Sorry for late reply. First let me say this is based on my ears and listening habits/perceptions. Our ears are all built differently and are sensitive to different sound signatures. The Grado's are all like Studio Monitors very up close and personal sounding. Some are a little too forward in my mind that being the SR125 and SR225. For these 2 I feel they need to be smoothed out and warmed up a bit. The Cardas Headphone cable is the warmest I know of and does a better job than our cables at taming the high end shrew on these two phones. For the SR325i which has the most low end of the bunch, I like a nice neutral sounding cable. Thus the Blue Dragon is my first pick as it will tighten things up and define the sound more. Of course the bass heads out there always go with the Black Dragon which will add more weight and presentation. For the RS-2 and RS-1 in 80% of the situations the Black Dragon is the best choice as it adds weight, increases the presentation and smoothes out the sound very nicely. Of course I do a few Silver Dragons for those who are die hard detail freaks. I have used the RS-1 with Silver Dragon recable as my reference phone for when I build equipment and test cables. As it allows me to hear the changes I have made in my system very easily. It is a good reference tool for me. The Black Dragon is more musical sounding with this phone over the Silver D.
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