By darker, I assume you are saying...treble is tamed way down compared to the RS1i....but still great detail .
if you had to give a percentage on the treble, Joseph......how much would you say it has tamed down....if it has any at all.
When you say darker....I immediately think less treble.
The treble is less, but strangely easily heard (I don't know by how much percent) but it blends in nicely with the rest of the frequencies. As of now this is the most different Grado I've heard. The only (e) series Grado I heard was the GS1Ke which I didn't care for.
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Nothing mellow about these!
Upon further listening, I believe these have more treble presence and maybe more extension. Bass is indeed very nice. Good presence without being overpowering or overemphasized. very good punch when it calls for it. Like all Grados (deep)sub bass is not really there IMO. I do believe these do reach a bit lower than what older models did, maybe all e series do?
Instruments and voices have their own space and there is a nice little 3D image going on that I don't think previous generation Grados achieved the way these do.
Personally, I would've like to hear more (full) body to the midrange as from what I can recall my Rs1 definitely has. My Rs1 has such a good tonality, voices sound excellent and acoustic instruments have beautiful timbre that nothing else I've heard quite does it like the Rs1.
Thanks for your input…I'm hearing what you're hearing but you've just explained it much better! @whirlwind when I said darker background, I've always read that the PS500/e had the darkest sound, so this is what I was also trying to say. [size=x-small]The only thing is that to me the mid-range does have a nice full bodied sound to it, but then again, you have the RS1 (buttoned) and I have the RS1i which are different. I only compared 1 song between the GH-1/RS1i last night and felt the GH-1 was warmer/fuller with that recording. Also our equipment changes what we each hear. Very nicely said[/size]…[size=x-small]thanks! [/size]