Got mine today - serial #30, "F1" edition (not that I mind though). Sounds great and it fits even better into the flight case I bought from 1saleaday.com.

I may or may not keep these depending on how HD414 pads affect the sound...

I may or may not keep these depending on how HD414 pads affect the sound...

strange that the HD414 will be the arbiters of whether you keep these or not. Looking forward to my pair shortly.

Got mine today - serial #30, "F1" edition (not that I mind though). Sounds great and it fits even better into the flight case I bought from 1saleaday.com.

I may or may not keep these depending on how HD414 pads affect the sound...

What's the difference between those and the Grado comfies?

They're moar yellow.

Also, I think, the consistency of the foam.

Looks like the CanJam Blur edition will be even more special.

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Looks that way.

Ouch.

hahha...

congrats to the first 20 somethings...am sure there is going to be a lot of angst on the HF forums...

Heh, what an ironic twist.

Shame that it won't be fixed, but really does it surprise anyone?

And instead of giving an additional $10 per phone to HF why not refund that money back to everyone who bought a pair?

This is truly amazing..what kind of QC do they have at grado..seems like they are just living up to their fantastic quality levels.

GIving some money back to the customer might have made more sense though...kinda assuage the betrayed feeling most will be feeling now. I would like to see how many cancellations this may elicit.

I think it's time to officially rename these the Head-F1 edition and pay vast sums to recover and destroy the first 20. Then let's all pretend nothing ever happened, mmmkay?

Fuck, man. I didn't really care until now, but this is worth bitching about.

Fuck, man. I didn't really care until now, but this is worth bitching about.

heh...but you already got the take it or leave it speech

Gah, this is so stupid. And I guess I have to order today to make sure I get a set

Well, I just canceled. I was not sure about ordering in the first place since I am not much of Grado fan and don't really like the sound signature that much. But this is just annoying and in a way disrespectful.

Why should I buy special edition headphones with an obvious mistake on it? Sure it's all about sound, but for me it was also about getting something that was made with care for the community. Now it does not look this way.

What, you've gotta be kidding me, no fix to the engraving?! Only chaos will ensue from this. I can't imagine many will be pleased about this development.

I don't really buy that no one noticed the error before either. I mean, it's right there on the earcups, how does one not see that? I could understand Todd not noticing, but no one at Grado noticed? The packing of the headphone inside the pizza box was so deliberate and careful, it's totally just right there in plain sight and there's obviously a "1" not an "i".

In any case, I can't really blame Grado for the action that's being taken, even if it's not the one that most people would've wanted.

I think it's time to officially rename these the Head-F1 edition and pay vast sums to recover and destroy the first 20. Then let's all pretend nothing ever happened, mmmkay?

Your "Eat a Basket of Dicks" comment rings true.

It would have been such an easy fix if only the headphones weren't assembled.

Strip off the anodizing - lot charge of $25

Turn the faces of the cups again - less than 5 minutes per pair

Anodize again - $1 per cup

Then laser etch company does the whole job for free if they were the ones that screwed up

I think it's most likely that the cups were taken in and assembled by people at Grado who do not know about Head-Fi and wouldn't have noticed the error.

You could even just do a half-assed attempt to change the "1" to an "I"

I don't really buy that no one noticed the error before either. I mean, it's right there on the earcups, how does one not see that?

I don't buy it all either, it's pretty simple really they had 500 made saw the error and didn't want to pay to get them re-done. Just figured they'd dump them on everyone and hope not too many people complain.

I don't buy it all either, it's pretty simple really they had 500 made saw the error and didn't want to pay to get them re-done. Just figured they'd dump them on everyone and hope not too many people complain.

Just read Todd's post; I guess if they had already built all the headphones, it would be a tough call, knowing they will probably sell all 500 anyway. But if the cups are just sitting there at Grado and they're going to continue using them that's messed up.

I don't buy it all either, it's pretty simple really they had 500 made saw the error and didn't want to pay to get them re-done. Just figured they'd dump them on everyone and hope not too many people complain.

Ding ding ding. We have a winner. Todd has been royally hosed here and it's pretty obvious who the hoser is.

Yeah if they were already built I'd agree its a tougher decision but it's pretty clear that the cups are just sitting in a big pile as they wait to be assembled.

Again not surprising typical Grado bullshit. They better sound pretty darn good otherwise my pair will be going back.

We are going to make the cutoff for the HF-2 at 500 headphones or July 31st. – which ever comes first. There are currently about 400 orders placed.

So, theoretically, if these last 100 sell, and more people order afterwards, the last ones would have the engraving fixed?

Well, if there are 100 left, I propose that in order to "correct" the error, they now allow whoever wants more than one to buy multiples.

I'd like to buy one for someone as a gift.

Or free pads! Yea!

EDIT: nevermind, I misinterpreted. 500 is tops. Got it.

No 500 is how many cups that are made and is the cut-off point. So all HF-2's not counting the canjam 20 will have the engraving error.