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Grado has got Pokemon headphones coming out, Grado catch em all! They want 500 for the wooden one, possibly a RS2x? Or just a insane markup. Oct 15, 2021

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1. Raimei Templar
  Grado has got Pokemon headphones coming out, Grado catch em all! They want 500 for the wooden one, possibly a RS2x? Or just a insane markup.
  
  Oct 15, 2021
  2. likearake
    If you go to the pages to buy the headphones, they mention they are SR80x...
    
    Oct 15, 2021
  3. Cspirou
    If you go by the Grado line, their cheapest wood headphone is the RS2e for $495 and the aluminum headphone is $295. The pokemon 'phones match that
    
    Oct 15, 2021
2. Raimei Templar
  Dang the Grado 325x are WARM, but surprisingly well balanced, these are the closest to some kind of neutrality I have heard from Grado.
  
  Jun 11, 2021
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  3. Merrick
    Interesting, sounds like the Hemp were a dry run for their new house sound?
    
    Jun 12, 2021
  4. Raimei Templar
    Yeah I am pretty sure these are either the Hemp drivers or are certainly heavily based on them. They have 38 ohm impedance now and similar sensitivity to hemp. it is a smart move to have the Prestige series offer this kind of sound as its very friendly and will hook people on the brand.
    
    Jun 12, 2021
  5. Merrick
    The F pads make a big difference too!
    
    Jun 12, 2021
3. Raimei Templar
  Looks like some more new Grados are coming https://gradolabs.com/headphone-reviews accidentally gave it away on that page!
  
  May 28, 2021
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4. Raimei Templar
  I now prefer the J2 for everything other than live recordings. Erish + original JNOG is just so good with live albums. Sounds real at times
  
  May 24, 2021
  2. Raimei Templar
    J2 makes live albums sound more like studio albums, its a little TOO clear and vivid of a presentation. Incredible with actual studio stuff though, loads of detail, improved dynamics vs original, sharper/biter transients without the ear murder found from bad ESS dacs. Got some more slam to it too. Very fun dac, I like it a lot.
    
    May 24, 2021
    
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5. Raimei Templar
  New J2 sounds considerably better than the defective one, now neck and neck with the original, hard to say which I prefer!
  
  May 21, 2021
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  3. Friday
    Any idea what was wrong/fixed?
    
    May 21, 2021
  4. Raimei Templar
    Yeah mine was made with likely counterfeit power regulators. They have actually suspended sales after they realized that they had gotten burned by some fakes. They realized early so only a few bad ones in the wild. They are waiting a shipment of good ones which is why you can't buy one atm.
    
    May 21, 2021
    
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  5. crazychile
    I’m not gonna say it’s better than Yggdrasil A2, but since the J2 went into the system, I haven’t been tempted to switch the source to Yggdrasil A2. I have a feeling A2 might be like stable, attractive wife material, and J2 might be the crazy hot chic.
    
    May 23, 2021
    
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6. Raimei Templar
  J2 v jnog comparison delayed as J2 died! New board coming when available.
  
  May 17, 2021
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7. Raimei Templar
  Got the J2, sounds more different than the JNOG than I was expecting. Initial impressions favor the original, but will keep testing.
  
  May 11, 2021
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8. Raimei Templar
  The Geshelli J2 Dac is supposed to go on sale Tomorrow at 6pm EST for anyone who wants one. This is using the Sabre 9026 chip.
  
  Apr 29, 2021
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  3. Merrick
    Did anyone get one? $250 for the DAC without USB has me squarely in on the fence territory.
    
    Apr 30, 2021
  4. Raimei Templar
    Me being insane, yes I ordered one. Will compare with the AKM version. Taking a while to ship out though, looks like it was very popular. 10 day wait or so.
    
    Apr 30, 2021
  5. crazychile
    I ordered one with USB just for the added flexibility. It will eventually get used with an old Mac Laptop. I’m sure the 10 day wait is because they assemble when the orders come in due to the variations in color, USB, etc.
    
    May 1, 2021
9. daphantom99
  Anyone willing to sell their Geshelli Jnog w/USB?
  
  Apr 7, 2021
10. Raimei Templar
  Geshelli Archel 2.5 and Erish sound considerably different from each other, shockingly so considering they use nearly the same parts.
  
  Mar 30, 2021
  2. Raimei Templar
    These two might make good candidates for showing differences between amps, they both measure very well and use the same op amps by the same designer, yet they do not sound the same.
    
    Mar 30, 2021
  3. Raimei Templar
    The Erish is clearly better from a technical standpoint but I must admit the Archel 2.5 is more charming, it has such a friendly sound signature, you can plug anything into it, listen to anything and have a nice experience. Erish is more unforgiving at least with the R70x. Needed to alter my eq quite a bit for use with the Erish, need less air boost and less 5k boost.
    
    Mar 30, 2021
11. Raimei Templar
  Finally got an Erish and its living up to its name I must say, so much air compared to Archel. Significant enough that I need to adjust EQ.
  
  Mar 22, 2021
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  2. Vtory
    Congrat. Doubtlessly the best sounding chip-based head amp.
    
    Mar 22, 2021
    
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12. Raimei Templar
  Geshelli annonced that the new dac will be a ES9026 PRO based DAC. Very interesting. That is the newer version of the 9016 Motu uses.
  
  Mar 15, 2021
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  2. Raimei Templar
    Guess I will have to get one whenever it comes out and compare to the AKM one as I am curious to hear a good Sabre dac as its been awhile since I did!
    
    Mar 15, 2021
    
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13. Raimei Templar
  Think the AT R70x with a little EQ is my endgame, super happy with it. Now just have to decide between Erish and Jot 2 for complete setup.
  
  Feb 26, 2021
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  3. Raimei Templar
    Surprisingly not so much, its primarily about speakers/ easy to drive IEMs here, loads of options for them. Teac,Fostex and others have some offerings but they are overpriced and unimpressive imo. Only small company I know of with a good rep is Amulech and that is for dacs. They got a nice Sabre 9038 dac but very weak amp in it.
    
    Feb 27, 2021
    
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  4. Raimei Templar
    Its one of the great mysteries of Japan honestly, I dont understand how so many people spend so much on speaker setups when most people live in apartments and cant actually use them without having the police called! The most popular headphones here are closed easy to drive ones like Sony MDr-1am etc because people use them on the train. Open backed hard to drive headphones for home use just arent as common.
    
    Feb 27, 2021
    
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  5. Raimei Templar
    This is a perfect example of the kind of offering you see from Japanese companies the Jade CASA found at https://www.orb.co.jp/audio/products/jade_casa.html
    
    Its a headphone amp with a big fat blazing massive power output of....180mws into 32ohms. A bargain at 500 bucks!
    
    Feb 27, 2021
14. Raimei Templar
  My god Assassins Creed Valhalla has the worst audio I have heard in years. This is 90s mp3 quality. Wish I could refund it, its that bad!
  
  Feb 19, 2021
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  2. Melvillian
    Yeah it’s bad. The game is also super slow and just drab
    
    Feb 19, 2021
    
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  3. obsiCO
    Someone unpacked the game files and saw that all audio files were saved at a 24000hz sample rate. Still not fixed. Embarrassing. https://discussions.ubisoft.com/topic/78569/audio-issues-bitrate-dynamics-balance-muffled-sounds-stuttering-volume-etc-post-here/9?lang=en-US
    
    Feb 20, 2021
    
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15. Raimei Templar
  Well Drop is indeed launching a HD8xx..but its is $1100 and has a 9(!) month wait. Sure killed my excitement lol.
  
  Feb 18, 2021
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  2. Raimei Templar
    You get $200 worth of Drop points so its..sort of $900 but would have been a bigger deal at just $900. Based on their description it seems to be a super HD800s, apparently has a new driver and everything, so it is still a strong value but isnt going to be as big a deal as the 6xx was.
    
    Feb 18, 2021
  3. Ksaurav402
    Wow 9 months wait is like waiting for a baby
    
    Feb 18, 2021
    
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  4. dasman66
    9 mths... drop being drop. More like Kickstarter.
    
    At that kind of price, and new drivers to boot... I'll be more than happy to let others crowd fund them and wait to see what the finished product turns out to be.
    
    Feb 18, 2021
    
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16. Raimei Templar
  Damn the Audio Technica ATH-R70x is underrated, amazing FR right out the box. Been too long since I haven't felt an immediate need for EQ.
  
  Feb 13, 2021
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  2. Raimei Templar
    Not sure if there is some magic synergy happening with the Geshelli stack, but these are lovely so far. I got one of the made in Japan ones, I wonder if the Taiwan ones are worse or if they had production issues early on. Dont hear the grain people are complaining of, at least not so far.
    
    Feb 13, 2021
    
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  3. Vtory
    Had it quite a long ago. Sold because it didn't favor my big head.. oh well. And agreed with very well balanced tonality. I suspect it the most neutral among Audio Technica ever released.
    
    Feb 13, 2021
    
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17. Raimei Templar
  Listen to youtube sound demos, come across headphones never heard of, think they sound great, realize they cost nearly 4k, cry.
  
  Feb 10, 2021
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18. Raimei Templar
  AD2000 revealed a notable flaw in PEACE EQ hearing test EQ generator, doesn't account for narrow spikes well.
  
  Feb 1, 2021
19. Raimei Templar
  The Peace EQ hearing test EQ generator is fascinating. Has you take a hearing test then generates a EQ designed for your hearing.
  
  Jan 30, 2021
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  3. Thad E Ginathom
    Instant disillusionment...
    
    "For now, only for those using Windows PCs as their music player."
    
    Shit. Fuck them.
    
    Jan 31, 2021
  4. Raimei Templar
    Yep it is Windows only ATM sadly, dont know if it will be ported or not.I havent heard it whisper sweet nothings about Topping in my ear so I think its safe :).
    
    It has you do tests so if your hearing is real bad, the test result and resulting EQs will be based on it, so the hard of hearing could certainly benefit!
    
    Jan 31, 2021
    
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  5. Raimei Templar
    Its still a WIP imo, for one thing it goes nuts if you set the max frequencies around your hearing limit, like mine is around 17k but its got to be loud for me to hear it, so it was trying to put a 20db boost there which is insane and no sane person would do that.
    
    Main complaint is that its going for Harmon-like curve, I would like to see more target curves in the future.
    
    Jan 31, 2021
    
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20. Raimei Templar
  Geshelli JNOG officially sold out. They ran out of AKM chips and all options to get more failed. 2021 gonna be the year of ESS/Cirrus Logic
  
  Jan 26, 2021
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  2. Azimuth
    The PCM1798 is still in production. As well as PCM1794. Then there is the AD1955. Although yes, the market will likely be dominated by ESS and CS designs.
    
    Jan 26, 2021
    
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