Poll! : Do Grados look good (generally)?

[saturnine]

I love the look! Especially the RS-1/2.

 

[afobisme]

let me ask the people who like the grado design this: did you, at first, not like its aesthetics... but it eventually grew on you?

 

[Jahn]

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Originally Posted by afobisme let me ask the people who like the grado design this: did you, at first, not like its aesthetics... but it eventually grew on you?

I have to admit, I liked them at first sight.

 

[sonick]

Quote:

Originally Posted by afobisme let me ask the people who like the grado design this: did you, at first, not like its aesthetics... but it eventually grew on you?

i liked them from the very beginning... but then again, i think portapros look awesome as well.

 

[Thinduke]

I fell in love with the look the first time I saw them. I like all retro stuff so they look just right for me.

Sometimes I wear them in school and on street just to annoy people, 'cause people in my school seem to think that they are some old and crappy phones.
Then I make them listen the phones.

(I haven't seen anyone in my school to have better phones than Portapros, and I've seen one of those.)

 

[Burns11]

I think it depends on the material, the plastic just comes off as cheap and dated. I really like the aluminum, the wood are ok and the plastic I don't like at all. I don't know how much sense that makes, since they are all the same basic shape, but that's my feelings.

 

[spookz]

ill admit they look like something out of the 70s

 

[Oddball]

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Originally Posted by Illah Let's be real - outside of the head-fi bubble we live in Grado's are not retro-chic, they're just old and they look dated. These headphones are female repellants.

Yup, whenever I wear mine, I break into a rash and feel the urge to throw them off and lock up them far far away from me.

But really. I like the Grado design in a way. It's simple. I actually prefer it to some of the more plasticky designs of the infamous Sony v-series.

 

[Kirosia]

I've always liked the grado retro.

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These headphones are female repellants.

I disagree. Although yes, they aren't exactly uh . . the coolest aesthetics in most non-headphile circles, I do know for a fact that they don't repel the opposite sex. Well, at least in my case.

Headphones don't make the man, good looks do!

(and personality too, I guess . . .)

 

[The Actual]

I am a fan of the Grado look. They roxor all the boxors all the time.

Although I still don't own any. I should work on that.

 

[Fr_eak]

I think the Grado is the hallmark for how headphone should look

 

[ojnihs]

I happen to like the way the Grados look, especially when you get to the PS-1, RS-1, HP-2, and 325's...

I just can't listen to them... too fatiguing!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Kwisatz]

For the upper end models, very much yes. The lower end plastic models on the other hand not so much. They all have roughly the same design, but the metal and wood of the higer end models just give a touch of class that the plastic models lack. Even so, I would have no problems wearing any of them in public - other than the fact that they have no isolation and their relative bulk kills that option for me anyhow.

 

[zeppelin2]

Maybe a bit off topic, but for those with Senn 414 pads (or I imagine anything other than the bowls), do you wear your Grados:

a) Flat against your ear OR
b) Flat against your head

 

[ILUVIPODS]

actually, in my school, alot of people are weraing big over the ear headphones, not grados, but koss and sony. I even saw someone wearing the portapros.I think its starting to become popular