I don't usually listen to music when I ride, but I'm planning an 1,800 mile trip in a couple months and I can't spend 30 hours on the road singing to myself.  I've tried some different IEMs in the past, but everything so far has popped out when I put my helmet on.  I'm looking for an inexpensive...

To be fair, he did list an exception for burn-in with speakers, although I don't buy the people who talk about burn-in of several hundred hours to get the sweet spot in their equipment.

How much they usually sell for, rather than the manufacturer's suggested price.   Quote:  

I love using Sigur Ros tracks to demo headphones because they're so complex, offering something different for every type of sound profile.  Specifically, I use "Svefn-g-englar" and "Olsen Olsen" from the album Agaetis Byrjun; I find both to be incredibly beautiful but for different reasons.  On...

I like the sound profile of my Grado cans, so I usually don't adjust the EQ.

Yeah...the fact that the site has dead pics on its homepage and its based out of Hong Kong is enough to make me look elsewhere.

I'm currently just getting into electronica (right now mostly euphoric/progressive trance), so I'm considering getting something with more punch than my Grado SR80i.  Also, everyone needs to at least once in their life experience Sigur Ros through bassy headphones with a wide soundstage...

You can tell using the resistance setting on a multimeter.  Touch the negative probe to the sleeve of the plug and touch the positive probe to the tip.  It should tell you how many ohms.

I just loop the excess cable right above the plug and stuff it into my pocket.  A garbage bag twist tie works, too.

Very good write up!  I have to admit, being new to this pursuit, I wasn't really aware of the relationship between resistance and sensitivity.

A Canadian user did a comparison between the MS1 and the SR80i.   http://www.head-fi.org/t/573981/grado-sr80i-vs-alessandro-ms1i-a-review  

I love my SR80i's for the genres I listen to.  But those perceived shortcomings are why so many people mod their Grados, myself included.

http://www.head-fi.org/t/573981/grado-sr80i-vs-alessandro-ms1i-a-review   A user did a direct comparison between these two not too long ago.  The Alessandro does use different drivers, it seems, but the actual differences between Grados and Alessandros are a trade secret between the two...

Same here!   Quote:  

Glad to help!