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Why Grado Mr P?
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Well . . . it’s like this. Many people like listening through headphones and yet in the main headphones are not treated seriously by the retail audio industry – especially at the snooty end of the market with twerps who like to bang on about PraT (pace, rhythm and timing) and bouncing up and down like the Glasgow-trained half-wits that they are. I like listening through headphones and I make no apologies for this. I’ve heard detail through my old STAX earspeakers that no speaker system can reveal when seated away from the speakers.
Being a STAX retailer, especially given intermittent unreliability and cheap direct imports from the USA and Japan was certainly no walk in the park. It was a lot of hassle for me and sometimes worse for the end-user in my experience.
Anyway, the demand for decent headphones offered by a friendly, flexible and established retailer is still there. And so I'm setting out to meet that demand. Having listened around, then beyond the £100 price border, it seems to me that Grado have no serious competition. It was – for me – either Grado headphones, or no headphones. Simple as that.
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STAX Omegas or Grado PS1000?
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Too soon to say. So watch this space!
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How reliable are Grado phones and what is the service turnaround Howard?
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No idea re reliability because I’ve not had any fresh stock yet. My own pairs bought privately long before I was thinking of becoming a Grado specialist have been 100% reliable so far. I’ve not had occasion to use the importer’s service dept, so I can’t answer that. Sorry.