Went for it, I'm hoping these will sound great!

Almost none? The difference puts the drivers about 1-2mm farther away from your ear. From my POV there is no sound quality if they aren't comfortable (because I won't use them). It's not like I'm putting bowls on - those you definitely can tell a big difference as you might expect. Pads...

Alrighty, got my 325i (c2004) back from Grado - mount is fixed and they recabled it with the same as on the Hemp. Wish they'd given one foot more on both. I have been using the Hemp every day for gaming, music, and videos out of a Modi/Magni 3 combo from my PC. I stand by my initial...

I haven't tried bowls yet :D I'm going to give the flats another go with de-cheese gratering applied and see how they feel & sound.

It's too soon to give them a fair review, suffice it to say coming from my primary source... they don't sound as good to me as my 325i. That doesn't surprise me much, I've had the 325i for 14 years so their sound is my baseline for comparison and I think on initial listen most cans are going to...

Hemps have arrived. Cosmetically 10/10, no blems as I've seen mentioned in a few places. I've got Phish queued up and 420 supplies...

My Hemps will be here Weds and then I will send my 14 year old SR325i for 2nd recable and a replacement of one of the gimbal headband attachments. Show me another set of cans that you can use daily for 14 years without more of it falling apart. Oh yeah, only on my 2nd or 3rd set of pads too...

Oopsies "Thank you for placing your order. Your order number is 28105." Once they arrive I'll send the 325i in for the recable/repair.

I'll admit... I'm "this" close to trying some Hemp's. My 45th birthday is just over a month away and I'd hate to be without cans while getting the 325i serviced.

Nothing major - they just need to have one of the plastic pieces that connect the gimbal to headband replaced as it no longer is attached and it probably could use its 2nd recable too. Like I said you guys may just tell me to stick to what I got since I don't *need* to replace them and I'm...

Yup, the gold ones. Like I said I love their sound! I guess I prefer the way the metal ones look and I know the two models I've liked are metal - I have little experience with their wood cans. The PS500e looks similar to me chassis-wise to the PS1 but I am way out of date on what the...

Curious what the Grado fans here would recommend for me - I have 325i and LOVE them. I haven't done a headphone jam since I got them almost 15 years ago so my last point of comparison is that dated... at the time the only other headphones I would have gone for were the PS1 but they were out of...

Those look quite nice with the CNC'd shells but they are a bit more than I'd like to spend. All ears for other suggestions for a clean sounding BA IEM closer to $200.

Wish I had them reshelled when they broke a long time back when it was easy to find services & they were cheap. Seems like a reshell is in the $250-300 range which is about what they cost new. Considering the UEs are at least a decade old I'm *assuming* I can get better sound in the same...

These headphones don't isolate much...  and foam earplugs typically have much higher NR ratings than IEMs.