July 10, 200916 yr Since the other HF-2 thread has become quite a mess, figured it'd be a good idea to start a new one for people to post their impressions in.
July 10, 200916 yr Pretty good so far. Impressions with flats are that they are better than RS-2's all around.
July 10, 200916 yr mine sound spiffyYes they do. Jesus christ these are nice. I'm keeping my order. I'm listening to Peter Gabriel, Up, right now, and the bass is just. right. there. It's not overblow, and it's not "lite", it's just...perfect. "It's still a fuckin' Grado."
July 10, 200916 yr Yes, but only the "Head-FI" version. I thought this thread was for the real HF2, the Head-FI version.
July 10, 200916 yr Bowls, of course. Naaaahhhhh.:basement: OK, fine, I'll admit bowls are better balanced, clearer, and probably better for most "music." But the reason I went and got these was because I didn't feel like any of my current inventory were doing justice to my death metal collection. As much as I enjoy the audiophiley smoothness, detail, etc of many of the high end phones, I always felt that the majority of them didn't quite have the balls. Well, HF2s with flats is fucking balls out, and I'm willing to sacrifice comfort and endure a little muddiness to have those drivers right up on my ears.
July 10, 200916 yr Naaaahhhhh.:basement: OK, fine, I'll admit bowls are better balanced, clearer, and probably better for most "music." But the reason I went and got these was because I didn't feel like any of my current inventory were doing justice to my death metal collection. As much as I enjoy the audiophiley smoothness, detail, etc of many of the high end phones, I always felt that the majority of them didn't quite have the balls. Well, HF2s with flats is fucking balls out, and I'm willing to sacrifice comfort and endure a little muddiness to have those drivers right up on my ears. What was I thinking, when I listen to my death metal collection, I don't even use pads.
July 10, 200916 yr That's the way to do it!No poll for pads? I have no idea what these are, whatever they came with. Grawk put some other pads in with them (I'm borrowing his), but I just used what he had on, which are perfect. Might try the 414 pads next week.
July 11, 200916 yr I remembered I had an old set of earpads from a set of Sennheiser PC-150s (http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/5b/80/75dc224128a05c1a9b4f7010.L.jpg). I threw them on the HF2s and they are much more comfortable than the bowls. However, the sound is quite different and probably closer to what you guys are experiencing with flats as these are much more shallow than the bowls. The two main differences seem to be increased bass and slight decrease in spaciousness. I think for now I'll stick with these earpads, but I'd be interested to know what you guys think of the 414 pads.
July 12, 200916 yr These are the first current production John Grado design (PS1 and HP2 won't qualify) that I really like with bowls since the first minute. Haven't tried them with flats yet, but for how the sound changes by applying pressure on the cups, I think I'll like them better with bowls. Flats would keep the tonal rightness, but would make the bass too much for me. I'll see later. I like their timbre, they sound nothing like the 225 (even the aluminum cups version Picaudio made) or RS1. For my ears the sound of acoustic instruments is more natural and believable than in any other current JG headphone. Maybe the vintage RS1 are different, and I haven't tried the SR325. Though they keep that fun factor and immediate presence of the family sound, while being refined and smooth in the treble. I wish they hadn't used those plastic yokes of the SR series, it's a shame
July 12, 200916 yr Btw, Vicki's gonna start banning people if other people who own these things don't start posting impressions. I'm trying to talk her out of it, but you know how she can get.
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