In those glorious days of high fidelity, when the sun always shone; bathing the world in a layer of amber. When the summers arrived early and then moped around for yonks. When bumble bees would buzz and bumble about gorging themselves stupid on nectar and then take the afternoon off. Well in those days I used to have a perpetual ringing in my ears – The ringing in the ears was caused by a pair £800 headphones I had acquired – to get as close to the music you understand…
So what do a £800 pair of headphones look like then?
Well, they’re wooden (made of mahogany) and very comfortable (they'd have to be). They have distortion levels so low so as to make a grown man weep. I won't bore you with the technical aspects but lets just say that they have the minor affect of making you rediscover your entire music collection (but that’s just a mute point really)
Every sound that comes out of these headphones reeks of aural orgazma. Be it barking dogs, Mozart or vitriolic expurgiated bile courtesy of The Clash, there’s no let up. It's as if suddenly god has decided to allow you to experience the true ability of your ears by taking off the invisible mufflers. They’re also not shy of exposing shoddy studio production, because you hear everything. You hear every instrument, separately in 3D sound space.
I took them out yesterday after many years. My ear drums are currently on the road to recovery and perdition. Also, that ringing sound has started again.
So what are these amazing headphones called I hear you ask covetously? Grado RF1 – Reference Headphones Yes, reference – meaning they are a reference point with which to judge all other headphones in the world. I'm not kiddin'.
Sound reproduction just entered the future guys. You wanna rediscover your record collection? Definitely not recommended for audiophillic philistines.
Government warning : These headphones will do serious damage to your social life.
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