April 18, 200719 yr Author comment_29409 i have plenty of tubes that have a start up pop, but then work fine once warmed up. with most of the tubes that exhibit start up pop, it's not very loud and i just don't worry about it. i have a couple very nice tubes (Sylvania bad boys) that have rather loud start up pop, but settle down just fine. with those, i just don't plug my phones in until about 30 seconds after i start the amp up. i haven't had any issues. are those the gold pins? if so, feel free to send them to me if you aren't going to use them any more O RLY? So that is safe to do on the PPX3, just wait until the tubes warm up before plugging in the cans? If thats the case I'll just make that my standard practice. And yeah, they are gold pins. But I'm keeping them now that you've given me a solution. Report
April 19, 200719 yr Author comment_29461 I thought this was funny. First, click here. Then copy and paste this in the field: 23051590000166062776 Report
April 19, 200719 yr Author comment_29463 it's a small company I'm finally starting to understand that. Which means I'll wait at least 6 weeks before bugging them for my cans back. In the meantime I need a Grado fix... Report
April 19, 200719 yr Author comment_29466 hence the MS2i en route? yup. kind of wish I could spring for the hp-2 insomniac is selling on hf, but he turned down an offer I made for his hp-2 + melos sha-gold, saying, "sorry, someone offered me close to that for just the headphones." Ouch, I didn't even know I was lowballing. Report
April 19, 200719 yr comment_29471 yup. kind of wish I could spring for the hp-2 insomniac is selling on hf, but he turned down an offer I made for his hp-2 + melos sha-gold, saying, "sorry, someone offered me close to that for just the headphones." Ouch, I didn't even know I was lowballing. How much did you offer? A SHA-Gold Reference in that condition would be close to $1000-1500. Report
April 19, 200719 yr Author comment_29505 you still have three hours for those HP-2s on ebay. Looks like an HFer won them! http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=236305 Hope it works out for the guy. They just look to beat up for me. Report
April 19, 200719 yr comment_29514 I thought this was funny. First, click here. Then copy and paste this in the field: 23051590000166062776Google smart. Report
April 20, 200719 yr Author comment_29550 the tubes actually made farting noise when I powered on the amp tonight. Have you ever heard a 15-20 pound dog do one of those little farts? It sounded like that. They still sound great though. Report
April 27, 200719 yr Author comment_30201 woot, rs-1s just showed up at work! made my weekend. can't wait to hear how they sound. Report
April 27, 200719 yr Author comment_30202 woot, rs-1s just showed up at work! made my weekend. can't wait to hear how they sound. Note that Grado repaired the RS-1s and shipped them back to me before the Alessandros have even shipped. Earlier this week I emailed alessandro and they told me the ms2i was "backordered"... how can an item be backordered from the manufacturer? Report
April 27, 200719 yr Author comment_30206 alessandro isn't the manufacturer, and it's very easy to receive more orders than you can fulfill. just ask hungrych about that. Oh, so does Grado still physically manufacture the phones? Report
April 27, 200719 yr comment_30211 the tubes actually made farting noise when I powered on the amp tonight. Have you ever heard a 15-20 pound dog do one of those little farts? It sounded like that. They still sound great though. Souinds like the tube is arching and probably has been. I would get them out of there before you damage your amp too. :'( Report
April 27, 200719 yr Author comment_30212 Souinds like the tube is arching and probably has been. I would get them out of there before you damage your amp too. :'( ack! will do, thanks earl for the head up. Report
April 28, 200719 yr Author comment_30219 So I'm having one of those moments... been weeks without my RS-1s, just listening to them for the first time since I got them back, MFSL Cream Disraeli Gears, "Sunshine of Your Love"... I have a hard time grasping how it can get any better then this. I'm sure the HP-2 is a great can, but damn man... RS-1s are teh awsome can. And the tubes haven't even had but 5 minutes to warm up. Report
April 28, 200719 yr comment_30220 Just so you know, the HP-2 isn't necessarily a better can, it's got a completely different signature. The RS-1's are pretty much the TOTL in the John Grado camp of cans. (Well, maybe the GS-1000...but that's arguable.) The HP-1000 series are the TOTL in the Joe Grado camp of cans. Overgeneralization, but you get the idea. Try before you buy, this post is not to be misconstrued as anything more than free advice which is worth what you paid for it, yoda yoda yoda... Report
April 28, 200719 yr Author comment_30222 Just so you know, the HP-2 isn't necessarily a better can, it's got a completely different signature. The RS-1's are pretty much the TOTL in the John Grado camp of cans. (Well, maybe the GS-1000...but that's arguable.) The HP-1000 series are the TOTL in the Joe Grado camp of cans. Overgeneralization, but you get the idea. Try before you buy, this post is not to be misconstrued as anything more than free advice which is worth what you paid for it, yoda yoda yoda... Sure, based on what I've read concerning the two cans' sound signatures, it is kind of ridiculous to try and say one is better then the other, just that one prefers Joe or John's sound signature better. but hell I did it anyway, cause I'm a rebel. one day I'll get banned from here and start my own radical headphone forum. www.head-jack.biz I'm insanely curious about the GS1000, but I'm pretty sure I would hate it. I almost want to hear it, just so I can hate it. Report
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