[gooner26]

Hi, I recently purchased a pair of Grado RS1i's from eBay. I got a great deal (£469) and everything is working fine, also came with supplied extension lead and adaptor for use with smaller headphone jacks, but I heard recently a guy saying that he bought some headphones from eBay and he said he was worried that they were fake? Now my mind is doing over time worrying if my new Grado's are fake? Is there anyway of telling a genuine pair to a fake pair?I also took the pads off and noticed some kind of reference number ingraved on the wood. Regards Danny.

 

[SleepyOne]

Post some pics so people can have a look and decide. As for engraving on wood, that's normal. As for price, it is US price so that's ok (nothing too out of the oridinary). Also messy glue around driver is normal too (in case you are worry).

 

[Rhinosaur]

Is there any chance of a few pics? While fake headphones do exist, I can't say I've ever heard of someone making a fake Grado. What headphones did the other guy buy that he thought were fake?

 

[gooner26]

I think the guy bought some sennheiser's. I will post some pics in just a bit, just charging my batteries up.

 

[pdupiano]

fake Full sized sennheisers? Thats news to me. Most of the fakes today are on portable headphones eg the portable Audio Technica stuff, Sennheiser IEMs, Shure iems etc... Never heard of full sized fakes.

But you can check the grado box, usually John signs the RS series boxes, and there should be a serial number on the base of the cup (under the pads). My suggestion is take pics of the following:
Back of the box, Front of the box, any documentation. Front of the headphone (the driver) without the earpads on, the grill of each cup, and the headband.

 

[chicscantdrive]

Fake Grado's don't exist, because the company isn't mass market. However, it's more than incredibly easy to switch drivers with a lower model Grado, and it takes a very, very trained ear to hear the difference. If someone were to put in SR225 drivers into an RS1, most people - including the numerous people on here - won't ever know.

 

[kontai69]

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Originally Posted by pdupiano /img/forum/go_quote.gif But you can check the grado box, usually John signs the RS series boxes

He only does this for the HF series (HF-1, HF-2). But yeah, I've been on Head-Fi for awhile and personally never heard of fake Grados.

 

[pdupiano]

Actually it would be quite easy. Its very difficult to take out the drivers in any of the wooden grados. Most who've tried to recable their headphones have ruined part of the wood housing -thats why I asked you to take a pic of the front of the headphones. It's pretty much a dead giveaway for tampering.

 

[Rasmus]

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