GS-1000 lovers I'm going to give them another try

[J-Pak]

I've decided I'll reward myself with the GS-1000 after I finish the second part of my boards (and hopefully do well).

I really was trying to love the DT770 bass, but it doesn't really have the slam that the GS-1000 did, the bass in the DT770 is kinda just "there" I don't know how to describe it.

This will be with my computer for listening, movie watching, gaming which is fortunately quiet. Probably going to try and RA-1 variant as an amp.

Todd has an awesome deal on them right now and hopefully it will stay that way until I'm finished

 

[Jeff E]

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Originally Posted by J-Pak I've decided I'll reward myself with the GS-1000 after I finish the second part of my boards (and hopefully do well)...Todd has an awesome deal on them right now and hopefully it will stay that way until I'm finished

TTVJ web site shows them at list price, $995. Where's the deal?

 

[Blackmore]

You are brave man. Please let us know o.k.


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Originally Posted by J-Pak I've decided I'll reward myself with the GS-1000 after I finish the second part of my boards (and hopefully do well). I really was trying to love the DT770 bass, but it doesn't really have the slam that the GS-1000 did, the bass in the DT770 is kinda just "there" I don't know how to describe it. This will be with my computer for listening, movie watching, gaming which is fortunately quiet. Probably going to try and RA-1 variant as an amp. Todd has an awesome deal on them right now and hopefully it will stay that way until I'm finished

 

[jdimitri]

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Originally Posted by Jeff E TTVJ web site shows them at list price, $995. Where's the deal?

There's a link that sends you his best price for it

 

[Jeff E]

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Originally Posted by jdimitri There's a link that sends you his best price for it

Thanks, found it. [Wanders off mumbling about aging eyesight and small fonts]

 

[DRSpeed85]

I have a GS-1000 and just sold of my DT770. I reckon the GS-1000 has much sweeter mids than the Beyers. By comparison my DT770s sound like old radios. The bass is big, but feels far more natural than the Beyers. Still on the slightly exaggerated side IMO. The highs are non fatiguing and sweet as wine. Violins seem to sound spectacular on these cans than other Grados which made it sound annoying.

I absolutely love the 3D nature of it's soundstage. I think it is best bit of the GS-1000s. Instead of simply having a wide or narrow soundstage, every object has its own distance from the centre. I was watching my Layercake DVD the other day and I was surprised to feel that the main characters feel like they are conversing on the same table, but I could also hear the subtle sounds of traffic, wind and frogs out the window!! I could tell that there was a lady outside walking on the pavement with high heels! Fantastic little details like that. Utterly astonishing. I reckon live records and dvds make the best out of this soundstage. These days, I enjoy listening to Coldplay's 2003 live album.

I also reckon this particular headphone is extremely amp sensitive. It is very responsive to amplification and it appears as tho alot of members have trouble finding the right amp. Given the relative freshness of the GS-1000, there is no consensual recommendation for an amp for these unlike the support for PPX slam and mad ear purist hd for the RS-1s. These are so sensitive that one genre might sound good with a particular amp but not sound as good on another. I trickly lady to please. I'm preparing to purchase a raptor myself, but I'm not sure if that will be with my GS-1000, or a pair of RS-1s.

Lastly, I'd like to add that this headphone's sound signature is far from Grado's norm. Seems more in line with the HD650, K1000 group than the RS-1, SR225. More of a private concert hall than underground/basement jazz, rock or hiphop sessions. Definitely not the rock'n roll kind the RS-1 is known for. If you come from the K1000, I think you will love these.

 

[robm321]

Hi! I wanted to invite you to my double post

 

[robm321]

I realize the GS-1000 isn't a slam dunk. The RS-1 kind of is because it gives that "in you face" presence and energy that no phone really matches.

The GS-1000 is kind of amazing and strange at the same time. It took months of listening and comparing to get me to decide that I really like them long term.

I've compared the RS-1 with the GS-1000 over and over again for months and realize that while the RS-1 gives the raw energy, it sounds smeared, shouty, has an anemic soundstage, and after awhile its tricks become old (matching the GS-1000 only in timbre). In the end, the GS-1000 always comes out the better technically (for me). I know I'll get flack for this, but owning and comparing both for months give me confidence - also the fact that the designer of the RS-1 calling the GS-1000 his statement product reinforces that I'm on target here.

The high frequency spike is my biggest issue. The bass can make things sound congested at times, but not the worst trade off for the wonderful impact and tightness the bass has to offer. The RA-1 softens the highs well BTW. So, does my PPX.

All that being said, the GS-1000 soundstage is wonderful - it is musical and romantic while being as neutrally balanced as any of John's phones (not the last word in neutral however). The best part is the timbre that only wood phones can give you. It only suffers from digitally processed recordings - which is the fault of the recording not the GS-1000s. For acoustic instruments with no trickery, it sounds amazingly real.

The biggest thing that put these phones in my top 3 is that after hearing them, the (Senn HD600, AKG K701, and RS-1’s and almost all other phones just become less interesting to me. I always want to go back to the GS-1000s. The only 2 phones that compelled me not to are the HP-2s and K-1000s (which get out of the way of the recording like no other phones) - and even at times with these, I craved the colored, romantic sound of the GS-1000s. They aren't perfect, but nothing gives me what they can.

Good luck - and feel free to hate them if they don't work. I'll be keeping mine.

 

[mikeymad]

Cheers Rob,

I think that you have stated my experience with the gs1k's better than I could. My Rs-2's were sold off to a friend very soon after breakin of the new Grado's. I still listen to my STAX OMII with a digital front end and the AT W5000's with my analog front end. But I seem to gravitate towards the Grado sound now and again. They float between both systems when I am looking for that kind of sound. I cannot see them leaving my system for a long time. As always they are not perfect phones, but they make me happy.

 

[Audiofiler]

As for the Grado phones..There are none like the GS in the new or old family. However, the GS headphones are not plug and play by my experience, and require an applied interest and system synergy on the front and back end and some time.
I like the Black Dragon Recabled version personally,recommended