hifizen
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Your welcome, and I'm glad you decided to compare the two in "stock" form.
That was an excellent write up of your opinion on both the RS2e/GH-1 and I appreciate your opinion. As of now I only have about 12-14hrs on the GH-1's so I have plenty of time before drawing any conclusions but I will say I'm enjoying them very much so far and can already hear their potential and what you've pointed out about their sound-signature in a lesser degree.
Once again, excellent expression of your opinion/impressions of the GH-1's!
I try my best to give my impressions/opinions/comparisons but most of the time I am at a loss of words and find it hard to express/write a review of what I'm hearing.
Now…do you have a PS500 to compare to the GH-1's??? This would be great if you did and I would love to read it!
Alas, I do not own the PS500, or any other Grado except the GR8. I would be very interested in that comparison too.
I suppose I should point out that in absolute terms, much of what I describe in my comparison review is fairly subtle, and intended to parse out the relative differences in those two headphones. In absolute terms, the differences I note (if you want to call them that) are pretty subtle and might not even be noticeable in standalone listening without direct A-B comparison. Today I brought the GH1's in to the office and left the RS2e at home. Listening to them on their own today, I have absolutely zero complaints or reservations about possibly missing something which might sound a tiny bit better on the RS2e. The GH1's are stunning performers in their own right.
At ~100 hours now, they are sounding even better than yesterday (I let them rest overnight). I just put on the Wes Montgomery track again to see if the bass lump is still there, and I have to say this time it's not nearly as noticeable as it was at ~65 or 80 hours, which was the last time I made notes with this track. Maaaybe there's a touch of a bump there still but I have to struggle to hear it now (enough that I might be imagining it), so I'd say it's basically gone at this point. I figured it might take a bit longer to settle all the way - maybe the bass just keeps getting better from here?
Anyway, I'm happy enough with the sound at this point that I'm going to stop burning in and just use them for regular listening from now on.
I'll add one last point for thought: If I had owned the GH1 first, I don't think I would've felt any interest in the RS2e. However, I had the RS2e first, and obviously was interested in finding something better...