We respect you, we enjoy your wisdom and insight and your praise of the Grado sound. We will miss you from this thread and hope that you will find reason to return quickly. You are one of the handful of posters on this thread that I always try to read. Godspeed!
Thanks a lot John. I'll miss you too.
Meeting someone like you (albeit virtually), made me pretty happy inside because of two things. I'm a hopeless romantic (or hopeful?, lol). Anyway I was happy when I saw your username becomes ruthieandjohn, and the fact that I was here leading up to that. I believe in love and I'm happy when somebody found theirs.
More than that, seeing your collection gave me validation that
there are somebody out there that is as crazy as me.
As you and many are probably aware, from the time that I've been here, I'm not exactly in any position to buy things
in the present. However, believe you me that I had the utmost intention to collect all the non-limited edition grado headphones just because I can (one day).
So... knowing that there is somebody out there that owns all the non-limited edition grado headphones (and then some), validates my innermost desire that that is a
normal thing to do.
Since I know you like the hd800, that will probably be something I would consider getting in the far future, because your opinion to me, carries weight. So..... at the very least, it's not going to be the last time we'll see each other on head-fi (should I ever get a hd800(or S), I'll probably visit their thread one day in the far future).
@rovopio
I respect your decision for leaving Grado due to your experiences, but that doesn't mean you can't post on this thread being this is IMO/IME thread has the best community that has no problem speaking about any manufacturer or piece of equipment one might have…so don't hesitate to post what this future hobby may bring your way!
"...this thread has the best community ". It is, yeah I agree. It is definitely one of the best
community within the community. This thread sorta flew under the radar because it's a "fan club" and because it's a fan club of "grado". Since the grado sound is an acquired taste, people with
similar "acquired" taste gets along more, maybe. At least that's the way I noticed it. Especially the long-stayers.
No offense and I'm saying this in the best of ways but
you also kinda have to be a bit crazy in the head to buy non sr60/80/125/225 grado models because they almost sound the same (acc. to others).
I think going from sr60 to the higher-up lines were very much worth it, but I understand the view of many other people that can't hear much difference between 80 and 225, much less to ever considering getting something like a rs1 or even a ps1000/gs2000. I say this with the highest of respect,
we kinda a crazy bunch over here buying the more expensive grado, methinks. You kinda have to be a bit crazy in the head to put grado as a #1 / #2 option when there are many, many other headphones in the market.
So, many of us get along.
I don't have any plan to buy stax (short-term or long-term) due to the price and amps requirements, and I hate waiting (in this context, the BHSE). But if hd800(S) doesn't engage me the way I wanted to, I probably will consider researching and checking out STAX (likely the 007 first, but at that far future who knows what STAX models will be available then).
I have a feeling there will come a time that I will be more open both in ideas and in situation, to consider a STAX. After all, all this time I was in love with an American brand that treats me nonchalantly. and yet, I never open my eye to the possibility that I might like the
more domestic brand of STAX. I speak
some degree of Japanese and I know the culture
to some extent, so I'm hopeful for a
standard Japanese treatment, and their standard is good enough for me.
That far-future goal of getting all them grado headphones (like ~$6000 in total?), can be pooled to STAX at that far future point, should I ever want to.
So it may (may not be) the last time we'll bump into each other Joseph.
Huge respect to you my friend.
I encourage everyone to treat the brands the same way they're treated. I've never had any form of communication or support from Grado, the only experience I've had is the headphones themselves.. which is why I'm here and why I give so much love to Grado.. the sound and the niche and everything is just enticing.
That said.. stinks you had a bad experience and I'm really sorry things didn't work out. I'd be happy if you still stuck around the thread and if not then at least feel free to message me anytime!
Thanks Dillan. I appreciate your response, both now, and a few months ago when I just bought that last grado headphones. We don't talk much (if any?), but from the way you write your replies to me, I can feel that you are as good a soul as other people in this thread. I'm happy that you found a headphone that suit your preference.
Grado is a normal company, they are neither good or bad. It's the system they devised that made what happened to me became possible, and it's also just a perfect storm of ****-uppery from all parties involved. The person from Grado US, the distributor, the dealer, and myself. Every party had some role that in the end, broke me.
I highly doubt what is currently happening to me will or even
can happen to anybody else in this planet. Just from the sheer audacity of it. It's unthinkable that anybody else will experienced the same thing. But stranger things have happened on this planet, so there's that too.
What I'm trying to say is that while yes, I talk on Grado on the past several posts on this thread, I talk on them based on how the whole thing made me feel (or at least I tried to express it from that view). I don't think they are anywhere near bad as a company per se. I respect the effort and decisions Grado person did to develop the brand and the company to what it currently is.
I think as a whole, they are a normal company. What is happening to me is just extremely ****ty but it's also extremely unlikely to ever happen to anybody else.
So, to anybody that love Grado, no reason to not continue loving them.
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I said last time that "
this week" is the last time I will visit, and not that particular day (whatever day it was I last posted), was because... you know it Sundays everywhere in the world when some people here posted some youtube link for others to enjoy. I wanted to experience a Sunday here one last time.
Anyway, goodbye everybody. See you in other threads.
. If you're looking to try something else, I suggest you audition a pair of magnpans or Harbeth, if you haven't already. The mids are fantastic on these speakers and the music sounds very natural. Reminds me of grados actually.
and the sr60/80 is on a short list of 5.
