February 21, 200917 yr Confirmed - Grado PS1000 coming Apparently, there's going to be a new PS1000. MSRP is $1695. PS1000: The new Grado flagship headphone. Considered by those who have heard them to absolutely be the best headphone Grado has ever produced. The SR60 is now the SR60i The SR80 is now the SR80i The SR125 is now the SR125i The SR225 is now the SR225i The SR325i is now the SR325is The RS2 is now the RS2i The RS1 is now the RS1i The GS1000 is now the GS1000i They're also offering the wooden boxes; $75 + shipping. Grado's site
February 21, 200917 yr [url=http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f4/confirmed-grado-ps1000-coming-410581/]The SR325i is now the SR325is I lol'd.
February 21, 200917 yr If the PS1000 are PS-1 duplicates that REALLY sucks for the people who recently purchased them off eBay for a small fortune.
February 21, 200917 yr All the JAG# PS-1s sold for big money. John Grado knows that theres a very comfy margin for a successor product, massive interest in the HD800 confirms this for him. Seems a sound business decision to me. I bet those new wooden boxes will sell pretty well too.
February 21, 200917 yr My guess is that people who liked the Grado sound probably didn't spring for HD800s in the first place.
February 22, 200917 yr those poor PS-1 buyers are going to be pissed Well, they are the ones that at least partially confirmed there's market for a successor.
February 22, 200917 yr My guess is that people who liked the Grado sound probably didn't spring for HD800s in the first place. dont know about that. The 800 is supposed to not sound like the traditional senn sound so many grado fans might have still went for it.
February 22, 200917 yr My guess is that people who liked the Grado sound probably didn't spring for HD800s in the first place. Surely having complementary phones with different sound signatures is a good thing. Use the right tool for the job.
February 22, 200917 yr dont know about that. The 800 is supposed to not sound like the traditional senn sound so many grado fans might have still went for it. Yeah, to me whenever I hear a headphone is "fast" like the 800 sounds like it is going to be, I think Grado. I think the whole line up revision is pretty lame, but I like the idea of a regular production PS-1. It would suck to be somebody who paid three or four grand for a JAGBAY CHROME but I don't feel bad for them. I remember when I jokingly referred to a GS2000/new Grado flagship a year ago. I'm pretty shocked a new one has come this early. Here's hoping the debut is at Canjam. EDIT: march 1st debut, i didn't read the HF thread.
February 22, 200917 yr If Grado is smart the PS1000 will be as close to the PS-1's as possible. Sure hope so, it would make a great pairing with RS-1, between them I'll have all my music covered. And bass, as much as I like my RS-1's I do miss the PS-1 bass.
February 22, 200917 yr The "i" is for "inferior." I'm really curious what the new RS1 iteration will look like. </snark>
February 22, 200917 yr The price seems kind of high if it's just a remastered PS-1. Anyway, I'll never spend big bucks like that on a headphone without the Stax name on it.
February 22, 200917 yr The SR125 is now the SR125i The SR225 is now the SR225i The SR325i is now the SR325is You know, I'm not sure if these are headphones or BMW model numbers anymore...
February 22, 200917 yr It's the new Grado injection series, they gave up on normally aspirated cans. It's nice to see a new flagship that might actually be worth that title.. if it's close to the old models.
February 22, 200917 yr Senn is moving forward, while Grado is moving backward, eh? Funny how we see both as good things....
February 22, 200917 yr Knuckledragger, Pics of all the new models are on the grado labs website minus the PS1000. The RS1i looks like the buttonless version RS1s, nothing really different that i can tell. Although I prefer electrostatics, grados/alessandros interested me from the very start and i enjoy my ms1 to this very day. With the PS1000 coming, maybe its time to invest in a dynamic rig too. Hopefully this new offering will not be like the GS1000. Not a great can imo.
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