[Shane D]

Cats with headphones...oh no .

My favourite T-shirt is:

 

[HiGHFLYiN9]

Hemp after Howard’s Feed-N-Wax:

I love that stuff. Every couple of years there is Feed N Wax day and everything wood in the house (and outside the house) gets a layer or two.

 

[TooFrank]

Yeea. I like the freedom too.
So prefer portable.
A dongle without battery would be best.
On my list:
Ru6
Cobalt
Earmen eagle.
But nobody use RS2e with a dongle.
So hard too find recommendations

Have you tried something like the iFi Go blu? It really makes your headphones portable, but of course on a somewhat lower "audiophile" level

 

[TooFrank]

After avoiding them for almost two years, I just bought a pair of Hemps.

Curious to learn how you compare them with your beloved GH2s

 

[Shane D]

Curious to learn how you compare them with your beloved GH2s

You and I both!
I am currently deep into testing out a new headphone amp. Tomorrow is my last set of headphones and I am not expecting it to be a great match-up. Hopefully the Hemps are in Friday or Monday and they go straight onto this. Of course I want to roll amps and earpads fairly soon.

I hope they are prettier in person. Ever since they came out, at first glance, they just remind me of particle board.

 

[majo123]

You and I both!
I am currently deep into testing out a new headphone amp. Tomorrow is my last set of headphones and I am not expecting it to be a great match-up. Hopefully the Hemps are in Friday or Monday and they go straight onto this. Of course I want to roll amps and earpads fairly soon.

I hope they are prettier in person. Ever since they came out, at first glance, they just remind me of particle board.

I think there one of the nicest looking .

Love the patina..... but i like all of these, Woody's are nice but also like the retro metal, love the ps500e with the red on the driver..
Infact I love the retro look of grados in general over modern styling plastic.... each to there own though.

 

[Shane D]

To me, my most beautiful headphones are the GH2's.

 

[hikaru12]

Shoot out.

Does Grado sell its tan leather headband? I think it would look nicer on the hemp imo. I think I’m gonna pull the trigger next pay day and buy me a pair.

 

[jonathan c]

With the Woo WA6SE and the TTVJ deluxe flats, the RS1x becomes……

 

[ESL-1]

With the Woo WA6SE and the TTVJ deluxe flats, the RS1x becomes……

Serene……yet……..

 

[majo123]

Does Grado sell its tan leather headband? I think it would look nicer on the hemp imo. I think I’m gonna pull the trigger next pay day and buy me a pair.

I don't think so but could be wrong?

Pull the trigger! You won't regret it awesome cans , don't know where you are in the world but there's sometimes a few floating around the classifieds if you want save some money.

 

[Tensen]

There is always turbulent labs

 

[cirodts]

for an alessandro ms1 which pads do you recommend for a better sound?

 

[TheRealDz]

Now that my RS1x is fully broken in, here are some more thoughts:

1) this is truly a reference headphone in every respect - it will extract loads of details from your recordings. Good recordings are magical, but you will hear all of the bad in bad recordings. Buyer beware...

2) same goes for equipment. I can easily tell the night and day difference between my delta/sigma-based Gustard X18 DAC and my collection of R2R DACs.

3) I am about to reterminate mine with an XLR connection. It isn't about the power, but about the resolution potential. We'll see...

4) comfort isn't bad, but could stand to be improved. Bending the band made a huge difference - ie, reducing the clamping reduced the fatigue from pressure on my ears. I realized that the main cause is the fact that I wear glasses. My troubles go away when I take my glasses off, but that usually isn't an option. I have some more pads incoming, so I will report back...

5) my god, this thing is gorgeous.

 

[jonathan c]

Now that my RS1x is fully broken in, here are some more thoughts:

1) this is truly a reference headphone in every respect - it will extract loads of details from your recordings. Good recordings are magical, but you will hear all of the bad in bad recordings. Buyer beware...

2) same goes for equipment. I can easily tell the night and day difference between my delta/sigma-based Gustard X18 DAC and my collection of R2R DACs.

3) I am about to reterminate mine with an XLR connection. It isn't about the power, but about the resolution potential. We'll see...

4) comfort isn't bad, but could stand to be improved. Bending the band made a huge difference - ie, reducing the clamping reduced the fatigue from pressure on my ears. I realized that the main cause is the fact that I wear glasses. My troubles go away when I take my glasses off, but that usually isn't an option. I have some more pads incoming, so I will report back...

5) my god, this thing is gorgeous.

With the RS1x, I alternate between the TTVJ deluxe flats (F-pads) and the Grado G-pads. They equate for me to row F and row M. I found that the L-pads conveyed a “cupped” sound that made voices / saxophones a bit hollowed and shrill…