[grah-doh]

I recently purchased the SR80 and they sound okay but I always see reviews of how awesome it really is. I just don't hear it. I get my music from amazon and I use my ipod mano 5th gen with fiio e6. Does anybody have some tips?

 

[davidgotsa]

Maybe they are just not your type of headphone. 
 
What kind of music do you listen to? Which headphones are you comparing it to? 

 

[benv]

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I recently purchased the SR80 and they sound okay but I always see reviews of how awesome it really is. I just don't hear it. I get my music from amazon and I use my ipod mano 5th gen with fiio e6. Does anybody have some tips?

What headphones were you listening to before?
 
Edit: Doh! I should learn to read...

 

[KG Jag]

My first guess is that you don't like the Grado house sound.  A good number of folks don't.  If you don't like bright or if you are a bass head of any stripe--Grado will probably not be for you.
 
My second (non-exclusive) guess is that the compressed sound files you buy are not that great.  Try listening to a quality recording on CD using a decent portable CD player or better.

 

[grah-doh]

Before the grado I had the sony mdrzx one hundred. I listen to jazz alternative and rock.

 

[TMRaven]

Maybe you like a bassy sound?

 

[KG Jag]

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Before the grado I had the sony mdrzx one hundred. I listen to jazz alternative and rock.

 
There are several models, but all seem to be bass head cans.

 

[olegausany]

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There are several models, but all seem to be bass head cans.

Then they definitely wrong choice for jazz

 

[KG Jag]

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Then they definitely wrong choice for jazz

 I agree, although I don't know what "jazz alternative" is.  I just go with someone like Coltrane.

 

[olegausany]

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 I agree, although I don't know what "jazz alternative" is.  I just go with someone like Coltrane.

Or Miles Davis and Diana Kroll plus i think he means alternative rock not jazz