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Tri-Wood Oasis!
The Redesigned RS1x Combines Maple, Hemp & Cocobolo Wood into a Vivacious & Elegant Headphone!
Leading the way for the new fourth generation X Drivers, the redesigned RS1x combines a 50mm driver with three species of wood for the first time into a vivacious and elegant headphone. The housing is made of a maple sleeve, hemp core, and cocobolo outer ring. Grado builds with wood for its warm and embracing tonal abilities, but finding the right balance of three separate woods is no simple task. The reward is an RS1x that opens Grado to a new level of sound. This is the first time X Drivers are built into wooden housings, and needed to be finely tuned for their specific environments. This combination brings out harmonic colors, a rich vocality, and the mid-range Grado is known for.
"In 1994 my dad (John Grado) went downstairs in the middle of the night to build our first RS1 headphone," says Jonathan Grado. "It's kind of extraordinary that this middle-of-the-night idea is now evolving into an even greater headphone 27 years later."
In 30 years Grado Labs has only released four generations of drivers, the speaker inside the headphone. Avoiding yearly update cycles "just because," Grado has made sure to only place new drivers inside their headphones when there is a significant upgrade. The X Drivers bring a completely redesigned speaker and new harmony to the inner workings of the RS1x. Each one is specifically tuned for the wooden enclosure they're built into. Grado has increased the magnetic power of the speaker while decreasing the effective mass of the voice coil. Along with the reconfigured diaphragm, this unison creates a speaker that represents the truest presentation of the original source. Along with the new X Drivers, the RS1x is now built with new durable 8-conductor cables and white-stitched leather headbands.
Technical Specifications
Transducer Type: | Dynamic |
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Operating Principle: | Open Air |
Frequency Response: | 12 - 30,000 hz |
SPL 1mW: | 99.8 dB |
Normal Impedance: | 38 ohms |
Driver Matched dB: | .05 dB |
Features
- Hand Assembled in Brooklyn
- Maple / Hemp / Cocobolo Wood Housing
- Tri-Wood Design
- Durable 8 Conductor Cable
- L Cushion
- White-Stitched Leather Headband
- Metal Gimbals
- 50mm Driver
- De-Stressed Driver
- Drivers Matched .05dB