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Nick,
Can you e-mail me please?
Address in my profile.
John.
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| Posts: 5063 | Location: Norwich, Norfolk UK | Registered: Tue 11 December 2001 |  |
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why dont naim make a pair of headphones ive got apair of grado rs1 very good but am sure naim could make them better regards tel
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| Posts: 145 | Location: next door to naim | Registered: Mon 31 March 2008 | |
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PS: yes singing along is definitely banned!
Why dont you get rid of your wife and pump out your tunes as loud as you like!?!?
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| Posts: 27 | Location: Sunny South Shropshire | Registered: Fri 20 July 2007 | |
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Ouch!! Of course I love her (almost) as much as my hifi. So not an option.
Meanhwile Headphone.com is VERY keen on upmarket in ear canal phones, which amazingly can cost £500+ ... small doesn't mean cheap of course.
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quote: Originally posted by TerryFranks:
why dont naim make a pair of headphones ive got apair of grado rs1 very good but am sure naim could make them better regards tel
They'd have make phones that sounded better equivalent priced Stax earspeakers - that is a considerable challenge. |
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| Posts: 10146 | Location: Trumptonshire | Registered: Wed 22 June 2005 | |
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well, after all this, I found some grado 80s on ebay for £50.
compared to my £800 power amp and £1200 speakers, sound per pound is incredible!
They actually reveal more detail in the mid band than do the speakers, but comparatively the sound is kind of claustrobia inducing and a little compressed - maybe the headphone amp; but I won't be selling the neats!
Meanwhile another parallel thread says buy Grado RS1s.
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As good as SR-80 is, the good values within a Grado line are SR-225 and RS-2.
Both the RS1 & 2 have a slightly more spacious feel, but all Grado fones are pretty upfront sounding. ( the most laid back one is the GS1000 )
You might enjoy Senn, Audio Technica or AKG more.
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| Posts: 12227 | Location: mybriks.com | Registered: Thu 11 September 2003 | |
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Maybe a bit late but never mind.. I have a pair of Grado SR 125s via an Amity Head amp ( German coy ). IMHO the question is not the Headphone ( all Grados are super IMO ) but the amp you pass it thru. Only a home demo will clarify things for you. However, for me , the Grado/ Amity combo sounded better than a 122x/150x/Mordaunt Short P6 combo. Kept the wife happy too  |
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| Posts: 36 | Location: Berlin but the flat's all Kiwi | Registered: Thu 05 July 2007 | |
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quote: IMHO the question is not the Headphone ( all Grados are super IMO ) but the amp you pass it thru.
And the source. Particularly the RS1. |
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| Posts: 12227 | Location: mybriks.com | Registered: Thu 11 September 2003 | |
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