How do you like those Sonys, BTW? I saw a couple pairs at a studio I was at recently and it occurred to me that they’re one of the few populat affordable closed backs that I haven’t tried.
Sound wise in stock its nothing special to me. Way too bright treble and somewhat bloated bass (which does help balance out the treble).
Its not hard to mod it though, I tamed both the bright treble and the bloated bass and its now a really well tuned hp while still keeping most of the original traits (that is the elevated treble and very airy treble).
Price wise afaik, MSRP should be at 300 usd and that is definitely overpriced based off the stock sound. Although for some reason its at 200 usd here in europe.
Comfort though, is the best out of all headphones I got (excluding the koss ksc75, that one is god tier). Super lightweight at just 187 grams.
oh and look, its on sale now. 
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Interesting. 
Thanks for the quick and detailed response!
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Thought I’d post my rambling thoughts on RikuBuds Grand Saber 2 - got them a wee while ago, life/work gets in the way sometimes. First just a shout-out to @Rikudou_Goku he’s great to deal with, and orders get here (UK) quickly - bonus!
So I had my first foray into buds with the Saber 1s (I’ll shorten this to S1s) - and I thought they were excellent for parts of my library. Caught the tagline for the Grand Saber 2 (GS2s) further up in the thread “Great for R&B, Hip-Hop, Metal/Rock” and jumped to order a set.
My library is mostly metal/rock - so are they great for it - imho hell yes (mostly - I’ll come to this in a bit). First on comfort/fit - the GS2s have the Val39 shell and I find them even more comfortable than the MX500 shells on the S1s, which for me are also really comfortable. There doesn’t look to be much difference, but my ears appear to think differently. As for the sound, two things that struck me straightaway was the bass, it sounds lush and full but also really clean (tried my cackhanded best to A/B with the S1s to put this in some sort of context) - even to my pretty poor ears there’s a difference between the two. The second is the sense of stage/space - and I don’t know if this is the correct term or not but they just sound really dynamic. Ok, this is three things but they have the fab timbre I also loved about the S1s. Wow does Lacuna Coil’s Comalies XX sound good on these - I swear I had Swamped on constant repeat for about 40 mins.
The treble is warm/dark sounding so for example cymbal strikes can take a step back - they are still there although tbh it was never a big issue as my attention was always drawn back to kick drums/toms sounding so good - like on Slipknot’s (Sic). Great for long listening sessions as no fatigue plus the comfort means I forget I have them in.
The “mostly” reference above only relates to some female vocals on some tracks just sounding a touch recessed (to my ears), but overall the GS2s are damn good and work with much more of my library. (Only one problem - now I’m looking at you next Grand Alter Saber 2 ).
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Yo I need a purple!! That’s my jam! Can the Grand series utilize these? Might give me more of a reason to pick up a Grand Saber 2.
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Haha! I owned the purple one back in the day. Had that think kicking for a long time.
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Yes, those are shells only for gen 2.
My family had a lime one until it died one day, only time we’ve had a Mac completely give out. Then we had the dome-and-stand one that was ugly but actually very practical as far as angling the screen and not taking up much desk space.
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@Rikudou_Goku How would you compare Grand Alter Saber 2 vs Grand Rider 2? The descriptions for both seem very similar - neutral with a small bass boost.
Grand Rider 2 is warmer, with more mid-bass, less upper-mids and less upper-treble. Stage is bigger on it.
Grand Alter Saber 2 has more dynamic range, better separation, imaging and detail. Timbre is on the same tier.
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Mate this is perfect for you (in terms of aesthetics lol):
https://www.instagram.com/p/CmYknJhIfye/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
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haha, I saw that some week ago on Accessoryjack.
Im holding back from buying it.
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Have it in HK as well some stores are already out of stock, this one seems to be selling them cheaper than the usual retail stores.
Final E does have a collab as well with Eva
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is it worth even having one without the other?
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New girl just dropped in from out of town:
Rikubuds Grand Alter Saber 2
Impressions to follow once I’ve had some time with her!
EDIT: Yeah, no, these things are stupid good. I don’t know if it’s the fact that the Val39 shell lets me get a deeper fit than other buds I have tried, but these hit all the notes just right for me. The only minor nitpick may be that vocals seem to be pulled back JUST SLIGHTLY in the mix, but per the description, male and female vocals are even and uncolored in the best way. Kudos to the chef @Rikudou_Goku , you knocked it out of the park with these again! It immediately had me looking at the other Gen2 offerings, but I honestly don’t think that I need another set with these in hand. The most astonishing part is the bass; I have other sets that have more quantity, but the impact and texture of bass on these is nuts (again, I think it may be down to personal fit as much as tuning and tech) all without being out of control. I even used these last night for my annual holiday viewing of The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, and the way subtle things like the turning of a page or a cap being placed on a pen popped out in the audio mix was crazy. Dialogue of characters off-screen legitimately had me turning my head like they were next to me.
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Carousell is a secondhand goods market.
Yeah, most items are second hand but due to the web traffic some shops prefer to post their brand new items that they are selling because many people see it.
Also they have labels if the items are brand new, like new, or used
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