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Headphoneus Supremus
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Ah, the images of classic beauty. Totally comparable right?
That's my pic and my RS-1is
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Ah, the images of classic beauty. Totally comparable right?
A fair amount of that died down when Grado threw 'em a bone: the HF2. Ironically, the HF2 is so truly a "baby PS1000" that if you swapped the cushions and vented the drivers, you'd have a tough time telling these headphones apart. Anybody with a modicum of brains could have modded the HF2 and gotten a PS1000 - but almost nobody did. Guess why? Because they wanted to hold onto them and resell them as collectors' items. Why bridge the gap between your $500 HF2 and the $1,700 PS1000 when you can leave it in the box, wait a few months, and make a couple of hundred dollars?
OK, stop the Porsche stuff, it has zero relevance. I like the Grado sound, I've owned the SR-80, 325i and the GS-1000, I still own the HF-1, HF- 2, and the RS-1. I also own the D7000 and the K1000. The RS-1 is my "go to" phone. Some Head-fiers don't like the Grado sound, some think it's OK and others believe it's the best. Go figure.....it's no different than Sennhieser, Beyer, AKG, Ultrasone,,,etc. Grado hasn't blown their reputation, They are what they are, there's just a few nay-sayers who need to say something about Grado because they aren't what they expected. Get over it, sell them and buy something else.
Actually Porsche is now owned by VW first off. Secondly Porsche never remained stale it made huge changes throughout the years, most notably in the transmission department. There's plenty more I could go on about, but a comparison of Porsche and Grado is a terrible comparison.
Perhaps you don't realize that Grado was a different company when Joe ran the place. He was the one that had the ear and voiced all the headphones. In those days, Grado was truly ahead of his time for inovation and for value. The HP-1, HP-2, SR-200, SR-100, SR-80 were all his creations and voicings. Grado is a different company now with regard to the voicing of their cans, choice of drivers, etc. Everything is different except what John kept from the look of the original Grados.
Perhaps you don't realize that Grado was a different company when Joe ran the place. He was the one that had the ear and voiced all the headphones. In those days, Grado was truly ahead of his time for inovation and for value. The HP-1, HP-2, SR-200, SR-100, SR-80 were all his creations and voicings. Grado is a different company now with regard to the voicing of their cans, choice of drivers, etc. Everything is different except what John kept from the look of the original Grados.
Originally Posted by Bilavideo
A fair amount of that died down when Grado threw 'em a bone: the HF2. Ironically, the HF2 is so truly a "baby PS1000" that if you swapped the cushions and vented the drivers, you'd have a tough time telling these headphones apart. Anybody with a modicum of brains could have modded the HF2 and gotten a PS1000 - but almost nobody did. Guess why? Because they wanted to hold onto them and resell them as collectors' items. Why bridge the gap between your $500 HF2 and the $1,700 PS1000 when you can leave it in the box, wait a few months, and make a couple of hundred dollars?
I've got no firsthand experience with the PS1000s, but I do have an HF2 and a half-modicum of brains. (Well, plus or minus a half-modicum, anyway.)
So I'm interested in this claim -- what modding would a HF2 need to be more PS1000-like?
As long as "we're" posting silly stuff, what is the current Porche equivalent of the SR-60i and what Porche is over 20X (PS1000) that price?
People, you are not making sense.
People, you are not making sense.
unless they ride tandem, I am confident I could beat them in a race, I think he could shave off minutes of his track time if he riced it out with carbon fiber and faux carbon fiber accessories