Great review!

Can you please review the 325e? Thank you for your great post on the 225, I used to love the i version so much.

Great review. Also, great selection of reference tracks (love Trouble Will Find Me).

Great!

Don't know where Grado gets off wanting people to pay $200+ for a headphone with such cheap material on the headband. 

Nice review. I would call out to folks that the L-cushions may be problematic. I could not wear the SR325e headphones for more than 45 to 60 minutes without discomfort. Everyone is different but I would rate the comfort of the SR225e/SR325E much lower. In fact, I returned mine.

Very helpful review. After auditioning both SR225e and SR325e I decided for the 325e because of the bass, it is better in the 325e IMO. About the comfort well they are OK for me but I haven't use them for more than 90 min.

Thanks for all the comments!
 
With respect to the material on the headband - yeah it's cheap looking and feeling, but it hasn't split, cracked, peeled, or otherwise flaked off my pair of Alessandro MS-1's since I bought them in September 2000.
 
With respect to comfort - I don't normally wear headphones for any length of time longer than an album's worth of music without taking a break, so they're comfortable enough for me. It's not like putting two fluffy little lambskin covered pillows on my head, but it's also not like wearing a vise studded with nails either. YMMV.

Nice review. I owned the Grado RS2i before and found its soundstaging to be smallish. I am curious that you described the SR225e to have expansive soundstage. Would the e series change the Grado sound that much...wish that I could have the chance to listen to this new series soon.