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I've come to appreciate Grados over the years - I doubt the HF-2 will be a bad product. I'm willing to pay $429 for one, especially considering the excellent value the HF-1 was.
Also, you don't know how long the HF-2 has been in the works. Jude apparently has had one for awhile and the announcement was planned. The HF-2 might also use a number of parts already stocked (and probably does) so production can go straight ahead.
Are you sure the PS-1000 isn't meeting production schedules? Sometimes delayed releases are used to build interest and perceived value for a product. It certainly doesn't look any more difficult to build than any other Grado.
Which leads to a thought I had. Maybe the PS-1000 demand is off, especially due to the economy. Luxury sales are down for everything, hard. If anticipated PS-1000 sales are off, there's a chance that Grado ordered too many drivers for it and is overstocked. If demand isn't there for the PS-1000, then why not put the extra drivers into a HF-2? Just speculation, but possible.
I think the "baby PS-1000" reference was to the sound, not necessarily the looks.
That's why I think the HF-2 will have a tweaked version of the GS-1000/PS-1000 driver in a unique cup, most likely with the large circumaural pads and a leather headband. A plastic/mahogany cup would be in line with the HF-1 and would not undercut the "prestige" of full mahogany or aluminum cups.
The HF-2 will probably have much the same flavor of the GS-1000 and PS-1000. If you want a more refined version of the HF-2, then there will be an obvious upgrade path.
Also, I wonder if the HF-2 might herald a new line of Grados, or maybe an extension of the RS line. The driver used in the GS-1000, PS-1000 and HF-2 (presumably) might be carried over into a less expensive plastic cup/vinyl band headphone similar, but not identical to, the HF-2. Perhaps this new Grado will also be unveiled at CanJam. We will see.
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This is exactly the kind of post that the ignorant and uninformed come along and read which results in ridiculous rumors being thrown around Head-Fi as if they are fact. The parts in bold are simply ludicrous.
Grado may have ordered too many PS1000 drivers and now they're going to give them away in a $429 headphone? LOL! Yeah...sure. Like Grado is hurting so bad financially that if they don't move those out the door they're in the predicament of going out of business. What a tremendously absurd joke speculation. Let's just put the same drivers we put in our $1700 headphone in to a $429 headphone. Possible, perhaps by definition, but not probable in the slightest.
Then you say GS-1000/PS-1000 driver instead of replacing the / with the word or, as if you've already determined that they use the same driver without even hearing the PS-1000 or getting confirmation from Grado Labs. Laughable at best.
Once again, the HF-2 will probably have much the same flavor of the GS-1000 and PS-1000 implying that the latter two sound anything alike when both Zanth and Sanderman have confirmed that they don't. Where do you come up with this stuff?
Then the best part of your post. "The driver used in the GS-1000, PS-1000 and HF-2 (presumably)". So now not only is the GS-1000 and PS-1000 driver the same but also that of the HF-2 as well, AND Grado is going to release an entirely new line based on it. Comedic gold.
I think the many hours you have spent listening to the DT48 are starting to affect your brain. Perhaps you should apply for a writing job with The Onion?
