Hi,   I recently bought a pair of HD650 along with a Matrix Cube and the headphones were a huge improvement over what I had previously owned/listened to (wesc bag pipes, bose in-ears, bose qc 15, Beats Pro/Studio (in other words cheap stuff that's expensive)) for every type of music and...

Have any Grado owners out there thought about or actually attempted to acquire from Grado Labs a leather-lined headband replacement (a-la the SR-325 and higher models) for their sub-SR-325 Grado headphone?

The title says it all. I just bought a pair of Etymotic HF3 for 144 CAD from Amazon and found that I can have a pair of Triple.fi 10 used for 170. Would it be a worthy upgrade? I'm mostly listening to power metal. (startovarius, dragonforce, Iron Maiden), some rock, goth metal and little bit of...

Out of curiosity, I brought my MS-1s back from the office today to try them with my home setup. In short, they've been no worse than the DT880 on any recording to which I've listened so far. For some, they've been much better! And I'm not listening to just rock; I've been taking a...

Looking to get myself a pair of nice headphones. I am inbetween the Senn HD650 and the Grado RS2's. I'm heavily leaning towards the Grados. I mainly listen on my computer, 2011 Mac Pro 8 core. Wondering if the grado's will perform spectacularly on my computer without any sound card/amp? Do they...

i don't know if this has been done before, but i would love to see a thread devoted to custom-made woodied Grados (not RS1/RS2/GS1000) - either ones that you made or purchased. would be nice to keep comments to a minimum, so the emphasis can be on the headphones themselves. here is a pair of...

I just picked up my first pair of quality cans today from my local audiophile dealer and am wondering what I got.  They had a demo pair of Grado RS-1 listed on their site, and since I was interested in the RS-1i at $695, I figured   their list price for these at $449, same as the RS-2 demo was a...

OK, I've found some posts about this before, but they have never been compared with the music I listen to..... So it's a simple question, What headphone is best Grado RS2 or Sennheiser HD650 for music like for example: Paramore, Kings Of Leon, Green Day, Linkin Park etc.... This might...

Hihi   I´m new here and hope you can help me out here as my friends are of little help. They think I am nuts when I say I´m buying headphones over $300  :)   I have owned Grado SR80 for about 10 years now! They have proven just fantastic and durable, but now I´m looking for an upgrade. I...

A mod inspired by unfortunate events and a broken 'yoke'... Good amount of time and money were spent on R&D... in other words, a lot of things I tried didn't really worked out too well. But I think I'm finally onto something...

Well saw the 325 owners club and that is really just for the 325's so I figured the RS series should get there own fan club and serial number thread.  Discussion on amping and or music prefrnece with these.   Owners/Modle/Serial Numbers 0000 Grado RS2 (no serial) - willmax  3505 Grado...

The K701 ain't perfect, but after listening and owning a bunch of different headphones, I've found that the K701 has the best price to performance/quality ratio and it does everything pretty well. The K701 has a fair amount of treble and bass, music sounds bright when it's suppose to sound...

INTRODUCTION: With the resurging interest in the Grado RS2 and the fact that it is one of the few Grado's that I have yet to audition, I decided to get a pair and try it out in my system. I’ve been exhaustively comparing my new Grado RS2 with both my SR225 and Alessandro MS-Pro and would like...

After years without decent headphones, I bought a pair of Grado SR80i's 2 weeks ago and love them so much I am, insanely, after a "better" set of headphones. I've just ordered an Asgard and had intended to step up the Grado line and buy the sr325is. I've read in a number of places that the 325is...

I currently have the Senneheiser IE8 earphones. I really like the type of sound they produce I want to buy some headphones, but I was wondering which model have the sale type of sound as the Sennhieser IE8 which have extremely good bass and soundstage. I will be using them through my IPhone 3GS...

Time for a new thread about this.;)   I am planning to upgrade my headphone setup and go for a solution based on Musical Fidelity M1HPA and M1DAC (or VDAC) together with a new pair of headphones. My original plan was to keep my RS-2s but when I made a long listening test (as a part of the...

I currently have the RS2's w/ flats but I'm starting to feel that itch of trying out new equipment. Anyone have any experience comparing the RS2 to a D2000? Particularly a D2000 that has been recabled or Markl modded or both?  I'll add that I do quite enjoy the forward grado slam and I'm not...

I've gotten the upgrade itch. It started the other day when I decided to pull the button off of my 325's. Now, I think I am just wanting to try something new. I love the 325's, but what's wrong with something better? So, what would you guys do? Add an amp to the 325's or just go with the RS2's...

just picked up a set of buttoned RS1 (vintage B).   i'm finding them a little strident/peaky with a hump around the 10khz region that i find uncomfortable on many tracks.   my understanding is RS2, HF2, and RS1i are all slightly rolled off in the treble region compared to RS1.   1...

I recently picked up a LD i+ and I was a little concerned about what it does when I power it on. The left tube initially produces a bright glow from the base when turned on. This is only for a second and the glow returns to normal just like the glow in the right tube.  If I have headphones...

I recently picked up a LD i+ to try out with my RS2's and I was really impressed with the synergy between the two. I don't recall the effect being this dramatic when I tried pairing with the D10 Cobra. Apparently proper matching can go a long ways for grado's (at least to my ears)   I've...

Hey guys, So I'm gonna get either a Grado RS-2i or an Alessandro MS2. I'm gonna also buy it with either a pico USB/DAC or an RSA Predator. I listen to oldies rock and metal most of the time, but I also take my time listening to hiphop and I usually listen for about 1 - 3 hours per session...

OK here is the deal. i bought these because they were on sale for $129.99 and the reviews on the web page were ridiculously good. so i get home and put them on. for the first 10 hours i thought they were amazing but that slowly died. the more i listened to them the more i hated them. harsh...

Greetings.   I've done a lot of searching on the forums. I'm looking for headphones (sub $300).   My favourite music is Jazz. I'm a jazz player, would prefer a rather neutral set. I listen to various types. Sometimes recordings from a small jazz bar, sometimes big band (more new big band...

Well I got up to 32 ohm today and to my surprise they had the RS-2 to use and some 325is. LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!!!! Build: Well that can I say ones wood, ones metal and are built pretty much the same.   Sound: OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOD! 325is: Well people on here say that the higher end...