[courierdriver]

For me; it's not how they look

...it's how they sound

! And yes; I DO find them comfortable!

 

[PiccoloNamek]

The styling is awesome. I just wish they weren't built so cheaply.

 

[lutwey]

i think the retro look of grados is awesome. and the funny thing is,even people who doesnt know anything hifi suspect that they sound good just by basing it on their looks.

 

[blinx]

i love the styling too.. and we all know how ugly the SR-40 was..

 

[ken36]

Grado makes money.

 

[F107plus5]

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Originally Posted by ken36 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Grado makes money.

....and Grado makes friends.

 

[jc836]

Grado has been around as long as me-and then some. They have always made great products IMO. Had their Tone Arm on a Rek-O-Cut Ttable for a long time. Cart's were hand built and came boxed accordingly. Yes, the 50's were a wonderful time. If a product has endured this long-it deserves to stay as it was intended. Just my 2 cents.

 

[F107plus5]

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Originally Posted by jc836 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Grado has been around as long as me-and then some. They have always made great products IMO. Had their Tone Arm on a Rek-O-Cut Ttable for a long time. Cart's were hand built and came boxed accordingly. Yes, the 50's were a wonderful time. If a product has endured this long-it deserves to stay as it was intended. Just my 2 cents.

Hey; old timer! Don't look now, but that 2 cents don't cut it no more! 8 to 10 cents minimum, these days!!

Couldn't agree more about the 50s!! What I don't understand is considering how good those days were, why they can be put down so often as being so "bad" today!!

I must have missed something. I thought they were great!!

.....except why did they have to go and introduce transistors and goof up a good thing!!

 

[EdT]

You got to go back in the late 80's and early 90's when Grado was in the red with slumping sales in phono cartridges and the company was about to fold. The tooling, dies and molds were all built in house by John Chaipis so the design of the tooling had to be simple just functional. To make make molds like those of Senn, they would had to aquire expensive EDM and CNC machine tools or had to contract the tooling out. The design for the proper term is "retro" and it is functional like all classics.

 

[Hi-Finthen]

Throwback you say? lol

I say, classic

 

[nikongod]

you do know that the length of the tube has en efect on the sound? when properly sized it can shape the driver. otherwise, the driver is just opperating in free air.

i hate to use the brand as an example, but the "bazooka" automotive sub-woofers come to mind.... notice anything similar

 

[DesmondDavidH]

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Does anyone feel the same way or love their styling?

To be honest? I loved my SR60, but it was damn ugly. The alluminium and woody design is quite good instead, I think we all agree (with the PS1 being the absolute best). The problem it's in the low-to-mid range, the black plastic Grados.

 

[F1GTR]

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Originally Posted by Starsky5000 /img/forum/go_quote.gif God...I'm dying to buy one of their headphones but I can't seem to get past the styling.

Do it ASAP.

I felt 110% the same exact way that you did, during my first year here at head-fi, and it was the biggest mistake and lesson learned of never judging something by its looks. When I put the HF1's on for the first time it took all of 10 seconds worth of the first song to realize I had found my sound, and also for me to realize just how silly I was of depriving myself of it for over year simply because of external appearance.

I had the HF1's for a whole month or two before going straight from them to the HP2's and onward to the PS1's.

 

[feh1325]

Quote:

Originally Posted by DesmondDavidH /img/forum/go_quote.gif To be honest? I loved my SR60, but it was damn ugly. The alluminium and woody design is quite good instead, I think we all agree (with the PS1 being the absolute best). The problem it's in the low-to-mid range, the black plastic Grados.

the sr325 and ms2 are aluminum

 

[kramer5150]

my ears tell me they look just fine