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    Grado 225 and hotusb1 combo - looking for comments

    Hi Guys, I am debating running with this setup of a Grado 225 paired with a HOTUSB1 amp. I have often heard that Grado's dont typically need an amp. I have also read the reviews for the HOTUSB1 and they seem quite favorable. I love the Grado sound and am wondering how well these two will...
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    woodied grado cans

    Hi guys. Been off the site for a while but getting back into things. I remeber there being a website for a company or person that does modifications to grado's where he will recable and or will install wood onto the plastic holder. Could anyone provide me a link to that? Thanks =)
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    Everything but sound Shure e5 vs ety 4p

    I realize alot of you are passionate suppoters of your headphones and I respect that. The purpose of this post is to try and seperate the benefits and negatives of the Ety 4p versus the Shure e5 - all aspects except sound. This is just my run down and I post this information because I would have...
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    poll:volume question on shure e5+ipod

    Now that I have had more time to play with my Shure e5........I noticed something else =) With most of my mp3's I tend to use volume 1 on my ipod. This is straight to a ipod (no amp - and no eq settings on ipod). SO the questoin is this: at what volume do you use your ipod and shure e5.?
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    Shure E5c question

    I just got my Shure E5c and I noticed a few things. 1) it seems to get a small hiss when using my total air head+ ipod. I am pretty sure I dont get this hiss with ipod+total air head+sen 280's or grado 325's. 2) the amp doesnt seem to make much of a difference with the Shures. It makes a decent...
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    alternative to banana holders

    I went to academy store this weekend to pick up a fanny pack for my ipod/amp/long grado cord while I do running. Anyway after the ignoramus employees had me looking in every dept for this item, i ended up in the gun rack section (hey they pointed me there - for real). They had a item there that...
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    looking for something very similar to this:

    Greetings. I would like to purchase something similar to this product: http://www.headphone.com/layout.php?...tID=0040010060 I would purchase it from the mentioned website but their price is just simply outrageous. Do any of you good folks have recommendations for similar products. Looking...
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    AM question

    I have recentely gotten all into talk radio and one of the two stations I like to listen to is about 45mins outside of where I live. Techincally, i guess, I am not supposed to get 1 station because its not for my town, but I can pick upt eh station with some noise. My question is this, I...
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    pyschology of headphones

    I have what I consider to be, although totally subjective, evidence of the concept that your brain adapts to headphones vs headphones break in. I belive that, at least on the 3 cans of high quality headphones I have come accross, there is some change in the actual sound but the bigger change...
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    new member of team ety 4p - question tho

    I got my ety 4p a few days ago, sound is pretty good, not as good as the grado 225 but relatively close, however factor in the ultra portability and the isolation benefits and you got a good deal (i got mine from ebay, idealsound guy). My questions are the following: I seem to prefer the...
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    question to grado rs2-1 owners

    I had the grado 225's and the pleather headband is nothing more then a sleeve for a plastic thin metal band. Certain pictures that I have seen of the rs1 (and maybe the 2?) appear to haave somethign more under the leather headband then just the wire frame thing, am I correct in this or do all...
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    seen the light

    I think so. Despite being a musician, it is amazing how tone deaf I was (tone in referance to audio tone not musical tones). I hear huge differences now, especially when I listen to car system setups where all the instruments mush together. I think its like learning to ride a bike or learnig to...
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    flurry of questions!

    Please define the following terms as I am not sure what they are: dac transport diy sacd Thanks =) *whos trying to outgrow his newbie cacoon*
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    grado comfort question

    I got my grado 225's 2 days ago and have put a good 25-30hours of acutual use time. Sonically, they are great, no issues. However comfort is a different story. At this point I am considering returning them because I find them unbearably uncomofrtable if in use for more then 3hours or so. I...
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    allesandro vs grado?

    What is the connectoin, the headphones look identical, are they manufactured by grado and sold by a different company? Kind of like how Creative makes the Dell jukebox mp3 player, despite the fact they have their own Zen model? Thanks for any info.
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    ecost and sony mdr v6

    have any of you confirmed if they ever got these refurbished headphones back in stock? I emailed them to ask when they would get them and they never replied, I jsut did a search for the headhpones on their website and got no hits. Anyone heard anythiung from these people about the v-6? *btw...
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    requesting a link for amps

    I remeber coming accross a link that was for a guy who made headphone amps, he made on in particular that stood out, it was made out of a tin box used for mints? Could anyone provide a link, i dont recall the name of the place (if i did would have used yahoo search hehe). Thanks in advance =)
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    fyi on shure e3

    Shure has them on sale for 179 with free shipping. only drawback is that they dont ship until Jan. http://www.shure.com/earphones/eseries_e3c.asp
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    to the person selling the grado pads

    any way to get a link? i tried doing a search and manual search going back through last few pages...i am looking for the post where a person was selling the custom made grado pads for like 15bux or something like that? thanks
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    grado 225

    Are the grado 225's worth even considering purchasing before having a amp? I will be using these for home setup(from pc/ipod/other non uber sources)....was pretty set on 225's until I started to hear that some of the top end grado's dont sound good w/o a amp.
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    found a nice website on cans(grado)

    Perhaps this website is common knowledge around here.....anyway i found a goodwebsite that gives pretty detailed reviews on alot of Grado products. I think the guy is really friendly towards Grado the company because he sells their headphones but there is some good decent information there...
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    narrowing down purchase

    This is part 2 of my orginal thread hehe. I being a broke college student am hell bent on getting the most bang for my small amount of bucks! Here are the 3 choices that I have narrowed down to. Senn 200 Senn 25sp Grado SR60 If possible I would like to request a compare and contrast on...
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    requesting help on headphone selection

    Hi all. First post here. I am posting the typical help me pls type post, but I have looked around and I think I have a good idea of what headphones I am intrested in. I ultimately plan to buy 2 sets of phones, some in ear earbuds, and some cans(home and portable. Altho money right now is...
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