toxic888
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EDIT: Admin please close this thread. Will repost as another topic.
Originally Posted by myinitialsaredac /img/forum/go_quote.gif Alrighty, first off, welcome to head-fi, sorry bout the wallet. I would recommend you get higher end headphones than you have (whether or not that be the two you are mentioning) whilst going ahead and converting your 128s to 320s or ALACs. Sound quality is really dependent upon source, but headphone can have a big impact. The problem though, is that great headphones can make bad sources sound worse. My example is the 701s with 64kbps song a pal brought over to show me that you couldn't discern a difference (p.s. he had an eye opening experience). The Shure line puts out some great IEMs, I own the 110s 210s and 530s and can say each seems to build on the last, so going off that theory I would expect the 310s to be a classy phone. I haven't heard the grados so I will not comment on them but they do seem to be held in high regard for rock around here. You may want to just take hold of your wallet and empty it on a pair of the higher end Shures if you can re-rip your cds. Or get a pair of the higher end Shures (the 4s or 530s) and skip on the grados for now. My personal opinion is that the 530 is a great consumer phone because of the abundance of clean bass it can put out even from an Ipod. It also has a great midrange to boot, though at the cost of slightly rolled off highs (not IMO a bad expense as it makes for a non-fatiguing listening session). Dave |