The Official Grado 325i Owners Club. - Page 187

Well my 325i's are going to the hosptial, the 1/4" plug started shorting for no apparent reason.  They are in the "brown ambulance" currently in Eagan, MN headed to the E.R. in Brooklyn, NY.

Hope they pull though, I miss them already..

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Originally Posted by peter123 

That was my initital impression with the Magni as well. I'm using a tube dac and after som tube rolling I'm now very happy with the way the Magni sounds together with my 325is.

 

I still prefer my LD I+ with the grados though.

Can I ask what tube DAC you're using?  With what tubes?

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Originally Posted by funkthumb 

Can I ask what tube DAC you're using?  With what tubes?

I use the Advance Acoustic MDA-503:

http://kqban.fdepq.servertrust.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=ADVMDA503

with  Ei 12ax7 (ECC83) smooth plates tubes.

New member checking in with 325is SN 13853. Upgraded from SR60s.

Loving the sound so far, well broken in after more than 100 hours. Currently running out of the headphone socket on my Arcam a65+ integrated amp from an Apple TV connected to a Musical Fidelity VDAC (version 1). Most of my music is 256 MP3 or Apple lossless (just finished ripping my CDs to lossless to treat the Grados).

If I wanted to improve the sound overall from my setup, presumably a headphone amp/ DAC combo would be an obvious starting point. I see little merit in investing in, say a Fiio E17 or its ilk but any suggestions on a £300/ $500 bit of kit that would provide any serious improvement are welcome that are tried as tested with the Grados are welcomed. Having a good look round the reviews/ forums on here too. Anything would need to have an optical in to take the feed from the Apple TV and would need a phone out to link into my existing kit.

Cheers.

Jim

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Originally Posted by jimbob54 

New member checking in with 325is SN 13853. Upgraded from SR60s.

 

Loving the sound so far, well broken in after more than 100 hours. Currently running out of the headphone socket on my Arcam a65+ integrated amp from an Apple TV connected to a Musical Fidelity VDAC (version 1). Most of my music is 256 MP3 or Apple lossless (just finished ripping my CDs to lossless to treat the Grados).

 

If I wanted to improve the sound overall from my setup, presumably a headphone amp/ DAC combo would be an obvious starting point. I see little merit in investing in, say a Fiio E17 or its ilk but any suggestions on a £300/ $500 bit of kit that would provide any serious improvement are welcome that are tried as tested with the Grados are welcomed. Having a good look round the reviews/ forums on here too. Anything would need to have an optical in to take the feed from the Apple TV and would need a phone out to link into my existing kit.

 

Cheers.

 

Jim

Unless you're determined to make intimate friends with this hobby, I wouldn't worry too much about getting a $500 dac/amp to go with the Grados.  The improvement will be quite small, if at all.  I recommend enjoying what you have unless you have the disease.

#3852 here. I've had mine for probably six years or so now. I own SR80's and GR8's too. The 325's currently run to a Grado RA1 fed by an AudioQuest Dragonfly.

Owner of Grado SR325is, SN #12478. Purchased these last summer and they just haven't been used enough. Plan for the next month is to do the majority of my listening with these and get to 100 hours plus on them.

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Originally Posted by pacman46 

I'm a lover of iems.. I love the sound of the etymotic er4 earphones.. Will I like these? Are they very detailed? Thanks :-)

The SR325is has excellent detail!

All in all, the SR325is is just an amazing headphone IMO.

I have used mine out of the ipod and they sounded great, but not compared to out of a proper DAC and amp.
 

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Originally Posted by pacman46 

Ok great thank you.. I would love a pair then but I would need an amp rite? They would be useless straight out of a ipod I take it??

They sound great  out of an iPod, you wouldn't believe it. I tried my 325is's out of my nieces iPod, and I was pretty impressed.Otherwise I only use them at home with my stereo equipment.