Raguvian
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Just an honest question here, not trying to start a flame war, but I was wondering why everyone loves Grados so much.
I used to have SR-80's (not the i's) and while I loved the sound and was fairly comfortable, the build quality was trash. The rods that provide the adjustment for the cups kept sliding up and down and wouldn't stay in place whenever I took the headphones off and the cables were a joke, especially the Y-connector that had those ghetto crimps on them that kept bending and looked like they would give out at any second.
Also, the fact that you could swivel the cups around and around until the wires broke is pretty dumb. I ended up selling mine and got something a lot sturdier, but I was wondering if other people feel the same way because I keep reading about how great they are, and in the portable headphone review thread by joker he talks about how the SR-60's are well built and gave the build quality a 8/10
Also, have they improved the quality on the i's at all? I really want to like Grados but after my experience I'm trying to avoid them at all costs...
I used to have SR-80's (not the i's) and while I loved the sound and was fairly comfortable, the build quality was trash. The rods that provide the adjustment for the cups kept sliding up and down and wouldn't stay in place whenever I took the headphones off and the cables were a joke, especially the Y-connector that had those ghetto crimps on them that kept bending and looked like they would give out at any second.
Also, the fact that you could swivel the cups around and around until the wires broke is pretty dumb. I ended up selling mine and got something a lot sturdier, but I was wondering if other people feel the same way because I keep reading about how great they are, and in the portable headphone review thread by joker he talks about how the SR-60's are well built and gave the build quality a 8/10
Also, have they improved the quality on the i's at all? I really want to like Grados but after my experience I'm trying to avoid them at all costs...