[labrat]

Are they really that big?

They are really that big. Really warm ear muffs! I don't use them much, they make much bass, soft, very bassy sound.

 

[movinIron]

Probably so, in pictures they look quite basic. Just maple, that's what I make syrup out of every year lol, not a very exotic wood.

I agree. Exotic woods are something to enjoy. Look and feel.
It‘s good, that put on the head, only sound and to a degree comfort is left.

But Guarneris and Stradivaris are made of spruce (top), ebony (fingerboard), palisander (neck) and mostly …maple (frame and bottom) for the sound.
Some say that Stradivaris sound special because of the woods lower material density.
But every instrument maker at that time had these woods on hands.
Some say there was a special drying process. But no, that times forced the people to use only 20 year stored (the drying process) wood instead of 30 - 35.
The truth is simply, Antonio Stradivari was an empirical scientist. He had an idea, what might affect the sound in which way and than - tested it.
And he had an ear which tends slightly to sound coloration that sounds like eː (between e in ‚berry‘ and a in ‚air‘), with a preference for sound pressure in frequencies between 2 and 4 kHz. You will find the formants (sound coloration, harmonic waves) here, that’s why this is called ‘presence‘. Some were told to add 1kHz, some 5 kHz, not worth to quarrel about. Fact is in all definitions 2-4kHz are safely included. It is followed by the 4-6kHz range which is named ‘brilliance‘ this is where the sibilants are at home. (There is no formant possible above 4 kHz. (Couldn’t resist.))
Now that we talked about the way old Antonio worked starting at 12 until he was 89(!), can you see any similarities to these Brooklyn guys named Joseph or John Grado?
Especially when looking for the the year ‘65 at the Grado timeline:
https://gradolabs.com/company/timeline

 

[quentinspriggs]

If not for the fact he reads the fine print on the Grado boxes, he was about to polish his cans with single malt. He takes them looking good that seriously.

But, fortunately, he realized that alcohol is not good for wood, all in time to avert a disaster!

no its because i was in an unfortunate case with them, and also the reason I have moved on to Bang and Olufsen

 

[jonathan c]

no its because i was in an unfortunate case with them, and also the reason I have moved on to Bang and Olufsen

?

 

[quentinspriggs]

?

Yes

 

[movinIron]

no its because i was in an unfortunate case with them, and also the reason I have moved on to Bang and Olufsen

Ya talkin' 'bout yer nu turntable, righ'?!

 

[movinIron]

Maybe they finally seen ‘sign o times‘ and decided to design a headphone amp?

 

[quentinspriggs]

Ya talkin' 'bout yer nu turntable, righ'?!

That would be nice but no. If a Beosound 2 or Edge goes on sale this Black Friday, that's what I'm getting.

 

[ESL-1]

….and that Feed-N-Wax tastes like s##t…!

Boy, I take a couple of weeks off and you guys are all over the place………

But having FUN!

 

[lugnut]

Boy, I take a couple of weeks off and you guys are all over the place………

But having FUN!

Man your not joking, I have had to double check a couple of times to make sure I'm in the Grado threads !

 

[jonathan c]

…definitely in the Grado thread…

…a stellar pairing!!

 

[quentinspriggs]

…definitely in the Grado thread… …a stellar pairing!!

damn I got to listen to one of those at CanJam Chicago, not sure why I don't have the icon, but I was not that impressed. It had a nice bass response, and had the nice sharpness I like with strings, and a wide stage but not as good as the Arya. I was listening to Lindsey Stirling through a Benchmark HPA 4. And they were heavy, granted not as bad as the Spirit Valkeria.

 

[David222]

…definitely in the Grado thread…

…a stellar pairing!!

Too bad it only comes in silver

 

[jonathan c]

damn I got to listen to one of those at CanJam Chicago, not sure why I don't have the icon, but I was not that impressed. It had a nice bass response, and had the nice sharpness I like with strings, and a wide stage but not as good as the Arya. I was listening to Lindsey Stirling through a Benchmark HPA 4. And they were heavy, granted not as bad as the Spirit Valkeria.

To my ears, the Benchmark HPA-4 is extraordinarily clean & linear; but as a THX AAA amp, has serious weakness in ambience, cadence, soundstage. The PS2000e cannot pass through what is not there…

 

[jonathan c]

Too bad it only comes in silver

…came in chromed finish…