[majo123]

This is one reason why I am shy on the new multiple layered X versions. Wood ages differently depending on type and environment. Sandwiching different woods may have issues like this as time goes on.

Yeah it's a concern there's been a couple of hemp too..I'm thinking of possibly brushing some matt laquer/varnish on mine just to make it hopefully a little less susceptible/ porous hopefully.
To anyone who has a problem with splits there is a little fix that may or may not help (not tried it yet) but maybe some wood pva glue spread in the crack, it drys clear, excess will wipe away with a cloth and water and bonds probably stronger than the wood itself....this is all theory but I'm confident it will work as used it many times on wood.

 

[majo123]

To the GS3000e / Hemp / RS1x, I apply this once lightly each month:

Another good idea....keep it supple

 

[jonathan c]

Another good idea....keep it supple

Plus, the headphones look fantastic!

 

[majo123]

Plus, the headphones look fantastic!

Indeed they do! Brings them up very nicely.

 

[TheRealDz]

Plus, the headphones look fantastic!

They indeed look fantastic - I will be sure to buy a bottle.

But does your unit have any of the cracks seen on mine?

 

[jonathan c]

They indeed look fantastic - I will be sure to buy a bottle.

But does your unit have any of the cracks seen on mine?

It does not.

 

[Shane D]

To the GS3000e / Hemp / RS1x, I apply this once lightly each month:

I may have said this before, but I have a bottle of that too! About two to three years old and I have never opened it.

 

[majo123]

They indeed look fantastic - I will be sure to buy a bottle.

But does your unit have any of the cracks seen on mine?

If there in warranty and easy to send them back then that's what I would probably do ... but the split looks very small and not like it's gone all the way through, PVA wood glue would probably definitely stop it further spreading and splitting entirely, and with it being quite small it would hardly show at all.
But if you can return I probably would.

Edit...I just took another look, it may have split all the way through hard to see on my phone but the glue will bond it.

 

[movinIron]

Plus, the headphones look fantastic!

Wow…!

 

[ESL-1]

Good news and bad news:

Good: my RS1x is breaking in nicely. Why didn't you all tell me that they are really good at separation, soundstaging, and spaciousness?

Bad: they are literally breaking. For those of you who have the tri-wood RS1x, are cracks in the cocobolo layer to be expected? In addition to the cracks that go all the way through on the right driver pictured below, the left side has multiple hairline cracks.

Reach out to the dealer you purchased from. They should get a new replacement for you. Downside, you will have the fun that goes along with breaking them in.0

My RS1x, RS2x & Hemp phones has none or next to none changes in the Hemp wood. Perhaps. A few spots where the light stripe may have enlarged slightly. No structural effect.

Please let us know how it goes.

 

[jonathan c]

I may have said this before, but I have a bottle that too! About two to three years old and I have never opened it.

…unlike a favourite adult spirit ?…

 

[jonathan c]

The RS1x is a taskmaster: break-in patience yields sonic riches; regular TLC yields alluring looks…who can resist? Me …

 

[TheRealDz]

The RS1x is a taskmaster: break-in patience yields sonic riches; regular TLC yields alluring looks…who can resist? Me …

Yes, I was really starting to appreciate their sound. They exceeded my expectations in almost every way.

But as @ESL-1 said, I get the privilege breaking a new pair in again - after the two week or so wait to exchange the pair...

 

[nycdoi]

are we buying Grado for cocobolo aesthetic these days instead of sonic performance?

 

[jonathan c]

are we buying Grado for cocobolo aesthetic these days instead of sonic performance?

I buy Grado for cocobolo aesthetic when the sonic performance is outstanding and moves me in the way that music (not FR graphs / scatter plots / sine-square waves) does.