Yeah, it's often very difficult to judge a review when it turns out that they are reviewed against much higher priced headphones. My MetroFis for instance, which must've cost less than £20, are in the $60-100 category on the massive 162 IEM review thread.   There seems to be lots of bad...

In the way that sod's law works, now the price has dropped significantly than what I was looking at not so long ago! *smacks head*   Are the 5s and 5vis the same (aside from the mic)? Very difficult trying to find definitive information on that because of the range of UE superfi earphones...

Evening everyone!   I've been using a pair of budget UE MetroFi 220s that I have been very happy with - they have been durable, I like their sound signature and they fit and isolate well. I've wanted to jump up just a little bit and considered staying with Ultimate Ears, perhaps a pair of...

Just buy from a reputable dealer, like Amazon. There's been enough stories about how people bought what they thought were perfectly legitimate Sennheisers off eBay and realised that trying to save themselves a few quid actually ended up costing them far more than just going to Amazon/Play.com in...

What you haven't considered (and what I think is paramount IMO) is how the two headphones you have listed are very different in the way they present their sound. Grados are very upfront, very in your face, whereas the Audio-Technicas will have a wider soundstage. Someone likened it to the Grados...

Quote: Originally Posted by petter2 I guess its pretty much love it or hate it with the Grados, I personally love em It's love it and hate it, which is what is annoying me - loving the sound, hating the discomfort

Comfies then, thanks for the pictures - makes it a lot easier. It's not so much scratchy, it's just the overly large shape that I think presses my ears back far enough that it's quite unnatural and thus painful for long periods. I can last about 2 hours but for long extended listening sessions...

I believe I have comfies on it (googling/searching was a bit inconclusive), but personally they aren't very comfortable. Can get HD414 pads for about £10, so will probably plump for those? There's a ton of different mods though, I'm pondering whether to buy them and just try them first and see...

Is the comfort increase from the headband due to the way it sits on the top of your head, or is it about how much pressure the stock headband might force on the ears? The 414 pads are mentioned a lot, are they physically smaller than the Grado ones? The Grado pads are far bigger than the...

Battery life (and perhaps more importantly, battery longevity) is pretty decent with my 3 year old Sony (NWZ-A818). Keep in mind that I use it pretty much everyday. Just did a battery life test - it's rated at 33 hours playback when new - and got 39 hours playback time.

I'll look into the 414 pads, thanks for the link. Aside from that - yeah, it's about making it bearable, it's just annoying to need to have to do that with a headphone really. And I'm using both of them sat down, they'd be too cumbersome to use actively!

Before anyone says it - yes, I've read the various threads and I'm still struggling to come up with a good way forwards. I love the sound - it's taken me a while, but after listening to the PX100s that I used to listen to, the Grados are very much more 'electric'. But the comfort, my gosh...

Quote: Originally Posted by Dark_Ducati First I plugged into the Classic and... wow... who put the wool blanket over everything? The highs were rolled WAY off, the vocals sounded like the performer had a blanket over his or her head, and the bass was just rubbery soft. I tried about 10...

Quote: Originally Posted by ljokerl I'm just curious. What is the cutoff for you recommending the SR60? What if the OP's budget was $40? $30? Don't get me wrong - I like Grados as much as the next guy or (probably) more, but that's a slippery slope. I'm tempted to start a "if I...

Quote: Originally Posted by MD1032 I would already go ahead and recommend the SR60i over the MS1i. The MS1i's come with the comfy pads, which IME kill the sound on any model but the SR60 and SR60i. The additional investment of $20 plus the cost of bowl pads probably doesn't justify the...

A great, thorough review - thanks very much for this. Also interesting as usually the MS1s are recommended over the SR60/i's almost instantly in all recommendation threads. If the price difference was larger between the SR60i/MS1s (theoretically), would your preference in terms of bang...

Quote: Originally Posted by kunalraiker Sorry but there is no place for smarty's like you at Head-Fi, we are are very distinguished community here. Next time think 10 times before putting up a quote like that or else I will get the Moderators to banish you from here. With that...

How do these compare to the similiarly priced Sennheiser CX300s? I see you have both OP, so I'd be interested to know how well they compare.

Better than the similarly priced CX300, is what I'd like to know, hmm.

From another thread that popped up quite recently on the MS1s (should be easy to find), it was about ~£20 once Royal Mail, Parcelforce and Alistair Darling have each nicked a bit.

keep fluctuating in price? This is referring to the 2009 version. It was $99 for 2009 version with mini plug, same price as the old one about 2 weeks back, then went up to $109, back to $99 and now it's on $109 again! Hopefully it's not just me going mad!

PX100s, although not quite 'full size'.

Quote: Originally Posted by Li Ching Yuen I'm from Europe. No can do. This seems a strange comment given, in the UK at least, the AD700s are quite easy to get hold of from several outlets, whereas Grados are much more difficult as there is no official distributor other than in...

Quote: Originally Posted by lz1gjd Just to mention, almost everywhere I've read that the NWZ-S639 player does not suffer from hissing or at least very minor,but if compared to my NWZ-A816 it hisses significantly more. That must be an awful lot then - my A818 hisses so much. Maybe...

Would also recommend foobar, simply because you can make it as simple/basic or a fully fledged media library player depending on how you wish to customise it. And it is filled with tons of features. I'd stick to 0.9.6.9 till 1 comes out of beta, a few issues being reported at present which is...