Reviews by gradoist

gradoist

Head-Fier
Pros: Portable, amazing sound quality, best one of Grado headphones
Cons: None
These headphones are better than any headphones I have auditioned. No cons at all.
thatBeatsguy
thatBeatsguy
Sure, it's portable, but is it useful out and about? Knowing its open design, I don't think it's practical.
Za Warudo
Za Warudo
TL;DR
TheDreamthinker
TheDreamthinker
Surely something for the tube....

gradoist

Head-Fier
Pros: Balanced
Cons: None yet
Some people say it lack bass. They are wrong definitely. Their bass is just right!

gradoist

Head-Fier
Pros: easy to drive; amazing in every aspects
Cons: Haven't noticed any yet
Better than RS1i, HD700 and K812 in most aspects.
SkyBleu
SkyBleu
Amazing review! Love the thorough descriptions, and detail! 
Aizura
Aizura
I stopped reading at easy to drive
cswann1
cswann1
The HD580 was introduces in a time (1993 I think) when putting a $1k price tag on a dynamic headphone was laughable.
    The audiophile market is rife with the false belief that high-cost equals high-fidelity.
    The HD580 is a perfect illustration of that fallacy.  And btw...it is easy to drive.  I run mine out of my laptop (Lenovo V570) and I get quite satisfying volume with no audible distortion.

gradoist

Head-Fier
Pros: Big soundstage, good for monitoring
Cons: But not good for music listening. Very hard to drive.
This is the first time I give a lower than 5 star rate. The reason I say tha K812 is not good for music listening is because K812 seems to has it own way to illustrate music: it seems like K812 likes to confine every piece of music in a certain room with a stress of bass. This is good because that will ensure you hear something familiar every time you use K812. The strong signature is definitely for pros who do not want to waste time getting familiar with a headphone again and again.  But for those who are not basshead or those who want to hear "music free in style", this strong signature is a big big big problem. 
 
The sound is a bit dark, detailed but no way balanced. To much bass; imaging is good in a bad way (Clear, wonderful imaging, you can see everything but the singer seems to be in an awkward position: behind/is the drumer) treble sounds uncontrolled like hell if you don't drive it properly; sounds depressing as if I was listening via closeback phones
 
 
 
 
Bottom line:  Remember these are monitor headphones. Don't waste you time if you are not a pro. 
 
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Champ HkGt
Champ HkGt
It's easy to drive, I Think.
Mozartaudio
Mozartaudio
This review is completely wrong ! 
mocenigo
mocenigo
Hard to drive? I cannot relate. They can be driven even by a smartphone (certainly my iPhone 6 can do). If you have a nuforce uDAC 5 - even that can drive them. The Chord Mojo drives them effortlessly, adding just the lightest of smoothness to make the experience great. 
 
Beyerdynamic T1, Sennheiser HD800(s) - those are hard to drive.
 
The sound is not euphonic, but it is so revealing that I can locate there the air conditioning is in some recording venues.

They can be cruel, but they are not harsh (sounding).

gradoist

Head-Fier
Pros: Clean, balance, can drive 4 headphones at the same time, cheap
Cons: Not portable
This is the amp I am looking for. It is better than any portable amp which costs around 200USD.
 
It can substantially enhance the soundstage, the speed and the bass of your headphone.
 
I am using it to drive my RS1i and it's perfect. BTW, It works great with any device I plugged in.
 
I even tried apple's earbud and it suddenly become my favorite earbud.
 
However, I still hope you can distinguish its quality with your own ear rather than sb. else's reviews.

gradoist

Head-Fier
Good headphones. A great contrast to SR225i which is cold and calm
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