zombie1210
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I thoroughly enjoy Grado headphones. Especially my RS2X and SR325X. There is just something about the "Grado sound" that sounds so good to me.
Since they aren't talked about much....Grado
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Love my GS1000s (which were TOTL when I purchased them in 2006). I listen through my McIntosh C22 IV.
Since I got them, I’ve auditioned TOTL cans from Audeze, Focal, Hifiman, Sennheiser, Stax (and newer offerings from Grado), among others, with various dedicated phono amplifiers in combinations costing up to $25K. Nothing I’ve heard makes me want to trade up, even to better Grados.
I’ve also been to Brooklyn’s Grado Labs a couple of times—a 30-minute bus ride from my apartment. A real hoot. (I think I was expecting a pristine environment with people in white lab coats and lots of electron microscopes.) But it’s a graffiti-covered brick edifice and a beat-up metal door, with a doorbell labeled “Grado Labs” in magic marker on a piece of tape.
Inside: dark cave of a place, crowded like a 1940s cobbler’s shop—but with piles of headphones, cartridges, and audio parts instead of stacks of leather and shoes. Couple of curt middle-aged women (smoking cigarettes, IIRC), listening to talk radio, assembling the stuff.
First time I visited, to get my cans fixed, I handed my precious GS1000s to one of the women and, after I explained what was wrong with them, said, “So this is where the magic happens…” She looked at me like I was an annoyance, scowled a little, and proceeded to handle my cans like she was changing a tire. But she quickly fixed them, handed them back to me, and wrote up a bill. In and out in 15 minutes, I left there somewhat dumbfounded that they could accomplish what they do in that environment.
Still love my GS1000s.
Since I got them, I’ve auditioned TOTL cans from Audeze, Focal, Hifiman, Sennheiser, Stax (and newer offerings from Grado), among others, with various dedicated phono amplifiers in combinations costing up to $25K. Nothing I’ve heard makes me want to trade up, even to better Grados.
I’ve also been to Brooklyn’s Grado Labs a couple of times—a 30-minute bus ride from my apartment. A real hoot. (I think I was expecting a pristine environment with people in white lab coats and lots of electron microscopes.) But it’s a graffiti-covered brick edifice and a beat-up metal door, with a doorbell labeled “Grado Labs” in magic marker on a piece of tape.
Inside: dark cave of a place, crowded like a 1940s cobbler’s shop—but with piles of headphones, cartridges, and audio parts instead of stacks of leather and shoes. Couple of curt middle-aged women (smoking cigarettes, IIRC), listening to talk radio, assembling the stuff.
First time I visited, to get my cans fixed, I handed my precious GS1000s to one of the women and, after I explained what was wrong with them, said, “So this is where the magic happens…” She looked at me like I was an annoyance, scowled a little, and proceeded to handle my cans like she was changing a tire. But she quickly fixed them, handed them back to me, and wrote up a bill. In and out in 15 minutes, I left there somewhat dumbfounded that they could accomplish what they do in that environment.
Still love my GS1000s.
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zombie1210
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Does anyone know where the drivers are made?
N0rt0n
Super Member
It looks like they do almost everything in house
Grado Drivers
Can someone confirm if Grado actually makes them in house ? For those that did the factory tour, did you guys actually see them making the drivers, like winding the copper coil onto the drivers and them forming the diaphrams and assembling them together or you just saw them inserting the...
www.head-fi.org
zombie1210
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Wow. Some real jackasses in that thread.
N0rt0n
Super Member
I did not read any further than the answer to the question
seely
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My Grado 325x were instant "go-to" headphones for me. I generally do not like headphones and wear them only when I am told to 
I tried AKG's and Beyerdynamics, they were ok, but I always felt like I was giving something up with them. The Grado's were immediately "the ones" and I now use them when I don't have to on occasion. To me, they come the closest to replicating open air speaker listening out of any I have tried, by far.
I tried AKG's and Beyerdynamics, they were ok, but I always felt like I was giving something up with them. The Grado's were immediately "the ones" and I now use them when I don't have to on occasion. To me, they come the closest to replicating open air speaker listening out of any I have tried, by far.
zombie1210
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I picked up a Mojo 2, and all I can say is, wow what a combo. RS-2X and the Mojo 2 are perfect for each other. I used the EQ to boost the bass a bit. Now they have some seriously delicious bass. Not stupid bass like with my Sony MX5. The Crosstalk feature on the Mojo 2 works great, making the stage even more spacious and a bit
more like speakers.
more like speakers.
JoeESP9
ESL's & tubes since 83
Among my collection of headphones is a pair of SR-100's that are 11 years old. The only thing I've done to them was to change the cushions. The stock cushions felt like sandpaper on my ears.
I have a pair of SR80X with G cushions.
I enjoy them. The G cushions gives you a little more bass.
I enjoy them. The G cushions gives you a little more bass.
I bought my SR-60s in the late 90s. They've been back to the factory twice for rebuilding. A few years ago I modded them to use a single removable cable so they probably won't go back again. Maybe not the last word in transparency, but an honest company making an honest product in NYC.
Ilikevinyl
Cool Breeze
Enjoy my Grado GS-1000 woody headphones. 
Started with the SR-80i which I really liked too. 
Started with the SR-80i which I really liked too. 
