Sorry, the following sentance in the previous post should have referred to the "left" instead of the "right". So: "It just seems that the sound from the right of the soundstage is not as clear and the instruments not as distinct." Should read: "It just seems that the sound from the...

Well, I may have already caught the bug. Although I am, for the most part, satisfied with the SR325s, I still wonder if I should have "chinned up" to the RS-1s. In addition, I want to purchase a new integrated amp and the choices are bewildering. With regard to my current setup, I am fairly...

I have an sacd 333es and for the moment use SR325s directly from the player's cd output. Whilst to my ears the effects of changing from one filter to the other are not immediately noticable, I have found that over an extended listening period I prefer filter 1 - it seems to tame some of the...

Many thanks everyone for the replies and advice. With regard to vocals, I am very impressed by the Grados - I don't get any of the "ssss" that I have certainly noticed when listening to some speakers (some of the B&W products come to mind here). For example, Ani Difranco's version of...

I recently purchased a set of Grado SR325 headphones. The retailer carried both the HD-600s and the 325s, so I had the opportunity to demo both at the same time. It was a difficult decision but I ended choosing the Grados. I listen to the 325s plugged directly into my Sony SCD-333es SACD...