Wise words.

Thanks for the replies, guys. And yeah, I do agree that I'm probably going to only find glowing reviews in the headphone's thread, but I figured it was worth a shot! Honestly, I probably will end up getting them at some point. My big fear is that I will buy the Sundara and then in a month or...

I'm strongly considering asking for these for Christmas, or buying them myself if no one else does (!!!). My current headphone is the Sennheiser HD600, which I love, but I'm always looking for something else to complement it. I have a Schiit Magni/Modi 2 Uber stack in terms of source and amping...

Is it wrong that I want every model in Grado's line-up? I just love how they have so many different little steps, even though I can imagine the differences between an SR-80 and an SR-125 are almost infinitesimally small.

First off, I'm very happy to see this thread popping lately! Awesome purchase. These are, after my Grado SR-60s, my first real purchase in the realm of hi-fi headphones, and I love them. I agree with you that they aren't nearly as hard to drive as others say they are. I can listen to them at an...

Hmm...those are pretty nifty. I'm bookmarking the page. I also like the little feet you put at the bottom of the stack, since I think I lost the ones that originally came with my gear. To be honest, I'm fine with mine as it is now, but I'm staying with my parents during nursing school, so if...

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That's definitely on purpose. I worried about those cables breaking faster connecting the amp to the DAC, since they have to bend more when the Magni and Modi (both Uber 2s) are stacked. I feel better having it set up this way, even if it probably doesn't matter.

No matter how many more headphones I buy in the future (and I probably won't buy anymore for a while), I will NEVER get rid of my HD600s! I love 'em.

Not as fancy as what you guys have in here, but it works for me!

You know how people are on HeadFi in terms of justifying the amounts of money they spend in their heads by saying small changes in amping and DACs make a huge difference sound-wise. As you said, only way to confirm this is with an honest blind test, but then people might start feeling bad about...

I've always wanted to get more Grados, since that's what I started with with the SR-60s. There's just so many models! I appreciate that with Sennheiser, once you get to a certain price point, there are only SO MANY models, although they've added more in recent years with the HD660s and all...

What are your other headphones, out of curiosity? I have Sony MDR-7506s and that's about it right now. I used to have Grado SR-60s, but those bit the dust, which is why I got the HD600s. Also considering getting a HFM Sundara one of these days.

Thanks for the advice. I will start trying it with the high gain setting and compare.

So I use a Schiit Magni 2 Uber amp with my HD600s. I basically always keep it on the low gain setting, since that gets the volume up as far as I need it when I'm listening to my lossless files burned from CDs. Is there any advantage to using the high gain setting, or is that just if you can't...

What would you say is a good DAC/amp? I'm pretty happy with the Magni/Modi stack, but maybe one day when I have a lot more money I'd upgrade. Yeah, I'd like an HD700 one day ideally, but it might be a while.

Thanks for the response. I get what you're saying. Ideally, when I'm older and wealthier and have my own home, I'd get a nice set of floor-standing speakers, but until that day, I use headphones, since I like my privacy and they take up less space, etc. You're probably right on the older...

Thanks for the response. I have a Schiit Magni/Modi 2 Uber combo in terms of DAC/AMP. I'm sure the HD 700+800 are more articulate, but I definitely don't feel like spending hundreds or thousands more just to understand lyrics a little better. It seems insane that it would require that much money...

Question for speakers users: do you guys have more trouble deciphering lyrics than headphone users do? One of my biggest annoyances with a lot of music (I listen to primarily classic rock, soul, etc.) is that I can never make out the lyrics. I use HD 600s, as I said earlier, but I still find...

I don't think it's a bad thing to spark some discussion on here. I'm pretty turned off by HeadFi as of late, just because every thread is thousands' of pages long, so it's not very appealing to just dip in and read a convo. I, for one, appreciate this post! And I say that as an owner of an HD 600.

Thanks for the response! Both you and someone else recommended the Hemp. That's definitely a new headphone of theirs that I'm unfamiliar with, and will have to look into. That's good that the newer e models have more bass, as you say.

I will at some point or another. Maybe I'll step up to the 80e (or the 125e....or the 225e?). Any recommendations?

Honestly, no. HeadFi is a very boring board that I don't go to anymore. All people talk about is literally one headphone at a time in huge threads that are about a zillion pages long. Who has the time to read through 5,000 pages on a specific headphone? Not a very fun board in my opinion.

I kinda miss my Grado SR-60s (before the i and e series came out). I kept them until they literally fell apart, and then bought a Sennheiser HD600 (along with a Schiit stack) once I realized they weren't coming back. I wonder if I will ever dip my toes into Grado waters again. An irrational part...

I love it for that reason! Old reliable. To be honest, today, listening to disc 1 of James Brown's Star Time on ALAC rips off my iPhone X, was really the first time I was blown away by the accuracy of these headphones. Listening to the tiny details of the cymbal hits on some of these songs, as...