First of all I like them so much that it is hard for me to be objective. But I’ll try.   sr325e are open “on the ear” dynamic headphones. Top of grado “prestige” line that includes 60, 80, 115, 225 and 325 models. “E” in the name means enhanced (if I’m not mistaken). The cable is very thick and the overall design looks a bit weird. They are handcrafted in brooklyn and the build quality is not always perfect.   The sound. The soundstage and separation is very good. On binaural recordings it is hard to believe that the musicians are not in your...

20+ years ago I used to have a chinese portable tape player. It had very bad build quality, extremely cheap materials and was slooooowing down the playback as the battery was running lower than 50%. After that I had a couple of Sony walkmans and the discman that were much better. Many years later smartphones (and later iphones) emerged and I thought that dedicated portable music sources are part of history. There was a moment when I thought of getting the Pono player. However I was never able to justify this purchase for myself. Nowadays things are...