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Apr 17, 2024 at 4:46 AM Post #65,432 of 65,858
username643827 said:
I don't see many people talk about the cheapest grados, (SR80x, SR60x) how do they compare against the more expensive grados? (SR225x, SR325x)
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Yea good question. Not enough love for the lower model Grados, I really like them. They are more energetic sounding than the more expensive Grados - so in some ways are my preference.
 
Apr 17, 2024 at 7:08 AM Post #65,433 of 65,858
I've swapped the foams back to the black open foam pads inside the BA hybrids in the GH2 and am finding this to be a nice middle ground between the stock Grado foam and the white foam inside the BA. Seems to bring a bit of warmth to the mids without bloating the bass too much. It's a close call between open cell in the BA and stock pads depending on the track. But I think I'm warming to the sound with the BA hybrid. They do sound most Grado like stock though.

edit: back to the stock pads. I feel like I am wearing ear muffs with the BA pads. Soft, comfy, hot.
 
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Apr 17, 2024 at 10:27 AM Post #65,434 of 65,858
Hi all,

I just posted in a classified a 4 meter X-Series extension cable (12 conductor, GS version). I think the potential buyers are from this group :) Rare in EU.
 
Apr 17, 2024 at 11:09 AM Post #65,435 of 65,858
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These arrived yesterday. I’ve been listening for a few hours. First thing that came to my mind was, that if the GH4 and PS500e had a baby, it would be GH2. 🙂
 
Apr 17, 2024 at 11:18 AM Post #65,436 of 65,858
I just declined a very good offer for an HP-1000... would have been a really nice addition, but somehow it just didn't really call me. Most probably I wont ever come across another one, so this decision feels quite final :wink:

In other news I had an RS1x at home for a week, courtesy of my friendly local shop. That one still doesn't talk to me. Mids are nice, but that's all. I guess I just don't listen to so much midcentric music... the silver player in the background is a Shanling EC Mini, very nice portable CD player.
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The cable on my GS3000x now feels almost soft. Very nice development, even if it took some time. I use it quite a bit these days.
 
Apr 17, 2024 at 11:59 AM Post #65,437 of 65,858
The SR325x cans are surely perfect for this CD:
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I actually have the original LP of Entertainment by the Gang of Four which I bought when it was released in 1979, however I haven't had a turntable for a couple of decades. Anyway I was buying a different CD at Discogs but it was under the price required by the retailer for an order, so I went through what they had and I saw Entertainment. Suddenly I had that unique feeling of excited nostalgia and so I bought it.

Listening to it now with the SR325x I think it is sounding better than I've ever heard it before. They capture that energy this music has, its hard edged, driving nature spectacularly well.
 
Apr 17, 2024 at 12:53 PM Post #65,439 of 65,858
Apr 17, 2024 at 1:14 PM Post #65,441 of 65,858
plakat said:
In other news I had an RS1x at home for a week, courtesy of my friendly local shop. That one still doesn't talk to me. Mids are nice, but that's all.
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They look gorgeous though.
 
Apr 17, 2024 at 1:17 PM Post #65,442 of 65,858
Apr 17, 2024 at 1:43 PM Post #65,444 of 65,858
username643827 said:
You can get the original grado extension cable which is about 4 meters, or you could get a generic one.
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Grado sell that 4 metre cable but I think an extension of about 1 metre would be very useful to many people. The original cable with my SR325x cans is excellent for plugging them into my Meridian Prime DAC/amp which sits on my desk however quite often I have things set up so that I'm a bit further away from the DAC/amp and I think a lot of people are like that. If your DAC/amp is in a rack system for example and you sit beside it, as I see many Head-Fiers do, then you'd want a cable that is about 1 metre longer than the stock.

Actually I had a cursory look for an extension of about this length here in the UK in fact they have them at Amazon, quite a choice, but all with mini jack-plugs and all very cheap. I'm thinking I'd want something a bit better quality, so for that I think I'd have to get it made up. Years ago I would have soldered it myself actually but nowadays I have other things I'd rather do.
 
Apr 17, 2024 at 1:55 PM Post #65,445 of 65,858
piglet said:
Grado sell that 4 metre cable but I think an extension of about 1 metre would be very useful to many people. The original cable with my SR325x cans is excellent for plugging them into my Meridian Prime DAC/amp which sits on my desk however quite often I have things set up so that I'm a bit further away from the DAC/amp and I think a lot of people are like that. If your DAC/amp is in a rack system for example and you sit beside it, as I see many Head-Fiers do, then you'd want a cable that is about 1 metre longer than the stock.

Actually I had a cursory look for an extension of about this length here in the UK in fact they have them at Amazon, quite a choice, but all with mini jack-plugs and all very cheap. I'm thinking I'd want something a bit better quality, so for that I think I'd have to get it made up. Years ago I would have soldered it myself actually but nowadays I have other things I'd rather do.
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My dac amp is on my table beside my monitor most of the time when I'm listening to music I'm stting in my chair and i don't need an extension cable. However if a want to walk around in my room that 4.5m extension cable comes in really handy or if i want to be in my bed but if I'm just on my computer or listening in my anything that is 2m+ i find annoying.
 
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