Quote: Originally Posted by nhancakes dont sr80s come with bowls? Not according to customer pictures on amazon. But I've never seen one in person.

I did notice a difference between the 60 and the 125, but that difference was slight. I always assumed that difference was due to the different pads. When I listen to the 60 with bowls, there's a striking improvement. I think the 60 with bowls or the quarter mod will save you the price...

Wait a bit. Next week, Shure's coming out with some new sets of headphones. One's priced at what you're asking for, around 49.99. Should be the best quality for that price.

I'm going to say, don't buy the SR60i. I did and I'm disappointed I did, and it's $70 down the drain. I can sell it off, but it's a matter of how much money I lose. There's no clarity anywhere. Acoustic instruments sound muted. Guitars sound metallic. The natural resonance guitars produce when...

Quote: Originally Posted by robjrock IMO, the thick foamed comfy pads dull the 'in your faceness' of the sound. Coin modding your pads will open up the 'in your faceness' but they become too shrill, & the bass and very meh. I sort of wish I hadn't been so eager to mod my pads now I...

How long do these have to be burned in before they sound really good? I just got one, and it's not what I expected. Objectively, they're very good for the price, but I thought there's supposed to be an up-front sound to them. Will this come later, or is this pretty much it. It's nearing the 24...

Quote: Originally Posted by The Monkey Are you sure about that? What's your source? Look at all these lawyers, "Quick! Someone keycite that!"

To answer the original question, it's not the error that'll shy me away from the company. It's how the company responds to it. I won't accept being mistreated. I won't tolerate a company that feels they're doing the customer a favor by selling them a product, because it's the other way...

Quote: Originally Posted by Uncle Erik How does a cosmetic error translate to unreliability? I've picked up a couple of dents in my car, so maybe I need to get the engine rebuilt. Let's use a more appropriate analogy. You caused the dents. You didn't buy it with dents. ...if...

Quote: Originally Posted by Uncle Erik How does a cosmetic error translate to unreliability? I've picked up a couple of dents in my car, so maybe I need to get the engine rebuilt. What happened is that the company they sent the cups out to for etching made a mistake. Embarrassing...

I tried out some low end Grado's recently, and I really like how the sound appears to originate somewhere close to you, but I don't like how the lower notes are blurry. I demo'd them listening to a symphony, and I noticed there was a "bass cloud." The cellos and string bass produced a persistent...

Would someone describe the k702 sound?

Quote: Originally Posted by allenf The headband is off centre by about 3mm, which is normal and the rest of it looks ok without nitpicking. But really, what can one say, it's tragic... I think Todd's selling fake HF2's on TTVJ. Come on now... "F1"? Obviously a fake.

So how do they SOUND? What're they most comparable to?

You know how you get the HF2 value up to $1200? ....You exaggerate like hell on your reviews. I'm deaf in both ears, but I can tell you they sound like heaven!!!

Can someone comment on the Denon AH-D2000? It seems to have a strong sound throughout the entire range, while being significantly cheaper.

This graph scares me a bit about the AD700. The bass response appears to be very low. The Denon D2000 appears like it would sound very, very much like the HD650; and it only costs half as much, based on actual market prices. The remaining question is clarity. I thought the bass on...

So what's all this talk about lack of bass on the K702? I've played around with frequency response curves for various headsets and the 702 seems to have nearly comparable bass to the competition...

I'll look into the headphones suggested. Can someone comment on this? How different are the SR60, SR80, and SR325? Is it something where I'd have to listen attentively to a music clip multiple times before I hear a difference?

Quote: Originally Posted by Acix Just go K702, best price on the market for sound quality. I've looked into this model, and people seem to criticize it as bass thin. But what I can't figure out is if that's "bass thin" in audiophile world or in general. I consider the ER6i bass...

Quote: Originally Posted by jfourc Closest headphones to the SE530 that I've heard is the HD650 (I own both). You can get it sub $300 used. I see it being sold in these forums quite often, and there should be some for sale right now. A big problem is that you need to get a proper...

Quote: Originally Posted by atothex Grado amp is no good with Shures? It's just a fancy Cmoy, isn't it? I don't see a problem here. They're good, but my ears began hurting a bit cuz of the foam pad pushing against the ear canals.

Quote: Originally Posted by CDBacklash Nothing is near perfect. We have a long way to go (i hope) and I cant wait to hear it. I also disagree that live music sounds the best. Most of the time live music sounds like poo. For albums there is time taken to make sure stuff sounds great...

Quote: Originally Posted by AmanGeorge There are a lot of good headphones that can be had on a $300 budget. I know you said that you're not extremely nit-picky or concerned with audiophile perfection, but do you have anything else to give us that might guide our suggestions? If you have...

I'm in the market for a very good set of headphones but am not into knit picking minor differences at extreme cost. Was wondering if people could suggest something that produces very accurate sound that is still within reasonable cost. This is a oversimplified schematic of what I mean...