Review of the Monster Turbine Pro Gold IEM: Monster has been in the consumer electronics game for many years, manufacturing audio cables, surge supressor/ac line-conditioners, and close to 3000 products now on their list, but fairly recently with their introduction of their noise-cancelling...

I currently own Etymotic ER-6is (L ch out) and some Shure SE310s (R cable cracked). In the past I've owned Jays q-Jays, Phonak PFEs, ER-4s, and some other in-ears. I also own some AKG K601s and some Alessandro MS-2is and love them both for different things. I've owned RS-1s and SR-80s on the...

Which one? I love Rock, Alternative, some HardRock, and some lighter rock. I'm not sure which one to get? Thanks, Andrew

Hihi   I´m new here and hope you can help me out here as my friends are of little help. They think I am nuts when I say I´m buying headphones over $300  :)   I have owned Grado SR80 for about 10 years now! They have proven just fantastic and durable, but now I´m looking for an upgrade. I...

REVIEW: Grado Statement 1000 Headphones The excitement of a new top-shelf product is rarely without some form of controversy. The sceptics and critics will crawl out of the woodwork to dispute the claims of the “fanboys” and enthusiastic early adopters. When the product is a Grado, at least...

Hi, I'm new here. Currently I owe my first headphone, a Sennheiser HD-205. Thought the sound seems to be reasonably o.k. I would like to have a better quality headphone. I am not a rich guy yet so I am not going to spend over aproximately €700 on a headphone (including amplifier if needed)...

Has anyone info about what's inside the very thick grado cable? Someone who has recabled them would probably know? A picture of cross section (something like in picture below) would be nice. If I've got it right, there should be 2 kinds of cable on current models: Standard copper...

Hi there, I'm about to have my first real high end headphone handmade. Its driver is a RS1 but i want it to look like a GS/PS1000i shape-wise but neither i or the guy who will make them knows the dimensions of their cups. Could anyone please try measure your PS/GS1000i and post the measurements...

It seems like some people here have a lot of very nice headphones. I'm just curious to see how many, and what kind people here own, and what you think of each pair. I have: 1.A yellow pair that came with my Shockwave 405, from over 5 years ago -piece of crap. There's nothing good I...

After years without decent headphones, I bought a pair of Grado SR80i's 2 weeks ago and love them so much I am, insanely, after a "better" set of headphones. I've just ordered an Asgard and had intended to step up the Grado line and buy the sr325is. I've read in a number of places that the 325is...

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i just purchased the He500 by Hifiman. Coming from the Rs1 how much of an upgrade should i expect?

Hello everyone I saw that Stax the Japanese elite headphones has been out with a new model – 2170 So I just wanna know, how is the sound of Stax compare to HD650 senn or to what sound u can compare it too? Sennhiser or akg or grado ? Since its electrostatic headphones so how is the bass...

        First impressions of the New T70p Headphones from Beyerdynamic When Alan from Beyerdynamic USA said there was a new Tesla headphone on the horizon and asked if I wanted to review it, I was like "Daaaaa Winning:)" I was thrilled to get the chance at a sneak peak. The launch of...

This REALLY PISSES ME OFF! I bought these new in the springtime and they have had limited use; probably no more than about 20 or 30 hours after the initial burn-in. I made the adjustments when I first got them, haven't messed with them much, and when I went to adjust them tonight, the right...

Prompted by the higher than expected sensitivity of the HD800, I spent some time creating a spreadsheet of headphones output power required at different level, using their official sensitivity spec to scale with. I thought it was quite interesting after looking at the results, so I'm going to...

I don't know how to begin this thread without starting a headphones vs speakers war (which is not my intention)...I guess I'm just gonna have to ask it.  Are headphones a big rip-off in terms of what you get and what you pay for?  I always heard people saying that headphones compared to...

I currently own a pair of Sennheiser HD595 headphones and Grado 325is headphones. I use the HD595's the majority of the time, but they quickly become boring so then I put on my Grados when I really need to change things up and rock out. Unfortunately I can only wear the 325s for about 1 hour (or...

SO I have a little dilemma. I am trying to find a great pair of companion cans for my K701's. Now I always hear people saying that the 650's are good as a companion, but I really don't like the 600's since they seem to boomy for me. The 650's are supposedly darker still so I don't think they...

Has anyone either considered or actually followed through on switching from a traditional 2 channel rig into and exclusively headphone rig?  I currently do most of my critical listening through a 2 channel system of Ascend Acoustics Sierra-1s and an integrated amplifier, Music Hall A15.2 using a...

I am looking for a good headphone amplifier that can drive Senn HD 800, Audeze LCD-2, Denon D5000, JHA Pro 13 (and possibly Grado PS1000/GS1000/RS1) with ease to satisfying listening levels. I have a couple of decent DACs (Anedio D1 and Eastern Electric DAC), so a good DAC is an added bonus, but...

I am interesting what is the most ideal headphones from your experience for voices/vocals no matter how much is it. I am looking for headphones which have voices so (present, alive) that you feel you want even touch on it. I will not write my horses for now which I found to be acceptable.

I'm thinking about pulling the trigger on these: http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/555190/fs-grado-rs-1   but I want to know which RS-1 version they are. The seller says he believes they are about 4-6 years old. Serial # is 3144. How will these compare sound-wise to my brand new RS2i's? 

I'm thinking of purchasing a pair of grados for rock. I have heard great reviews about both sets of cans. I just want to get an opinion about which is prefered by most people.

just picked up a set of buttoned RS1 (vintage B).   i'm finding them a little strident/peaky with a hump around the 10khz region that i find uncomfortable on many tracks.   my understanding is RS2, HF2, and RS1i are all slightly rolled off in the treble region compared to RS1.   1...