[j0val]

I just got the Schiit Asgard 3 and Bifrost 2. It's been a really great pairing with the GH4. I feel like the Grado has never sounded better as it really smooths things out and adds great bass detail. Anyone else have a similar experience with a good Amp/DAC?

 

[richardloh]

I just got the Schiit Asgard 3 and Bifrost 2. It's been a really great pairing with the GH4. I feel like the Grado has never sounded better as it really smooths things out and adds great bass detail. Anyone else have a similar experience with a good Amp/DAC?

Hi j0val,

For me it will have to the Gilmore design with vintage Grado that I have ... not sure about newer ones and believe it will still work. I found out about Gilmore when I goggle for PS1 which is nearest to my FG-1 and they were recommending then Gilmore headphone amps >15 yrs ago.

A usd499 Gilmore Lite mk2 was much better than more 3 times more expensive Questyle cma800r or latest 2 time more expensive Kinki THR.

It is only SE ended though and other have to be more expensive with their balanced option etc. which I will not need since I will nvr modify the grado fg-1 to balanced.

Cheers.

Richard

PS: Using the newly released Denafrips Terminator Plus .. the new "King" of R2R dac

 

[ruhenheiM]

I just got the Schiit Asgard 3 and Bifrost 2. It's been a really great pairing with the GH4. I feel like the Grado has never sounded better as it really smooths things out and adds great bass detail. Anyone else have a similar experience with a good Amp/DAC?

yes. every transducers need juice to run, some need more juices to reach top performances so little bit good amp/dac could help getting more performances from time to time. whether it's worth the price or the effort, each to their own i guess




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btw with last night topic about hobby and pricing. that's remind me of this movie

https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80029708
if you had netflix search for sour grapes. it's pretty funny movie

or just read the wiki pages if you don't have time, it's basically the same
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sour_Grapes_(2016_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Kurniawan

 

[elvergun]

Anyone else have a similar experience with a good Amp/DAC?

Almost every day...after I disconnect one of my Grados from my phone and plug it in into one of my amps.

Yes, the quality and quantity of the bass improves greatly when you use a good amp.

 

[richardloh]

Almost every day...after I disconnect one of my Grados from my phone and plug it in into one of my amps.

Yes, the quality and quantity of the bass improves greatly when you use a good amp.

Good amp, good dac, good power supply, good cabling and very critically good mood .. lol !

Cheers.

Richard

 

[tiobilli]

I've noticed that my grado sr60's (blue box) have 2 holes inside and gray driver. Are these normal?

 

[ruhenheiM]

I've noticed that my grado sr60's (blue box) have 2 holes inside and gray driver. Are these normal?

that's probably the vented holes, in e series, for prestige lines that's pretty normal. from reading other impressions usually there are 2 vented holes there.
for the driver color, not really sure, but i thought all prestige series have gray color driver, some probably have black gob. higher models painted with red and some models painted with blue most also have black gob

 

[tiobilli]

I've got another pair of sr60s (early model) and it has de red driver and no vented holes.

 

[ruhenheiM]

previous generations, non i and i-generation do not have vented holes on most of prestige models, especially sr60
for the color of the driver, i don't have much info about it, as far as i concern they all have gray color drivers, they just painted the gray color driver with red or blue(gs2000e/ps2000e perhaps) for color coded.
i forget the link of video where they painted the driver with red paint but hope this assembly video could help a bit



you can email grado to check is yours legit or not.
grado quality control is not that great, there are always cases of mixed things from time to time, so better to email grado

 

[elvergun]

I purchased a set of G cushions for my RS2e...and they make that headphone sound like crap. The bass is gone and the highs are not as crisp and they sound distant.

Don't do it!!!!

I tried them with the SR60 and they also suck on that model. Luckily I bought them used.

 

[elvergun]

Double posted...

 

[ruhenheiM]

I purchased a set of G cushions for my RS2e...and they make that headphone sound like crap. The bass is gone and the highs are not as crisp and they sound distant.

Don't do it!!!!

I tried them with the SR60 and they also suck on that model. Luckily I bought them used.

genuine g-pad or knock off g-pad?

 

[elvergun]

genuine g-pad or knock off g-pad?

Genuine.

 

[elira]

Genuine.

People seem to have good results with knockoffs. The foam is different.

 

[elvergun]

People seem to have good results with knockoffs. The foam is different.

Yeah.

I bought them out of curiosity more than anything. This is just another failed pad changing experiment.