Quote:   Thaks for the input!   I did try those comfies (called s-pads by the natives here) with quarter size hole, mini holes all over them and with full driver size hole. None of them sounded "right" for me. The sound was a bit too much inside my head with no to little soundstage...

My setup is coming together!   Fidelia on MacBook Air Meridian Explorer Little Dot mkII (with Voskhod drivers and Novosibirsk power tubes) Grado SR80i (Grill replaced with popfilter cloth, 4 holes vented, L-cush, cloth in front removed, some blue tac behind the driver)   Sound is...

Thats insightful. Thank You!   But as you said I can wear protection over the IEMs so isolation is not that big of an issue with IEMs. With headphones it is crucial.   But do the IEMs need any free air space outside of the ear? Or do they work properly with closed protection cups around...

Hi,   I ran into little bit of problems with my audio gear this spring. I'm quite new to Hi-Fi headphones and thus I need pointers and a little bit of help.   Normally I use my Grados with my desktop LD MKII and as portable headphones with my Galaxy S3. But this spring I ran into...

I do some metal music too with my rig. I have sr80i and LDmkII to drive them... For example House of Gold and Bones by Stone Sour sounds really juicy and the guitars are just fantastic (listen to The Uncanny Valley)! Then again Fear Factory can sound a bit harsh from time to time but tubes help...

At first I must say: I love Grado's!   Although these SR-80i are my first I still can't help it! I did a lot of listening before buying anything and when I heard Grado's for the first time I knew I had found my headphones. After that I did pretty much comparing between different models and...