seasterl
Head-Fier
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My current headphone inventory consists of a pair of 701 and HD600 (with a cable upgrade). These cover all areas genres for me, but I was considering adding another pair as more of a specialty can to further compliment what I have already. I've tried the plain Grado 325 and RS-1 years ago, but found them too forward in presentation and consistently gave me a headache after only a few songs. With a cool company story and nice looks, I really want to love the Grados, but my ears cannot tolerate them to last even one CD. Everyone keeps saying that the GS-1000 is a departure from the other Grados, but they never say how. So looking at the Headroom graphs, which seems to be the only true independent measurement we have, I would predict that the GS-1000 would be just what I'm looking for. Can someone confirm that the newer GS-1000i would fit my needs better than those painfull 325 and RS-1? Also, does Grado make their own drivers, or does the little "i" also mean that their supplier no longer has the old drivers and that driver manufacture is now cheaply outsourced elsewhere?
My main source is the Creek CD53 with other sources being the Marantz CD17Mk2, Marantz DR17, and a Michell Gyrodec SE TT. My amp is a Sugden, and cables are Kimber Select and use Chang Lightspeed powerline filtration. Music preference is just about everything except rap.
My main source is the Creek CD53 with other sources being the Marantz CD17Mk2, Marantz DR17, and a Michell Gyrodec SE TT. My amp is a Sugden, and cables are Kimber Select and use Chang Lightspeed powerline filtration. Music preference is just about everything except rap.