[francoamerican]

Has anybody heard both the woo Wa6 se and the mapletree super ii with grados?

 

[agoston.berko]

Dear Grado Fans,
 
which is the best earpad available for grado hf2 ?
i want comfort, and i want that without to sweat in summertime & without SQ change.
 
thanks

 

[musiclover666]

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lol...I can't wait for you to get a higher end Grado down the line...you seem to love the 80s as much as I did when I first got them, so I already know how you'll like the better Grados...especially the 500s! 

Me too, as soon as I am back at work my first pay cheque will be going to a new pair of Grados. Just don't tell my wife. She'll probably want new shoes. 

 

[Focker]

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Me too, as soon as I am back at work my first pay cheque will be going to a new pair of Grados. Just don't tell my wife. She'll probably want new shoes. 

 
LOL!

 

[musiclover666]

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Dear Grado Fans,
 
which is the best earpad available for grado hf2 ?
i want comfort, and i want that without to sweat in summertime & without SQ change.
 
thanks

I can't speak to the HF-2, but for me and my 80i I finally went with the Sennheiser 414 pads, and this is after trying all but the G cush pads. They are the best compromise between SQ and comfort for me, they seem the most natural and don't colour the sound too much. Pads are a very personal thing and I think you need to try out some sets for your self and see which ones you like. YMMV.
 
Cheers,
Dan

 

[stacker45]

Hmmm!,i wonder wich model of the Grado headphones is the biggest seller,i'm guessing it's between the SR60i and the SR80i

 

[musiclover666]

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Hmmm!,i wonder wich model of the Grado headphones is the biggest seller,i'm guessing it's between the SR60i and the SR80i

 
Hmmm, indeed.

 

[Gwarmi]

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Hmmm, indeed.

 
 
 And the least? Definitely the SR125i and then it's a coin toss between the RS2i and GS1000i.
 
 They're all great headphones but it's a stop gap thing that prevents them from becoming favorites
 overall - most folk just buy the SR225i over the 125i - they're $165 and $220 respectively down here.
 
 Same deal with the RS2i - $200 more and you're in RS1i country.

 

[shimmer n roar]

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The other night,i was listening to Diana Krall's 'Love scenes' cd with my PS-1000 straight from the headphone output of my Vintage Yamaha CA-610 II,when the cd finished,just for fun,i went to get my stock SR-80i just to see how much difference there is between a budget Grado and the flagship model,and i was shocked at how well the SR-80i stacked up against the much more expensive sibling,don't get me wrong,the difference is easily noticable,but not as big as i would've tought,ah! the law of diminishing returns.

 
i'm thinking that the difference in soundstage between the two would have been immediately apparent but how close did the sr-80i come to the ps1000 in other areas?

 

[Austin Morrow]

Count me in. My review of the PS1000's will be up tomorrow.

 

[stacker45]

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i'm thinking that the difference in soundstage between the two would have been immediately apparent but how close did the sr-80i come to the ps1000 in other areas?

 
The PS1000 have depper bass and more treble extension,but the all important midrange was similar,the PS1000 have a more polished,airy,overall sound,but it's nice to see how big a chunk of the PS1000's sound you get with the SR80i,for a fraction of the price.

 

[shimmer n roar]

apart from the ps1000 having deeper bass extension, how does bass definition compare between the two? i ask because i'm under the impression that although the ps1000 has bigger bass than the reference and prestige series grados, some of the tautness that we usually associate with the grado bass presentation might have been sacrificed to achieve it.

 

[agoston.berko]

and is the Sennheiser 414 pad compatible with the Grado HF2 ? thanks

 

[Vikingatheart]

I can't believe that day has come, but I'm selling my last pair of Grados. I love these things, but for a lot of reasons, I need the money more than the cans. If you all want, you can check them out in the Trade forums. 
 
Despite having started this thread, and thinking I was never going to sell these beautiful little guys, it seems fiscally responsible. 

 

[agoston.berko]

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I can't believe that day has come, but I'm selling my last pair of Grados. I love these things, but for a lot of reasons, I need the money more than the cans. If you all want, you can check them out in the Trade forums. 
 
Despite having started this thread, and thinking I was never going to sell these beautiful little guys, it seems fiscally responsible. 

...You will regret this, and You will buy an other Grado later, that's for sure.
... I had lot's of headphones but IMHO Grados are the only one which can reproduced music refinements so naturally and unstrained at the same time