[vienna]

Well, I finally got a good chance to listen to my MS-1. I have the other MS-2 and Pros as well, and co ing from those, these suck ! First impressions is that it sounds ok, I guess. I'm used to wearing some E2cs and frankly, for the first few minutes, the Shures sound better. I guess I should be ordering some flat pads here soon. I really hope these things open up. I guess next thing to do is buy a SR-71 and see what happens.

 

[Jahn]

Yikes! Why did you "Down-Grado?" Of course the MS-1 won't be as good as the MS-2! I have yet to hear the MS-Pro, but I would imagine the same goes for that can compared to the MS-1.

But for portables the MS-1 can get the job done - 40 hours burn in, flat pads, hook it to an amp to a ipod and you are good to go dog walking. Ultimately they were too big compared to my KSC-35 so I let them go. But still, it's a bit unfair to compare them to its big brothers.

 

[vienna]

oh i just never spend any time with them. bought them, then bought ms-2 a week later, then the pros i hate traveling with $600+ phones, so I dug out the MS-1

 

[skitlets]

I have (had, actually. dog ate the e2 last night

) both the ms-1 and e2, and the ms-1 blows the e2 away, hands down.

 

[Kirosia]

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Originally Posted by vienna Well, I finally got a good chance to listen to my MS-1. I have the other MS-2 and Pros as well, and co ing from those, these suck !

I'm sorry if I sound rude, but: OBVIOUSLY!

 

[vienna]

well, i figured the difference would be on a scale of dimminshing returns. You know what I mean, you hit a certain point, and the sounds difference becomes less noticible...well I guess from $100 for $300 there is still a huge difference....not as much from $300 to the pros....more refined.

 

[vienna]

well, after about 6 hours of use....its getting better and better. Its definately not a MS-Pro, but for travling it sounds great. I was getting disappointed at first thinking I might have to bring my expensive rig.... I'm really impressed by this price point at $100....its hard to beat !

Maybe I'll try some Sens for travel phones next.

And by the way, they don;t sound half bad being driven off a IPOd. Next somes the SR-71 tomorrow

 

[redshifter]

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Originally Posted by vienna well, after about 6 hours of use....its getting better and better. Its definately not a MS-Pro, but for travling it sounds great. I was getting disappointed at first thinking I might have to bring my expensive rig.... I'm really impressed by this price point at $100....its hard to beat ! Maybe I'll try some Sens for travel phones next. And by the way, they don;t sound half bad being driven off a IPOd. Next somes the SR-71 tomorrow

enjoy the emmeline amp. personally i prefer the meta to the blackbird with grados--the sr71 is a tad too bright for grados.