A few thoughts.

[Crusader83]

I recently purchased the Shure Aonic 50. An excellent pair of earphones for both Android and Bluetooth playback with Xbox to TV. They are not perfect of course. There is slight distortion on Titanfall 2 with heavy combat sounds. This is a minor gripe for a phone costing $350. If they were 1K I would be concerned. Construction is excellent. Grado should take note of the great construction on this device. I will finish this with a question. I am looking to start mixing electronica. What is the best earphone for mixing music in the 1K USD price range? I want to go with Grado for the virtue of them being made in America and I must support my family.

 

[ADUHF]

I will finish this with a question. I am looking to start mixing electronica. What is the best earphone for mixing music in the 1K USD price range?

Probably something with a little more neutral to neutral-bassy response than the Grado. Just my 2c fwiw.

 

[silent-circuit]

Grados are not suitable for mixing. You want something much more neutral in presentation, like the Audio Technica ATH-R70X or Sennheiser HD600.

 

[Deolum]

You want a Grado for mixing electronic? That's weird. Who doesn't know all the famous DJs with their Grados.

Without having heard them myself i would probably go for a Sennheiser HD 25 for that purpose.

 

[ADUHF]

I forget that mixing is different than mastering. And there may be benefits to using a somewhat brighter headphone that's a little more revealing of higher frequency details with the former task.

For mastering though, I'd stick with a neutral to neutral bassy HP, with a response somewhat closer in sound to what consumer ear or headphones sound like. Maybe one open, and one closed-back headphone with better extension in the bass/sub-bass would be ideal. And also a couple popular IEMs as well for comparison.

You could also use an EQ to dial up the brightness a bit on a more neutral headphone for mixing purposes though, if need be.