I'm sure one day a wild hair will get up my ass and I'll just have to have a MS-Pro. I'll do a comparison then.

No wild hair yet though.

I dislike the design of the new RS-1s. If the MS-Pro go the same way, it's guaranteed that I'll never own a pair.

Assuming they haven't gone through the transformation the RS-1 has gone through - anyone wanna take one for the team and buy one new just to see?

What are the specifics of the changes to the RS-1?

What are the specifics of the changes to the RS-1?

Here is a good pic of the new design. I don't own them, this pic was taken from a thread on HF:

They don't look as bad as I originally thought. I'd like to hear them before passing damning judgement.

i saw this ebay guy has a pair and he seems legit.

mjg, if the ebay guy you are referring to is "hounddogcorp", that is the sales arm of Alessandro. At least, that was the email address I communicated with when I tried to order an MS2i new from them. Ended up canceling my order because it wasn't in stock and that made me angry.

ANGRY POSTJACK!!! :police: :police:

mjg, if the ebay guy you are referring to is "hounddogcorp", that is the sales arm of Alessandro.

That is good to know. When I tried contacting Alessandro through their website last year, it was a miserable experience; the lack of responses and direction was troubling.

I want to preface this post by saying the following is pure speculation, as I have yet to hear a pair of MS-Pros...

After hearing the difference in my HF-1 after removing the button when rescreening them, it wouldn't surprise me if that was the major difference. Grados seem very sensitive to reflected sound, and there's a definite difference in the treble when the buttons have been removed. Perhaps the new buttonless RS-1 sounds closer to the MS-Pro. Maybe not, but it wouldn't surprise me if the button going away and the new lettering are the only changes.

And slightly unrelated, the new look RS-1 has definitely grown on me...

I can't say I noticed much of a difference after I removed the buttons on my Grado 225, then again that was a long time ago and I didn't exactly carry out exhaustive comparison tests. I just pulled the buttons off one day and that was that. I should probably stick'em back on or something and do some quickie tests some time.

I think somebody tested the theory on Head-Fi. No difference... I expect RS-1 to continue sounding much different than MS-Pro.

I expect RS-1 to continue sounding much different than MS-Pro.

I think that the differences between different pairs of RS-1s and different pairs of MS-Pros are larger than the differences between the two models. I believe that the RS-1 and the MS-Pro we had at the Salamanca meet were both 'new stock'. I remember hearing bigger differences between that really nice old pair of RS-1s and the new pair that were at one of my Hamilton meets.

We'll have to do another meet sometime. I'm curious about the MS-Pro/RS-1 sound, if Renato is coming.

Also, I'm looking forward to getting an Oppo source, if the new DV-983 model is decent (should be released early next year). Then I can finally use those RCA interconnects you gave me last time.

We'll have to do another meet sometime. I'm curious about the MS-Pro/RS-1 sound, if Renato is coming.

I'll do my best to be there. Who's bringing the RS-1? As Phil... said, there is probably more difference between production runs than between my MS-Pro and Fierce Freak's RS-1 (even the color of the cups). Bring the HP-2 if you want to come.

Renato

I have an rs-1. Not stock though. :'(

I'm in meet withdrawal.

Biggie.

Depending on date, I'd love to make it up to the Great North for a meet.

I'd love to have some of my own Grado's for said meet, but I'll probably be waiting until after Christmas to get my recabled/EnABL'ed Alessandro Grado Ms-Pro Magnum Titan Thundercougarfalconbird Extreme Platinum's...

Sweet. The HP-2 will definitely be in attendance to quality meets.

And slightly unrelated, the new look RS-1 has definitely grown on me...

Same here, at least with better quality pics that were posted over on Head-Fi. I still want to see one in person to see how bad/good the new look is, though.