Grado HF-2 thread

[grawk]

I'm bringing a heat gun, we can open the shells and rewire from the drivers

[screaming oranges]

Somewhat off topic, but how do you married folk do it, seriously.

I can't see myself convincing a future wife to let me spend over $400 in headphones when I think paying over $200 for a purse is stupid.

I need to start taking notes now.

[grawk]

If you can't convince a "future wife" of that, then you really don't need to drop the modifier...

[tyrion]

I wonder if the masses will cry if the first thing I do at Canjam is lop off the stock plug and solder on a 4-pin XLR?

I say, start on some woodwork and have a few cups available for the full re-wire and woody experience.

I'm bringing a heat gun, we can open the shells and rewire from the drivers

Nate, make sure you have enough wire.

Somewhat off topic, but how do you married folk do it, seriously.

I can't see myself convincing a future wife to let me spend over $400 in headphones when I think paying over $200 for a purse is stupid.

I need to start taking notes now.

See, that is your mistake. When your future wife says, "honey, I want that $200 (by the way, that's reasonable by todays standards) purse, you say, of course honey, it looks great on you. Are you sure you only want one." Then you are ready for your $400+ audio purchase.

[n_maher]

I can't see myself convincing a future wife to let me spend over $400 in headphones when I think paying over $200 for a purse is stupid.

I need to start taking notes now.

Your assumption that she knows is laughable, that's lesson #1.

Dan/Mike, no woody or recable plans just yet for the HF-2. Heck, I still haven't recabled my HF-1s so I don't see a huge need there. The 1/4" plug is unacceptable though and if someone has a soldering iron there I'll absolutely chop the plug and reterm w/in 10 minutes of ownership.

[ingwe]

Somewhat off topic, but how do you married folk do it, seriously.

I can't see myself convincing a future wife to let me spend over $400 in headphones when I think paying over $200 for a purse is stupid.

I need to start taking notes now.

Simple: Don't tell her everything you think!

[VPI]

I wonder if the masses will cry if the first thing I do at Canjam is lop off the stock plug and solder on a 4-pin XLR?

I would like to see it as I intend to do the same thing and would love to hear the end result at the show.

My order went in around 10 AM EST and Todd can't guarantee I can pick mine up at the meet so I assume it might not be a first come first serve thing and might be a Headphone celebrity thing.

[tyrion]

Hopefully my last two orders before this one from Todd move me to celebrity status.

Nate, Dan is not going to be happy. You don't want to make Dan angry.

[Hopstretch]

My order went in around 10 AM EST and Todd can't guarantee I can pick mine up at the meet so I assume it might not be a first come first serve thing and might be a Headphone celebrity thing.

With due respect to all the headphone celebs around these parts, that would be kinda lame.

[VPI]

Yeah, not entirely serious about that but I guess we will see when we all show up at his room Saturday morning with our receipts.

Don't really care but if I know I am getting one I would probably throw the HP-2s in the bag and make it a Grado weekend.

[grawk]

I think todd realized how much of a logistical nightmare promising early delivery was gonna be. I just hope he still gives me mine early, I really want my matching number, and I ordered pretty darn early

[postjack]

hell the ship date is June 1st, and I imagine they are shipping straight from b r double o k lyn the planet. if I don't get mine at cj it's all good. if we're lucky though maybe john will get more out to Todd for cj?

[tyrion]

hell the ship date is June 1st, and I imagine they are shipping straight from b r double o k lyn the planet. if I don't get mine at cj it's all good. if we're lucky though maybe john will get more out to Todd for cj?

Those who pre-ordered early will probably all have them the week after CJ, so no big deal for me. We will all just pass Dan's pair around all weekend.

I think todd realized how much of a logistical nightmare promising early delivery was gonna be. I just hope he still gives me mine early, I really want my matching number, and I ordered pretty darn early

I just want my Pico Slim to match the serial number of my Pico DAC.

[MrSlacker]

agh!!!! i decided not to buy any new headphones, but cannot pass this up since I already passed on HF-1

ORDERING

[aardvark baguette]

another one down.

are there any head-casers who haven't ordered yet?

[n_maher]

I think todd realized how much of a logistical nightmare promising early delivery was gonna be. I just hope he still gives me mine early, I really want my matching number, and I ordered pretty darn early

I don't see why it should be a nightmare, it just needs to have some order rather than first come first serve. If you ordered in the first 20 and you're going to be at CanJam you can pick it up provided you bring your receipt. Once those folks are taken care and assuming there are any left (since I'm assuming there are less than 20 of the first 20 available to the masses) he just goes down the order list until 20 are gone. Everyone else gets their order shipped in order or purchase after the event.

Edited May 16, 2009 by boomana
ooops, wrong button, I didn't actually edit anything :)

[screaming oranges]

Anyone know what type of pads these will ship with?

I might have to order some flats just in case. I already have one pair of flats, but I already use them heavily, and switching them between Grado cans is starting to annoy me.

[raif]

Anyone know what type of pads these will ship with?

The looks of the phone is one of the things those in the know are keeping a secret. Current speculation at the other site is: based on the fact that "Todd Green has described the HF-2 as a sort of 'baby PS-1000,'" we are going to see metal cups and donut pads.

Of course the dissenting sentiment is that the comment can be construed to mean, "no significant advance in technology or build materials, only an increased price to match the current used market value of the original product." From what I can gather, people are speculating based on their feelings towards Grado, rather than any actual knowledge of the product. yay!

Edited May 16, 2009 by raif
previewing your post is for wimps

[postjack]

I would love a bagel pad based can, but at this price point I don't think that is what we are getting.

[Dreadhead]

Grado? I dunno

[blessingx]

I ordered around 4PM (PT) Friday and Todd said I was very likely within "week after CanJam shipping, but those ordering next week may have a couple more weeks wait." Not sure if "next week" started a few hours later or Monday, but since I'm very sure I don't qualify for celebrity status in any audio or other form, hopefully all of you who ordered before me are in that batch or at the show. He also seemed pretty adamant only 20 were making it to CJ.

[DieInAFire]

another one down.

are there any head-casers who haven't ordered yet?

I want to see how these look before I order

[Cankin]

I ordered around 4PM (PT) Friday and Todd said I was very likely within "week after CanJam shipping, but those ordering next week may have a couple more weeks wait." Not sure if "next week" started a few hours later or Monday, but since I'm very sure I don't qualify for celebrity status in any audio or other form, hopefully all of you who ordered before me are in that batch or at the show. He also seemed pretty adamant only 20 were making it to CJ.

Nice, I think I'm within first week of shipped too

[wrecked_porsche]

are there any head-casers who haven't ordered yet?

Me. I don't like riding on trains very much, too cramped. Choo! Choo!

I also already have the pink driver RS1 with me, so yeah, that kinda helps too.

[jinp6301]

No monies.

Todd hasnt said how many are being made yet, has he?