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Two different flavors.
When the RS-1 first came on the scene, it was compared with the HP-1, for obvious reasons. It cost $100 more than the discontinued HP-1. Some actually found the RS-1 an improvement. But since the HP-1 was out of the picture, the RS-1 was compared with the Sennheiser HD580 and later on, the HD600. There were no other Grado's to compare it to.
From memory, to my ears, the closest things sonically to the HF-2 (outside of it's cousin 325i) are the PS-1 and PS1000. Now those two are way ahead of the HF-2, but IMO they share some of the same flavor; full bass, sense of power, lack of bite to the top.
The RS-1 sounds a bit more open, presentation is set a bit further back (a bit more depth) and midrange to treble is more sweet and seamless than the HF-2. My RS-1 is from 2004, so I don't know what the current version would soundlike. I think the current drivers have been tweaked to tone down the highs, which so many seemed to have a problem with. To my ears, they now sound a bit more cloudy in the mids/upper mids, maybe this is a trade-off for a less exaggerated top.
My beef with the GS1000 is that the bass was goosed to help cloud over the treble spike, but the bump is in the 80-100hZ area, not in the 30-50hZ. So I find them a bit boomy. This is why you will find a non-exaggerated bass but a very bright treble (and recessed midrange) when you put the large bagel pads on the HF-2.
Originally Posted by 3X0 /img/forum/go_quote.gif it's an empty hope to wish it "better" than the RS1 ..............I didn't purchase the HF-2 with the RS1 in mind.. if I wanted that, I would have just gotten the RS1 and been done with it. |
Two different flavors.
When the RS-1 first came on the scene, it was compared with the HP-1, for obvious reasons. It cost $100 more than the discontinued HP-1. Some actually found the RS-1 an improvement. But since the HP-1 was out of the picture, the RS-1 was compared with the Sennheiser HD580 and later on, the HD600. There were no other Grado's to compare it to.
From memory, to my ears, the closest things sonically to the HF-2 (outside of it's cousin 325i) are the PS-1 and PS1000. Now those two are way ahead of the HF-2, but IMO they share some of the same flavor; full bass, sense of power, lack of bite to the top.
The RS-1 sounds a bit more open, presentation is set a bit further back (a bit more depth) and midrange to treble is more sweet and seamless than the HF-2. My RS-1 is from 2004, so I don't know what the current version would soundlike. I think the current drivers have been tweaked to tone down the highs, which so many seemed to have a problem with. To my ears, they now sound a bit more cloudy in the mids/upper mids, maybe this is a trade-off for a less exaggerated top.
My beef with the GS1000 is that the bass was goosed to help cloud over the treble spike, but the bump is in the 80-100hZ area, not in the 30-50hZ. So I find them a bit boomy. This is why you will find a non-exaggerated bass but a very bright treble (and recessed midrange) when you put the large bagel pads on the HF-2.