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Apr 13, 2023 at 4:05 PM Post #59,836 of 66,291
My original foams went flat and yellow. I contacted him and asked if I could get more. He said he would send me a whole set for free if I covered shipping. I replied Yes Sir!
I didn't test for sound, I just went by feel. I wanted comfort and foam that would hold its shape for a while. I think I picked maybe one level stiffer than stock. Sounds the same to me, which is awesome.
I can confirm this, BA really offers a great service. I tend sometimes to swap the foam, mostly for comfort, but of course the softer, the more similar the sound will be to that with flat pads, because the driver gets closer to the ears (but that was exactly the reason for getting the new stiffer ones in the first place :dt880smile:)
 
Apr 13, 2023 at 4:09 PM Post #59,837 of 66,291
I agree with you on your bass impressions.
The RS- series has much more detail and punch to them.
At nearly double the price of the 325x for the RS2x and more than double the price for the RS1x, for those on a budget.

I know you get what you pay for, but I think the bass in the 325x is pretty decent for a $295 headphone from a company that forever has focused on mids and treble in its tuning. Yeah, the bass in the my 325x doesn't stack up to my old LCD-2C or current LCD-X 2021, but I'm pretty happy with it for $295 and my first Grado.
 
Apr 13, 2023 at 4:12 PM Post #59,838 of 66,291
Wait until you get home one day and you find your dog chewing on your GS3000x.

I wonder what you will think of National Pet Day then. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:



I didn't know it was pet day. Time to go give Luca (my Lab) a treat. :thumbsup:
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Apr 13, 2023 at 4:27 PM Post #59,839 of 66,291
At nearly double the price of the 325x for the RS2x and more than double the price for the RS1x, for those on a budget.

I know you get what you pay for, but I think the bass in the 325x is pretty decent for a $295 headphone from a company that forever has focused on mids and treble in its tuning. Yeah, the bass in the my 325x doesn't stack up to my old LCD-2C or current LCD-X 2021, but I'm pretty happy with it for $295 and my first Grado.
It's not all about cost, in my case. I understand the x-series of drivers have more bass compared to the e-series. I was happier with the 325e than the 325x, but I know that many love the x-series.

It comes down to opinion, taste & genre of music, I find.
 
Apr 13, 2023 at 4:34 PM Post #59,840 of 66,291
I realised that life is not all about Susvara, which is what I have been using for the last few months. I had packed away HD800 and Grado GH1 but now I took them out again. In the last hour, I have been swapping headphones and amps. Between 3 headphones and 3 amps, there are many combinations and no I won't go into rolling tubes now because that will take my sanity away.

Anyway I was listening to a song now and it hit the right nerve, that moment when my eyes lit up and I didn't know what headphone was on my head or what amp it was plug into. Turning my head to look at the rack, I realised it is the Grado GH1 on my head and it's plug into Odyssey. :) Welcome to Thursday 6:31am and the day has just begun.

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Apr 13, 2023 at 4:49 PM Post #59,841 of 66,291
Look what my wife, who swore she would not ever give me any more headphones (after buying me Grado GW100, Grado Hemp, and Sony MDR-Z7 over the years to bring my collection up to about 50 pairs), gave me for my major birthday today!

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Apr 13, 2023 at 4:52 PM Post #59,842 of 66,291
Look what my wife, who swore she would not ever give me any more headphones (after buying me Grado GW100, Grado Hemp, and Sony MDR-Z7 over the years to bring my collection up to about 50 pairs), gave me for my major birthday today!

Keep that headphone well and the wife too.
 
Apr 13, 2023 at 4:55 PM Post #59,843 of 66,291
Look what my wife, who swore she would not ever give me any more headphones (after buying me Grado GW100, Grado Hemp, and Sony MDR-Z7 over the years to bring my collection up to about 50 pairs), gave me for my major birthday today!

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You are a lucky man! :thumbsup:
 
Apr 13, 2023 at 5:24 PM Post #59,844 of 66,291
I realised that life is not all about Susvara, which is what I have been using for the last few months. I had packed away HD800 and Grado GH1 but now I took them out again. In the last hour, I have been swapping headphones and amps. Between 3 headphones and 3 amps, there are many combinations and no I won't go into rolling tubes now because that will take my sanity away.

Anyway I was listening to a song now and it hit the right nerve, that moment when my eyes lit up and I didn't know what headphone was on my head or what amp it was plug into. Turning my head to look at the rack, I realised it is the Grado GH1 on my head and it's plug into Odyssey. :) Welcome to Thursday 6:31am and the day has just begun.

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GH1 with powerful tube amp is simply put magic. I use F pads for electronic, pop and L for more acoustic things. It was a combination I tried by chance last week (Aries Cerat Genus + GH1) and since then no matter what other combination I try I could not find better. Insane. Almost 150kg of electronic driving a GH1 to high heavens.
 
Apr 13, 2023 at 5:24 PM Post #59,845 of 66,291
Look what my wife, who swore she would not ever give me any more headphones (after buying me Grado GW100, Grado Hemp, and Sony MDR-Z7 over the years to bring my collection up to about 50 pairs), gave me for my major birthday today!

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Wife buys husband a pair of headphones... Denzel suspects something is amiss...
 
Apr 13, 2023 at 5:35 PM Post #59,846 of 66,291
GH1 with powerful tube amp is simply put magic. I use F pads for electronic, pop and L for more acoustic things. It was a combination I tried by chance last week (Aries Cerat Genus + GH1) and since then no matter what other combination I try I could not find better. Insane. Almost 150kg of electronic driving a GH1 to high heavens.

Yes getting electrocuted is heavenly. A powerful tube amp with GH1 is magic I agree.
 
Apr 13, 2023 at 9:50 PM Post #59,849 of 66,291
Look what my wife, who swore she would not ever give me any more headphones (after buying me Grado GW100, Grado Hemp, and Sony MDR-Z7 over the years to bring my collection up to about 50 pairs), gave me for my major birthday today!
If my girlfriend gave me those for my birthday...she would end up being my wife.
 
Apr 13, 2023 at 9:53 PM Post #59,850 of 66,291
Look what my wife, who swore she would not ever give me any more headphones (after buying me Grado GW100, Grado Hemp, and Sony MDR-Z7 over the years to bring my collection up to about 50 pairs), gave me for my major birthday today!

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Congratulations on both counts
 

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