[Edgard Varese]

Hi all
 
I've lurked for years but am de-lurking as I've just bought a Little Dot I+ to drive my Alessandro Ms1s (or alternatively the Grado SR60s).  Most of my listening is via computer, and I'm currently using an eMu0202 as a DAC.

 

[lin0003]

Hi, welcome to Head-Fi and sorry for your wallet 

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[MomijiTMO]

I really like the MS-1s. Great headphone!

 

[Edgard Varese]

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Hi, welcome to Head-Fi and sorry for your wallet 

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Thanks I picked up a matched pair of NOS Voshkod tubes for it last night as well and the amp hasn't even arrived yet.  Also looking at rolling in another op amp (2107)... might as well get into the pool at the deep end.

 

[Edgard Varese]

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I really like the MS-1s. Great headphone!

I like them too... this pair was a gift from a friend who had broken one of the plastic nibs that holds the headphone in place (he was upgrading anyway and he tends to give his old stuff away to friends).  I figured out how to repair it and they are almost as good as new. 

 

[fabio-fi]

Welcome to headfi!
 
Aren't the MS1's compared to the SR80's? I know that Alessandro have a slightly better sound signature than stock grado. 

 

[Edgard Varese]

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Welcome to headfi!
 
Aren't the MS1's compared to the SR80's? I know that Alessandro have a slightly better sound signature than stock grado. 

Thank you.  I haven't heard the SR80s but my understanding is that the MS1s are considered to be slightly less forward.  Ideally I'd like to audition the range just to be able to better grasp the differences (and the improvement in sound as one moved up the line) but I get the feeling that window shopping would annoy the guys at the local shop.  

 

[Stenso]

Hi, I went to a meet and was lucky to be able to work through the Grado range from soup to nuts. It is very bad for the wallet to do this, I came home and ordered the 80's and the MS1's. The difference between them is defined and very interesting, if I want to be on stage, I put on the 80's, if I want to be in the front rows I put on the MS 1.

 

[jnno]

Hey nice to see another new zealander

 

[Edgard Varese]

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Hi, I went to a meet and was lucky to be able to work through the Grado range from soup to nuts. It is very bad for the wallet to do this, I came home and ordered the 80's and the MS1's. The difference between them is defined and very interesting, if I want to be on stage, I put on the 80's, if I want to be in the front rows I put on the MS 1.

Interesting. 

 
A few years back when I got the SR60s (my first serious pair of cans) I had visions of moving very quickly up the Grado upgrade ladder, but in the meantime my kids started doing competitive gym and dance... which helped to derail that idea. 

  But I still plot ways to upgrade... one day...

 

[dragoonv]

nice to see other new zealanders

 

[Edgard Varese]

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nice to see other new zealanders

Not to mention other folks from ChCh.

 

[Edgard Varese]

Little Dot is here.  Jimi Hendrix first up (Hendrix in the West).  A/Bing with the amp in the emu0202 and it's already miles better even just out of the box...

 

[Brooko]

Yep - a few of us around now.
 
Would love to get a meet going one of these days.  Greetings from Invers.

 

[Stenso]

Hi, I waited until my sons were slightly less dependent on my wallet before I set sail into this great hobby. I am now semi retired and really enjoying listening to my favourite music in stunning quality. I can honestly say I have heard subtle and not so subtle facets that I had never heard before. My only slight grump with this hobby is that sometimes I worry that some colleagues listen to their kit, rather than the music!