[jaywillin]

   
 
LOL!!!
 
The PS500 has had my interest for a long while from what I have read in their presentation...But I have resisted....And I must keep resisting.....

resistance is futile !!

 

[Chris_Himself]

  Has there been a thread that compares the HF-2 against the PS500? They seem to be around the same ballpark price wise. And I'm having a hard time deciding which one to get. DON'T SAY BOTH!
 

 
 
The HF-2 was somewhat of a departure from the Grado house sound, by going even warmer, little less on the highs. It was a thicker overall sound, think Sennheir HD650, LCD-2 etc. I mean only in signature not in overall presentaiton.
 
PS500 is based on PS1000 with smaller aluminum chambers and it was tuned for neutrality as opposed to the fun/warm spectrum as the RS series.
 
PS500 if you analyze music and you're strict about your balance, HF2 if you don't care and you just want to enjoy your music regardless of what is deemed "proper. 
 
I'm gonna throw another curve ball, RS2i.. which is what I still have to this day. They never get old.

 

[bassboysam]

PS500 is not even close to neutral,

 

[MrFaust]

When I left I had a pair of RS2's. They were by far my favorite headphones at the time. And while I like analytical headphones nowadays I prefer fun sounding headphones.

 

[swspiers]

  PS500 is not even close to neutral,

Our definition of 'neutral' tends to be a little different...

 

[bbophead]

When I left I had a pair of RS2's. They were by far my favorite headphones at the time. And while I like analytical headphones nowadays I prefer fun sounding headphones.

Perhaps this would be of interest:  http://www.head-fi.org/t/708714/dallas-tx-sunday-june-1st-2014-the-fickle-force-of-june-meetup

 

[MrFaust]

Perhaps this would be of interest: http://www.head-fi.org/t/708714/dallas-tx-sunday-june-1st-2014-the-fickle-force-of-june-meetup

 
Thanks for the heads up. I use to go to the meets that Alex ([AK]Zip) use to put on in Plano. He might still. I just haven't seen anything from him on here in the last couple of weeks that I've been browsing. In other news, my SR80's arrived this morning. Picked them up for $70 shipped. They even came with Bowls and a set of Senn 414 pads.

 

[HPiper]

When I left I had a pair of RS2's. They were by far my favorite headphones at the time. And while I like analytical headphones nowadays I prefer fun sounding headphones.

I have some RS2i's and they are absolutely my favorite Grado, I gave my other pair to my son (SR325i). They took forever to break-in but wow once they did, by far the best Grado phone I have ever heard.

 

[whirlwind]

WAKE UP, "GRADOHOLICS"
 
Time to head bob & toe tap
 
 
 

 

[TheDreamthinker]

  WAKE UP, "GRADOHOLICS"
 
Time to head bob & toe tap

 
Grados on & ready to go....

 

[jaywillin]

  WAKE UP, "GRADOHOLICS"
 
Time to head bob & toe tap
 
 
 

heads a bopping, toes a tapping !

 

[joseph69]

Schiit Lyr for the Grado PS1K's???                                                                                             

 

 

[bfreedma]

  Schiit Lyr for the Grado PS1K's???                                                                                             

 

 
I preferred my WA6-SE to the Lyr.  Only mentioning it because you have a WA6.

 

[joseph69]

   
I preferred my WA6-SE to the Lyr.  Only mentioning it because you have a WA6.

Thanks for the reply.
Any particular reason, or just your preference between the all tube vs hybrid?

 

[bfreedma]

  Thanks for the reply.
Any particular reason, or just your preference between the all tube vs hybrid?

 
Just my preference, though the larger variety of tube options for the Woo and my finding a combination I like probably has more to do with it than the differences in topology.  Wanted to find something that took the edge of the PS1Ks a bit.