Jaben’s Grado Metal Mod
For you who wants to make your Grados into a PS1000 clones. Fairly neat. Wonder how heavy the metal housing is. Made from aluminum and anodized red. My only question is: Why Red??Quoted from Jaben: The pictures above show how simple [...more]
iGrado Quickfacts
What it is: Open-back neckband style portable headphones.Build and ergonomics: Comes in black and white color, glossy plastic body, cable is rubbery but very thin, a small silver plate on the back of the headphones with ‘iGrado’ written on it. Very light-in-weight. [...more]
HF-2 B Stock On Sale Soon!
Did you miss your chance to get the HF2 last year? Do you refuse to pay the inflated market price which ranges from $550 to $600? Fret not, your prayers have been answered. Todd of TTVJ has just announced in [...more]
Leftovers HF2!!!
Todd at TTVJ just posted this on Head-Fi, so if you've been wanting the HF2, and you are reading this TODAY, then you might just still have the chance to get some of these beauties. [...more]
Newbie's Corner: The Headphone Companies
GRADO - Grado is a small manufacturer based in Brooklyn, New York. They make headphones with a distinctive retro look, from their entry level model to their top of the line models all share the same design styling. They make limited-run, mostly discontinued models that are very sought after by headphone fans. [...more]
Newbie's Corner: Sub $100 Headphones
Generally, the universally agreed entry level hi-fi headphone is the Grado SR60. It costs about $60, and though some people end up with other model the $60 Grado is something that you really should try. [...more]
Washing Your Grado Bowls
The bowls are crucial to soundstaging and sound positioning. As they get older, they get softer and they place the driver closer to your ear. As a result, sound is more congested and more frontal. Some people also wash the bowls as they get dirty, and this also makes the bowls very soft and again you get congested and more frontal sound. If you can live with those effects, you can wash your bowls when they are new to soften it and makes it more comfortable on your ears.This is how you wash the bowls: [...more]
Grado RS1 and Alessandro MS-Pro
The Grado RS1 and the Alessandro MS-Pro share so much similarities in outward appearance, and upon brief listening sessions, many people can't distinguish the difference in their sound. [...more]
Grado HF2
The HF2 has a very smooth and liquid sound. It's like listening to a smooth vacuum tube amp (although we were using a solid-state Beta22 amplifier). Although the MS-Pro has a smooth sound, the HF2 is even smoother. No other Grado sounds like it; not the HP1000, not the RS1, and definitely not the GS1000. [...more]
