This is the official thread for the GoldPlanar GL1200
This thread is for discussion and reviews.
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Z Reviews
Hey @ZeosPantera there are gobs and gobs of gl2000ās for sale on the used market for cheap. A person should buy of those used rather than buying this new, right?
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GL2000 vās GL 850 vās GL 1200 all very different, right?
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Maybe there is a reason people are selling them on massā¦
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Hopefully different in regards to QC too because why would someone purchase from a brand with that amount of unit variance?
@ZeosPantera you mentioned āwiping the slate cleanā and āhaving more confidence in the 1200ās QC because of the weirdness of itā. Also mentioned āwe are working on the gl2000 issuesā.
Is there a QC team youāre involved with? It would be great to know if theyāre working towards a resolution.
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Both of mine sounded identical and they were gen 1 and gen 2 with D/oval pad differences and felt on the inner part of the earcup on the D pad ones.
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I havenāt followed the GL2000 thread too closely but from what I gather the biggest discrepancy was the padās supplied varied? Was there other qc issues?
Some people are hearing these differently than how Zeos has described in his video. Zeos himself mentions QC being one of the reasons potentially why that is.
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Well we all hear things differently, not sure we can put that down as a qc issue 
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Z had someone come over to his house who had the GL2000 and said that Zās set sounded very different and a lot better than the one they had. This was in the $10 telegram chat and there is someone in there taking serial numbers with impressions and he pretty much confirmed there are some serial number runs that are worse. Z hasnāt heard multiple sets from what I know though.
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I donāt think itās an epiphany that there are QC issues with the gl2k. The hearing differently argument only goes so far.
I just donāt appreciate how heās brushing it off and saying itās a non issue now and this new headphone will be different. Mentioning potential QC improvements while not elaborating on what that may be.
There was a hype train and now the used market is flooded with gl2kās. I just wonder how many times this can happen and potentially turn people off of the hobby.
Headphones and gear arenāt like cellphones where thereās a newer better one every few months.
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Do you know which serial numbers are considered to be better / worse?
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The suspicious word in that sentence is āweā.
Because working on something and also reviewing the same thing means you as a reviewer have 0 integrity and can not be trusted.
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itās legit and interesting, that all the discussion is about QC. Seems a lot of people are sceptical since the GL2000s. But crapā¦ has anybody listened to the sound demo? I mean, you can say what you want about these sound demos, but my gear was very happy to play that. Cheesus. I actually did want to upgrade my amp for the same kind of moneyā¦ now iām a bit confused lol
I donāt have that info but from memory I think Zeos pair started with āGLNOā. I remember there are 3 or 4 variations, and the people with the similar serial to Zeos seemed to be satisfied for the most part.
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To me, QC issues at this kind of money is unacceptable, period.
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sure, i wonāt deny that lol But i also think, that many things regarding QC, price and performance etc. are just a bit difficult to get right, especially in a somewhat more āāānicheā"" (cannot give it enough quotes) market like planar or ribbon headphonesā¦ i guess it could be somewhere inbetween ātoo much volume to make by handā and ānot enough volume to have top level QC and an A+++ manufacturing lineā, while the product itself and the engineering behind it is actually top notch. If they just donāt care, then itās their fault. But i guess itās kind of a struggle to get this right, especially with new products made in not-so-much volumes, until some influencer drops a bomb and orders explodeā¦ EDIT: and maybe iām just tired and talking out of my ass.
Doesnāt this mean you were impressed with your own system?
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Exactly. My Yggi and my Clears told me all about that strange ribbon headphone. But i liked how they described it.
