Aw man, you’ve touched the musical part of my heart. Hendrix’ Red House guitar riff introduction is a thing of beauty. And Edward “Son” House is a legend and a big part of my blues albums collection. I can never get enough of his rendition of “Death Letter”. This gets you two thumbs up, Redd (great grand son of Son ).
Are those pads the L cushion ones, Joe ? I have spare ones and after seeing this [beautiful] photo of yours, I’m now curious to try them w/ my GH2s. Briefly, why do you appear to prefer these pads for you GH2 ? Thanks.
Are those pads the L cushion ones, Joe ? I have spare ones and after seeing this [beautiful] photo of yours, I’m now curious to try them w/ my GH2s. Briefly, why do you appear to prefer these pads for you GH2 ? Thanks.
Bob--those are Grado G cushions, but the GH2 comes stock with Grado L cushions.
I much oprefer the sound of the GH2 (and GH1 w/G cushions) from the day I switched to them. The G cushions give a spacious instrument separation without decreasing the mid-lower bass or increasing the mid-upper frequencies--just right for my tastes and my chain.
Bob--those are Grado G cushions, but the GH2 comes stock with Grado L cushions.
I much oprefer the sound of the GH2 (and GH1 w/G cushions) from the day I switched to them. The G cushions give a spacious instrument separation without decreasing the mid-lower bass or increasing the mid-upper frequencies--just right for my tastes and my chain.
Ok, thanks Joe for your response, sound explanation and clarification on the G & L cushions. I seem to have a hard time keeping track of what’s what with the cushions. I’ll be sure to try them w/ the “G” cushion in the near future.
Ok, thanks Joe for your response, sound explanation and clarification on the G & L cushions. I seem to have a hard time keeping track of what’s what with the cushions. I’ll be sure to try them w/ the “G” cushion in the near future.
You're welcome
I've tried at least a dozen times (even before I started listening this afternoon) to use the L cushions--but after 10min I put the G cushions back on. Just the sound that I'm used to.
Bob--those are Grado G cushions, but the GH2 comes stock with Grado L cushions.
I much oprefer the sound of the GH2 (and GH1 w/G cushions) from the day I switched to them. The G cushions give a spacious instrument separation without decreasing the mid-lower bass or increasing the mid-upper frequencies--just right for my tastes and my chain.
I noticed that too when I swapped out the L's for G's on my RS-1x. I hear that spacious separation not only left and right but up and down in each ear as well.
I noticed that too when I swapped out the L's for G's on my RS-1x. I hear that spacious separation not only left and right but up and down in each ear as well.
• Everyone is different . I could not stand the L-pads' "cupped hands over ears, hollowed out" sound on RS-1x. When I went to F-pads / TTVJ Deluxe Flats, RS-1x came "on song." Now, for 'Row A' perspective, it's F-pads; for 'Row M' perspective, it's G-pads.
And I think that it is ONLY the GH2 and GH1 that are improved by replacing their native L pads with Gs. The PS500 sounds equally good but different, and at least in my experience, the other L-supplied Grados degrade in sound with Gs.
And I think that it is ONLY the GH2 and GH1 that are improved by replacing their native L pads with Gs. The PS500 sounds equally good but different, and at least in my experience, the other L-supplied Grados degrade in sound with Gs.
I generally keep the stock pads myself. I did find the G worked pretty well on the GH1 as both you and @joseph69 liked that comment.
On the recommendation from one of my headphone buddies recommended the Beautiful Pads on the GH2 and I liked it, so in essence it really becomes at least two to three different phones depending on the pads.
• Everyone is different . I could not stand the L-pads' "cupped hands over ears, hollowed out" sound on RS-1x. When I went to F-pads / TTVJ Deluxe Flats, RS-1x came "on song." Now, for 'Row A' perspective, it's F-pads; for 'Row M' perspective, it's G-pads.
I'm also in the camp of people who can't stand the L-pads on the RS1x. Honestly, I can't stand the L-pads and G-pads on any Grado headphones from the Reference or Prestige series anymore. If the F-pads didn't exist, I probably wouldn't be in this thread anymore. I've still got the GH1, and the only way I enjoy it is with the F-pads. Going from the G-pads to the F-pads transforms the GH1 from "meh" to "boom!" It's like my headphones did a superhero costume change lol
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. I could not stand the L-pads' "cupped hands over ears, hollowed out" sound on RS-1x. When I went to F-pads / TTVJ Deluxe Flats, RS-1x came "on song." Now, for 'Row A' perspective, it's F-pads; for 'Row M' perspective, it's G-pads.
