That is what I thought. Based upon my personality, the Heretic is more my style. The name alone Heresy/Heretic is fun.

Hello everyone. I am interested in my first even amp/dac stack. I am not an audiophile but rather interested in bang for the buck/value for the money. I have two headphones. Sony MDR7506 which I bought in high school decades a go, and new Grado SR325x. I do not listen to classical or jazz. My...

I want a player that will do these things: Power Grado SR225, Shure SE215, and Sony MDRV6 Work with Linux, MacOS, and W1nd0w$ Ability to use a bluetooth speaker now and then but not often. Will play audiobooks (can always use mp3 for that) Ability to reverse contrast display.(black background...

Many of these brands I have never heard of. LOL. I will not be buying right now but I do want to research and learn. I thought about the iPod as well. My reasoning for not looking at one this time goes like this. The iPod is a do it all product. Music, video, Internet, apps, and camera. In my...

What are your thoughts on the Fiio or Sony NW-A45 models? I am looking for something $250 or less. The Ibasso dx120 is $320. Yet I am interested in that model.

Hello everyone. I am in the market for my first dedicated budget DAP. This will be replacing an old iPod 3 64GB model. I am interested in value for the money. Name brand does not matter. I have three headphones I would use. Sony MDRV6 from the 90s, Grado SR225 twenty years old, and six year old...

Hello everyone. It seems that these days anything under $100 is a budget headphone. I know that both of these models have been around over 25 years. What are the differences between them? In their $70-$80 price range, what is their compitition?

Hello everyone. My wife is interested in some everyday use headphones. She is not an audiophile but does want something better than the Apple earbuds that come with an iPhone. Full size headphones are too big for her and slide off of her head. In ear monitors are not comfy to her and hurt her...

Hello everyone. I have a question or two. We all know about the big headphone makes and mainstream brands. I would like to know about the small headphone companies. Compared to Bose or Beats, Grado is a rather small and family owned company. What other headphones companies are small and still...

I want to say up front that I do not own any major high end gear. What I do have is budget but quality gear, nothing too special really. I was in a local thrift shop and found a broken set of Grado SR225 headphones. I bought them very cheap. I contacted Grado and I was told that they would...

Hello everyone. I recently got my hands on a used pair of Grado SR225 headphones from a thrift store. I sent them off to Grado for repair. I got them back with new drivers and a new cable for $60 in repair cost. In total I have $70 invested in the headphones. I read about this so called "Grado...

Thank you for the help.

I found a YouTube video where you can open up a Grado by slowly using a hair dryer to heat the glue and gently pull them a part.

Hello everyone. I bought some Grado SR225 headphones from a thrift store. They need ear pads as the headphones do not have them at all. Do you put a stock pair of Grado L pads on them, or get aftermarket ear pads? I would like your thoughts please.

Are these headphones easy to repair? It seems that they are glued together and a loose connection is a main cause of failure.

hello everyone. I am/was in the market for a quality set of headphones. I am on a fixed income and was saving for something under $100. I was thinking Grado SR60 or SR80. I was in a thrift store today with my mom and aunt. I was in there looking at vinyl as I have a very small collection and a...

Question? What is up with all the headphone modifications out there? I am curious and learning. Lets say that you buy a Grado SR60. Why mod them? I could understand a better quality cable might offer better results on a piece of test gear, but in the real world....is the mod not snake oil or...

Hello everyone. I am legally blind and live on a fixed income. I am in the market for a full size headphone for use at home. Here is what I am trying to do. $100 or less for headphones Will use an older iPod Touch or six year old computer to listen to music I have a Headroom Total BitHead as a...

Hello everyone. I have a set of Shure SE215 IEMs. I use them daily. The stock O EM cable broke at the ear where the hard plastic and soft plastic on the cord meet. It was replaced under warranty. Now the OEM cable is broken in the same spit again. This is a design defect that Shure needs to...

     Hello everyone. I was born legally blind with Optic Atrophy and my eyes are getting worse. I mention this because it plays a roll in what I am trying to do. I would like to learn the basics of listening to classical music but do not know where to start. I live on a fixed income. I have slow...

Hello everyone. My wife and I are going through our storage unit trying to clean it out and get from under the payment. Well today we found my Grado SR225 headphones. In a nylon pouch were the headphones, two Grado extension cables, the Grado 1/4 to 1/8 adapter, and a bunch of powder where the...

Hello everyone. I am starting to enjoy classical music. I am a classical music newbie. My music files are in Apple Lossless format. I will be playing them on an iMac using iTunes or an iPod Touch. My three headphones that I own are the Audio Technica M50, Shure SE215 IEMs, and Sony MDR V6. My...

     I have sent the E7 back to Fiio for a replacement. The E7 amp has a burnt smell to it so I think some part of it has fried. Thank you for your help. 

Quote: Thank you for that. :) 

Quote: I am asking out of curiosity. One of the points of classical music is quality, right? Would that make listening to it via MP3 or streaming Internet a bit of a contradiction? I am asking simply for adive purposes. :) Thank you for leading me to the list as it is a greta place to start. :)