Rebel Chris
100+ Head-Fier
The Hemp is awesome. Didn't like the looks, pads and theme. After couple of months I could buy a used demo model voor 450.- euro.... Glad I did. But both grado's will make you happy.
Hemp, Rs2e, GH2 are all roughly same price, all very good, and with their stock pads all apparently quite different (in the Gradoverse) Changing pads can bring them all closer together, as can EQ in your media player etc.Would going from MS2i to Hemp be a worthy upgrade? I see so many gushing reviews of the Hemp that it makes me desire it but then I fear about missing out on the MS2i sound since it was(not sure if it still is) the more balanced sounding Grado sounding headphone. I came across a headphone site that state they have them in stock and selling my ms2i for the hemp would not be that crazy of a financial jump.
I personally think wrapping white hemp cord around the headband of the hemp is one of the best mods one can do for it and the hemp becomes one of the best-looking grados in my viewThe Hemp is awesome. Didn't like the looks, pads and theme. After couple of months I could buy a used demo model voor 450.- euro.... Glad I did. But both grado's will make you happy.
From memory (I owned the MS2i years ago...and I not longer have the Hemp) I think it is an upgrade.Would going from MS2i to Hemp be a worthy upgrade? I see so many gushing reviews of the Hemp that it makes me desire it but then I fear about missing out on the MS2i sound since it was(not sure if it still is) the more balanced sounding Grado sounding headphone. I came across a headphone site that state they have them in stock and selling my ms2i for the hemp would not be that crazy of a financial jump.
There's been a recent infusion of fans who feel the slightly more subdued tuning of e-series drivers meets their needs, so the demand isn't quite there anymore. The >$1500 headphone market has also since exploded, with Grado themselves introducing the $1800 GS3000e and $2700 PS2000e, so people with that kind of money will just consider those instead of getting something that's no longer serviceable. The HP1000 is now more of a museum piece than something you'd want to actually use.
Both the RS2e and the PS500e are upgrades. I think the RS2e would be the "logical upgrade" to the SR325e.
Last purchase for a little while!
I remember my first "Last Grado" too
That is a brilliant turn of phrase which I am totally stealingLast Grado may just be the oxyest of morons...
I remember my first "Last Grado" too