Lisa
Headphoneus Supremus
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Last week when I first gave my RS-1s a serious listen, (I've had them for months but due to circumstances couldn't listen to them much.) I though I heard the right side louder.
Tried different sources, recordings, amps and other headphones to compare but the the right side remained louder. And yes of course first thing I did was put them on the other way around to rule out my ears. But the right driver was defenitely louder. Mono music was about 2 cm (a little less then an inch) to the right of the middle of my head.
I called Grado and I can send them there and have them fixed for $100. That's a fair price but with shipping to the US it's still a big amount for me.
So today before I wrap them up for shipping I decided to have another listen just to make sure if it's really neccesary. And now it seems much less apparant. When listening to music it seemed like half of the time it sounded normal and the other half it's like my left ear hears a bit less. Like it's mildly blocked by a cold.
I downloaded some test tones to make sure it's not the recording. One of 50Hz, a 100HZ and a 1000Hz. Now I think it's about 1 cm off to the right. But it could be that my mind is playing tricks with me. At the moment I can't even be sure of my other headphones anymore. I'm starting to hear all sorts of imbalances.
I don't know what to think anymore. I think I should try the last test with the test tones a bit later when my ear and head are fresh again.
In the mean time. Does anyone have an idea how to test this better? And could it be that there's something wrong with the left driver or a connection to it that makes it sound OK half of the time but when the connection is bad the driver will have a lower volume?
Any thoughts?
Tried different sources, recordings, amps and other headphones to compare but the the right side remained louder. And yes of course first thing I did was put them on the other way around to rule out my ears. But the right driver was defenitely louder. Mono music was about 2 cm (a little less then an inch) to the right of the middle of my head.
I called Grado and I can send them there and have them fixed for $100. That's a fair price but with shipping to the US it's still a big amount for me.
So today before I wrap them up for shipping I decided to have another listen just to make sure if it's really neccesary. And now it seems much less apparant. When listening to music it seemed like half of the time it sounded normal and the other half it's like my left ear hears a bit less. Like it's mildly blocked by a cold.
I downloaded some test tones to make sure it's not the recording. One of 50Hz, a 100HZ and a 1000Hz. Now I think it's about 1 cm off to the right. But it could be that my mind is playing tricks with me. At the moment I can't even be sure of my other headphones anymore. I'm starting to hear all sorts of imbalances.
I don't know what to think anymore. I think I should try the last test with the test tones a bit later when my ear and head are fresh again.
In the mean time. Does anyone have an idea how to test this better? And could it be that there's something wrong with the left driver or a connection to it that makes it sound OK half of the time but when the connection is bad the driver will have a lower volume?
Any thoughts?