wje
Unmodified = Not worth listening to.
Yeah, I know it has more at the bottom end, but to be honest......I am probably one of the very few that thinks the Grado's bass is just right.
I am not much on feeling my bass, or boomy bass.......I just like it to be fast and not mess up any detail .....it is one of the strongest points of the RS1i for me.
I fell off the Grado wagon for a bit. On my journey, I had a chance to hear many headphones as they passed through my collection. Yes, many head bass well above and beyond what a Grado offers. However, with the other headphones, I found myself being too analytic towards the sound and had the mentality that I could keep climbing the chain and have pure perfection. The reality? As you move up the chain, not one headphone will do everything perfect. When I was using those other headphones and shooting for the moon with respect to bass, I became disconnected from my music.
Now, with the Grados, I found that I just can connect to the music again, and that's what I'm really after. The "wow" factor was great ... it really was, but to be able to just turn on some music, place the headphones on and just enjoy hearing my music is my #1 goal.