Grado GH1 'Brooklyn Tree' Wood-Cup Stereo Headphone review

[dalethorn]

This is my first Grado 'woodie', excepting any Grado headphones where the wood parts are inside of the earcups only. I describe the sound compared to the SR325e, since I don't have a sense of how any of the Grado 'RS' series sound. This is a very good headphone, but be aware that some of the $650 USD price is because of the limited material from that Brooklyn tree.

http://rockgrotto.proboards.com/thread/10824/grado-brooklyn-stereo-headphone-review

 

[amirm]

Never mind the headphone review, I have been mining your listening tracks . I ordered half a dozen of them. Thanks so much for that.

On the review, my experience with Grado has been their wonderful SR-60/SR-80 (?). Loved the super comfortable foams and light weight. They sounded warm which was great for enjoyment but not so accurate. For the latter, I moved on to Stax. How are the GR-1s in that regard? Neutral or warm sounding?

 

[dalethorn]

Never mind the headphone review, I have been mining your listening tracks . I ordered half a dozen of them. Thanks so much for that. On the review, my experience with Grado has been their wonderful SR-60/SR-80 (?). Loved the super comfortable foams and light weight. They sounded warm which was great for enjoyment but not so accurate. For the latter, I moved on to Stax. How are the GR-1s in that regard? Neutral or warm sounding?

The GH1 is really very similar to the SR325e, which I assume to be just a more refined SR80 etc. The best description I have for the GH1 is a slightly more mellow sound, but not basically different, like the PS series are different. So even though the Heritage series is a separate category, I'd say that their first Heritage product - the GH1 - is not a significant change from the SR325e. Now physically, the headphone (ignoring the cable) is very light - much lighter than the SR325e, but the big thick cable negates most of that advantage, unless you sit very still.

 

[amirm]

Thanks. As an aside, it is one gorgeous set of headphones!