piglet
100+ Head-Fier
Spring is sort of here in the UK at long last. This leads to a huge increase in walking and cycling for me. I never use headphones or IEMs while cycling however I love using them while walking.
Yesterday was quite a nice day and Sunday so I went for a walk and to try them out in this context I took my SR325x cans. They sounded great with my iFi Audio xDSD Gryphon being used in bluetooth and USB mode with my iPhone 14 Pro Max. The Grado cans are open backed and they sit on the ears on those foam pads, so they are really open, there is very little isolation and for walking along the street or in a park that is very nice actually. That open wide soundstage seems to be sort of enhanced while outside. I didn’t use the bus as it was a leisure walk but I do use the bus a lot normally and I do like to have isolation in the bus. My Austrian Audio Hi-X60 are the perfect bus cans actually with a lot of passive isolation. I don’t think the SR325x cans are putting out a lot of sound, so most situations are good with them. I wouldn’t use them if I was sitting beside someone on a long train journey however, I think that would be inconsiderate.
When I go out I normally use either my Austrian Audio Hi-X60, my AKG K450 or my FiiO FH7 IEMs. I can’t see me adding the SR325x to the list because of one problem they have which is practically. I carry everything in a shoulder bag and the SR325x cans just take up so much room in the bag and they are difficult to get in and out of the bag. My Hi-X60 cans are a similar sort of a size but they fold very nicely and have a neat single-sided cable that takes up a fraction of the space of that of the SR325x cans. I have this plan to buy a motorhome and the SR325x cans would be superb for something like that actually. I’d get one of those cases that is the right size for them and they could travel packed away in the motorhome very nicely. However I can’t see me using them much for walks.
The most practical cans I have for walks and buses are my AKG K450 which I purchased in April 2011 and I’ve been using regularly since that time. They’ve had a couple of new sets of pads but the headband pad is original although cracked. They really are remarkably successful headphones actually although the bass on them can get a bit out of control on some tracks, but they do sound really very good and they are stunningly practical.
Yesterday was quite a nice day and Sunday so I went for a walk and to try them out in this context I took my SR325x cans. They sounded great with my iFi Audio xDSD Gryphon being used in bluetooth and USB mode with my iPhone 14 Pro Max. The Grado cans are open backed and they sit on the ears on those foam pads, so they are really open, there is very little isolation and for walking along the street or in a park that is very nice actually. That open wide soundstage seems to be sort of enhanced while outside. I didn’t use the bus as it was a leisure walk but I do use the bus a lot normally and I do like to have isolation in the bus. My Austrian Audio Hi-X60 are the perfect bus cans actually with a lot of passive isolation. I don’t think the SR325x cans are putting out a lot of sound, so most situations are good with them. I wouldn’t use them if I was sitting beside someone on a long train journey however, I think that would be inconsiderate.
When I go out I normally use either my Austrian Audio Hi-X60, my AKG K450 or my FiiO FH7 IEMs. I can’t see me adding the SR325x to the list because of one problem they have which is practically. I carry everything in a shoulder bag and the SR325x cans just take up so much room in the bag and they are difficult to get in and out of the bag. My Hi-X60 cans are a similar sort of a size but they fold very nicely and have a neat single-sided cable that takes up a fraction of the space of that of the SR325x cans. I have this plan to buy a motorhome and the SR325x cans would be superb for something like that actually. I’d get one of those cases that is the right size for them and they could travel packed away in the motorhome very nicely. However I can’t see me using them much for walks.
The most practical cans I have for walks and buses are my AKG K450 which I purchased in April 2011 and I’ve been using regularly since that time. They’ve had a couple of new sets of pads but the headband pad is original although cracked. They really are remarkably successful headphones actually although the bass on them can get a bit out of control on some tracks, but they do sound really very good and they are stunningly practical.
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