Just to keep the Grado love going...
I just got my babies back into my collection.
My 2nd pair of RS-1s arrived today. One of the biggest mistakes I ever made in this hobby was selling my first pair of beloved RS-1s. I will not be making that mistake again.
Listening to them with tube amplification with bowls right now, and I couldn't be happier.
These are the only headphones I have ever purchased twice, which is really saying something about how I feel about them (check my profile for other phones I have owned).
They will never be able to dethrone the K1000s (but c'mon, what ever will?). But they are a great compliment to the K1000s, and they come pretty close to bringing me the same amount of listening joy (just minus the soundstage).
My SR-225s (which served as a surrogate to the RS-1s while they were gone) will graduate to my portable rig.
And so the circle of life continues...
Happy days indeed.
Me =
Grado RS-1 = pure expression of musical emotion. No other dynamic phone that I have heard to date gives me the emotional connection to my music quite the way a pair of Grados does.