Headband on Grado RS1: leather or pleather?

[greenhorn]

Is the headband on your Grado RS1 made of real leather or of pleather?

I was convinced mine is leather, until a very close inspection.

It's actually pleather.

 

[greenhorn]

Mods, can you, please, add a poll with two options to this thread?

Option 1: leather;
Option2: pleather.

Thanks!

 

[ayt999]

the one on my PS1 (I'm pretty sure it has the same headband as the RS1) doesn't look like leather.

 

[adhoc]

the rs-2 i auditioned had what i'm pretty sure was a leather headband. i dont think the rs-1 headband should be any different.

 

[NeilPeart]

SR60 - SR225 & MS1 - Share the same vinyl headband
SR100/200/300 (Joe Grado) - Share the same thin LEATHER headband, but it differs from the SR325 headband
SR325/MS2 - Thin, LEATHER headband
RS-1, RS-2, PS-1 - All share the same LEATHER headband, though the assemblies differ between the PS-1/RS-1 and the RS-2
HP-1000 - LEATHER headband of the highest quality

 

[Zanth]

Neil is right on across the board. It seems that only the RS-1 ever came with brown leather. Mind are of that flavour.

 

[ayt999]

so the PS1 has leather headbands... but they really do not look like leather compared to all the other examples of leather on headphones I have around.

are there any pictures of the brown leather grado headband? I would be interested in seeing one.

 

[adhoc]

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeilPeart SR325/MS2 - Thin, LEATHER headband

incorrect. my ms-2 came with what is undoubtably pleather.

 

[greenhorn]

At an even more closer inspection

, it occurred that the upper part of the headband is pleather and the lower part (which touches the head) is leather.

 

[greenhorn]

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeilPeart SR325/MS2 - Thin, LEATHER headband

PLEATHER on my 325s
Quote:

Originally Posted by NeilPeart RS-1, RS-2, PS-1 - All share the same LEATHER headband, though the assemblies differ between the PS-1/RS-1 and the RS-2

LEATHER + PLEATHER on my RS1

 

[Zanth]

Where is the pleather on your RS-1's? Mine have 100% soft brown leather.

 

[VanTheMan]

What about the Alessandros?

 

[Jahn]

The MS-1 has thin black pleather wrapped over a metal headband - nice and retro.

 

[NeilPeart]

The MS2 and SR325 I've had experience with both had leather headbands, albeit cheap ones that were very thin and of poor grain. Perhaps you fellas have newer models in which more budget cuts forced the use of pleather (or simply aren't distinguishing between low-quality leather and pleather). . Perhaps I'm confusing "high-quality" pleather with low-quality leather!

I'm almost positive that the entire RS-2/RS-1/PS-1 headband is full leather. The bottom is simply suppler because it's padded, but the entire leather band is all leather, IIRC. I bet John Grado would answer this one...

 

[go_vtec]

My RS-2 appears has a leather both top and bottom (a padded softer black leather on the bottom). I think NeilPeart is right.