[edgarlim1999]

yes, skin oil+sweat+time = thinner wallet
especially when those foam start to fell apart leaving all those foam residue all over places. luckily i haven't reach that stage



hahaha one of those freaky friday grado

Strangely enough, my bowl pads used to flake when I first got it. After a little washing with soap and warm water, it doesn’t flake anymore. It might just be me.

WOW WOW WOW! Somebody has a fine classic in his hands!

 

[ruhenheiM]

hmm maybe it wasn't because of wearing but from being stored at the box for a long time, as long as its not starting to peeled off and fluffy. i think that still good to go

haha that's not mine, that one still on sale. it just weird, current cardbox, white drivers, and yet have those very old school rs1 letters.
i've got classic rs1 but not really like the sound so i sold it.

 

[pigmode]

The minute after I bought the RS-2i, I regretted not going for the RS-1 for a hundred more. Oh well.

 

[rx79ez08]

The minute after I bought the RS-2i, I regretted not going for the RS-1 for a hundred more. Oh well.

Interestingly I am in general more impressed with the RS-2 series than the RS-1. This is especially true the for e-series. I am thoroughly not impressed with the RS-1e I had, where as RS-2e is significantly better and cheaper.
That said I have not heard a RS-2i.

 

[ruthieandjohn]

I have both the entire RS1 series (RS1 with buttons, RS1i, and RS1e) AND the entire RS2 series (RS2 with buttons, RS2i, and RS2e).

My listening comparisons suggest that the oldest RS1 is the best of the series, while the NEWEST RS2 (the RS2e) is the best of its series. In fact, RS1 > RS1i > RS1e, while RS2 < RS2i < RS2e.

The RS1 is the bassiest of my 26+ Grados, and my RS1e is one of the recent ones, with the lesser-protruding drivers and the brown headband, recognized as better sounding than the original RS1e. The RS1e is the only ON-ear Grado headphone to use the 50mm drivers now used in all of their over-ear e-series (PS1000e, GS1000e, etc.).

The RS2e is simply my best on-ear Grado.

 

[pigmode]

Interestingly I am in general more impressed with the RS-2 series than the RS-1. This is especially true the for e-series. I am thoroughly not impressed with the RS-1e I had, where as RS-2e is significantly better and cheaper.
That said I have not heard a RS-2i.

From what little I've read the RS-1e has definitely lost the signature sound, the RS-1 carried from the classic period to the i version. The RS-2e is supposed to have lost some of the "energy" of its ancestors as well.

The RS-1 I was looking at on eBay is I believe a pre i model. Someone but it before I do...

 

[edgarlim1999]

SR60e or SR80e? Which is the best?

 

[cathee]

... Someone but it before I do...

this is how i feel about every vintage grado that pops up on ebay

 

[cathee]

SR60e or SR80e? Which is the best?

i'd get the cheaper 60e and get into tinkering/modding - definitely a gateway drug tho

 

[pigmode]

I have both the entire RS1 series (RS1 with buttons, RS1i, and RS1e) AND the entire RS2 series (RS2 with buttons, RS2i, and RS2e).

My listening comparisons suggest that the oldest RS1 is the best of the series, while the NEWEST RS2 (the RS2e) is the best of its series. In fact, RS1 > RS1i > RS1e, while RS2 < RS2i < RS2e.

The RS1 is the bassiest of my 26+ Grados, and my RS1e is one of the recent ones, with the lesser-protruding drivers and the brown headband, recognized as better sounding than the original RS1e. The RS1e is the only ON-ear Grado headphone to use the 50mm drivers now used in all of their over-ear e-series (PS1000e, GS1000e, etc.).

The RS2e is simply my best on-ear Grado.

Thanks for the comparisons.

My hearing is not what it used to be, having suffered a degree of high frequency loss due to vocational conditions. I get by pretty well these days with equipment that helps *equalize* the sound so to speak. I always liked the classic Grado sound, but never owned one till the last 8 years.