[astroid]

Just upgraded to a new RS2E, sounds great but noticed that the driver is no longer red but is silver with black ink on it.
Anyone else get this and is it maybe an X based Driver?

 

[Beagle]

I thought they were always silver with black ink/paint.

 

[astroid]

Were red , ones I saw anyway..

 

[Beagle]

OK I see what you mean. I guess I was thinking of the original button-less RS-2. Now I see they all have the red driver magnet.

 

[Beagle]

I would assume that unless the new RS-2 has the flat pads, that color difference is merely cosmetic and it's the same driver.

 

[kmhaynes]

My RS2e is about 18 months old, and has the bright red driver. The Grado folks are pretty responsive -- email them with the picture you sent, see what they say. That could be a transition-to-X driver maybe.

 

[astroid]

Done a little digging and the black driver has been in use since around Jan 2021 (another user questioned it on Grado fan club thread) , Grado are keeping shtoom, they say engineering and marketing don't give them that kind of info.

 

[Beagle]

I also read somewhere that Grado now make the drivers in-house. I think in previous years they were made elsewhere and the stock dried up or they are no longer being made. So if these are the in-house that might explain the change....and possibly the change with the new X series?

My Hemp appears to have the black ink magnet cap.

 

[cfcsosa]

Just upgraded to a new RS2E, sounds great but noticed that the driver is no longer red but is silver with black ink on it.
Anyone else get this and is it maybe an X based Driver?

Can you take better pictures to see this? I bought a Grado RS2E and I see the difference between drivers from other grados.

 

[Stevko]

Black with blue shades. Bought blackfriday 21