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I'm buying either Beyer DT531 or Grado SR60
In Sweden they're $125 and $135 respectively.
I'm having a hard time to decide which one but I'll tell you my thoughts so far.
When it comes to sound I find it hard to compare after just listening to them for a shorter period of time (30 minutes or so) and using a special headphone amp.
I will NOT use a special headphone amp myself. I will use them with a regular Sony $300 amp (for dvd movies and mp3s) and my portable Iriver mp3player.
So if any of you recommend one or the other based on using them with some powerful headphone amp have in mind they will not sound the same with my setup.
Comfort and buildquality: I find them both comfortable but it's hard to know since I've been wearing them for such a short time. They both fit my head well. The Grado's are smaller and lighter which means I might be able to use them as portables with my iriver mp3player which might be a plus. But I find the the Beyer more luxerious. Grado's seems a little cheap, the demo headphones even had a crack in the earmuffs.
I think the Grado's are a little overpriced in Sweden and the Beyer 531 on the other hand is suppose to be on sale - normally costing twice that much. So my first impression is that I get more bang for the buck with the beyer.
I will use them with dvdmovies and mp3s (192kbps or better) I like most kinds of music but I don't listen much to classic, jazz, techno.
two specific questions:
Will any of them work BETTER (or noticably better) with a typical type of music? will mostly listen to more quiet, sing-songwriter-acoustic music (think nick cave, 16 horsepower, will oldham, recent johnny cash albums (american recordings, kasey chambers) and more modern synth-based triphop music (massive attack, portishead, everything but hte girl)
and I do like a lot of rock-metal (70'is, 80'es 90'is like alice in chains, led zep, alice cooper, pearl jam, iggy pop, danzig but i wont listen very loud in my headphone so bigtime bass and loudness isnt very important, i need to be careful with my ears... but normally i do play that kinda music a lot on the stereo)
I THINK I'll probably end up using my headphones mostly for softer music (singsongwriter, acoustic, country, soul etc) and I will use my normal stereo for heavier rock and metal (pantera, slayer, soundgarden, audioslave etc) and rap/reggea which need more bass (little worried about my ears using that in headphones) 50 cent, dmx, manu chao, bob marley, alpha blondy etc.
Or with Dvdmovies? (emulating 3d sound or sense of "being there" etc when watching movies?) (guess the same carefullness apllies here, i wont be listening full volume to explosions of saving private ryan on my headphones...)
Thanks for any input here, I plan to make my decision and buy them this coming week!
ps. also do anyone have links to actual reviews of these headphones? only i've seen so far is the one of the beyer's in hifi choice where it only got 3 outta 5 stars and they even said they were uncomfortable after 10 minutes of wearing?? strang review dont know what to believe...
In Sweden they're $125 and $135 respectively.
I'm having a hard time to decide which one but I'll tell you my thoughts so far.
When it comes to sound I find it hard to compare after just listening to them for a shorter period of time (30 minutes or so) and using a special headphone amp.
I will NOT use a special headphone amp myself. I will use them with a regular Sony $300 amp (for dvd movies and mp3s) and my portable Iriver mp3player.
So if any of you recommend one or the other based on using them with some powerful headphone amp have in mind they will not sound the same with my setup.
Comfort and buildquality: I find them both comfortable but it's hard to know since I've been wearing them for such a short time. They both fit my head well. The Grado's are smaller and lighter which means I might be able to use them as portables with my iriver mp3player which might be a plus. But I find the the Beyer more luxerious. Grado's seems a little cheap, the demo headphones even had a crack in the earmuffs.
I think the Grado's are a little overpriced in Sweden and the Beyer 531 on the other hand is suppose to be on sale - normally costing twice that much. So my first impression is that I get more bang for the buck with the beyer.
I will use them with dvdmovies and mp3s (192kbps or better) I like most kinds of music but I don't listen much to classic, jazz, techno.
two specific questions:
Will any of them work BETTER (or noticably better) with a typical type of music? will mostly listen to more quiet, sing-songwriter-acoustic music (think nick cave, 16 horsepower, will oldham, recent johnny cash albums (american recordings, kasey chambers) and more modern synth-based triphop music (massive attack, portishead, everything but hte girl)
and I do like a lot of rock-metal (70'is, 80'es 90'is like alice in chains, led zep, alice cooper, pearl jam, iggy pop, danzig but i wont listen very loud in my headphone so bigtime bass and loudness isnt very important, i need to be careful with my ears... but normally i do play that kinda music a lot on the stereo)
I THINK I'll probably end up using my headphones mostly for softer music (singsongwriter, acoustic, country, soul etc) and I will use my normal stereo for heavier rock and metal (pantera, slayer, soundgarden, audioslave etc) and rap/reggea which need more bass (little worried about my ears using that in headphones) 50 cent, dmx, manu chao, bob marley, alpha blondy etc.
Or with Dvdmovies? (emulating 3d sound or sense of "being there" etc when watching movies?) (guess the same carefullness apllies here, i wont be listening full volume to explosions of saving private ryan on my headphones...)
Thanks for any input here, I plan to make my decision and buy them this coming week!
ps. also do anyone have links to actual reviews of these headphones? only i've seen so far is the one of the beyer's in hifi choice where it only got 3 outta 5 stars and they even said they were uncomfortable after 10 minutes of wearing?? strang review dont know what to believe...