Grado Fan Club!

[kmhaynes]

Problem with B&M is I live in the middle of the desert literally 130 Miles from the nearest city. (Makes it rough to demo anything decent)
I went over to Grado and looked at dealer page and found a few places I might try next time I make it to Bend Or, or Boise Id.

Yeah, I've always had to buy a new / used phone that I want to compare, knowing that in the next month or so I'll be selling one of the 2. PayPal credit makes that tooo easy!

 

[kmhaynes]

My SR 80X are sounding better and better is this because they are getting burned in or are my ears just adapting to them?

Yes!! There is probably some of "burned in", but a lot of "ears [brain] adapting to them". The brain has a way of convincing us that what we are hearing is "normal" if that is the only thing you are listening to. But if you compare between 2 very different phones, THEN you will be deciding which you personally like and consider better.

 

[movinIron]

My SR 80X are sounding better and better is this because they are getting burned in or are my ears just adapting to them?

Both!
Phones:
The ‘De-Stressing‘ process is, that manufacturers put the phones diffuser down on a board and let them play for a while. Some with test signals, sinusses, some with the local radio program.
we, out here, call this ‘burn in‘. DCA (ex-MrSpeakers) does it for 24 hours, then packing/ shipping it.
Grado maybe 48 hours. Mylar usually needs 150 hours to burn in. I checked my 325e against a fresh unboxed pair at the local dealer‘s equipment after 50 and 100 hours. Both times estimated. Both times I could hear a difference. I am pretty sure, but won‘t swear an oath on it, that there was also an audible difference between round about 50 and round about 100. Couldn‘t find any difference between 100 and about … wasn‘t 150 but, let‘s say 4 1/2 weeks later.
Ears: Our ears get accustomed to soundings. Some like even Bose…
My first contact to the Headamp 3 (no ‘mk something‘) made me utter ‘…schräg!?‘ (‘weird‘).
The room sounded empty.
Every single thing was, where it had to be. Trumpet? 3 steps left and 5 backwards.
This with some Fostex. Tried the GS1000e - same effect. If the musicians didn‘t play, breathe. walking around, tapping feet, scratching head, there is nothing,,.
As if all other headphones are producing constant distortion. Or their Amps.
But when there is no more waste in the air, you can hear every single detail. Cymbals don‘t lie.
Took a short while to get accustomed, but now?
I need to get this back!

 

[No Disc]

My fault, I asked about something you mentioned and I should instead of have PM'ed you about the Chinese On/Over-Ear Headphone thread

I am looking forward to hearing your impressions of the SR-125x -- I don't have any of the new x-driver Grado's, but I do have the Hemp (love it!) , SR-225e, and an SR-325i... oh yes also an Alessandro MS2i and a GW100 (I'm a fan indeed lol), but I've often wondered about the 125 since that's one of the ones from the Prestige line I've never owned.

Since the 125x is the only Grado I have now heard, I can just give a general impression. The description on grado labs website for the 125x is accurate. I hear refinement and instruments that I don’t remember hearing on other phones. Musical, with detail and excitement. I did feel that in 1-2 songs the tremble was just a tad too strong for my ears. I have tinnitus which makes me a bit sensitive to that.

 

[joseph69]

I did feel that in 1-2 songs the tremble was just a tad too strong for my ears.

After sufficient burn in the treble will smooth out and you will notice, for sure.

 

[No Disc]

How Grado managed to fit a passive equalizer inside the SR125x is beyond me. It sounds that good.

 

[Stevko]

Waiting for my new SR80e

 

[audiobomber]

225X review

I didn't enjoy this review. His descriptors didn't mean much to me. The worst thing was the lack of comparison with other headphones, especially the 225e.

 

[No Disc]

If Grado was a speaker, which one would it be? In other words, what do Grado fans listen to when they listen to speakers?

 

[carboncopy]

If Grado was a speaker, which one would it be? In other words, what do Grado fans listen to when they listen to speakers?

Some high sensitive one for sure. I had Avantgarde's before...they are quite alive too. The analogy to (quality) horn speakers is not that bad I think.

 

[kmhaynes]

If Grado was a speaker, which one would it be? In other words, what do Grado fans listen to when they listen to speakers?

Probably Klipsch Heresy or other Klipschorn speakers.

 

[Stevko]

If Grado was a speaker, which one would it be? In other words, what do Grado fans listen to when they listen to speakers?

Sold my speakers and amp in 2016

 

[No Disc]

Probably Klipsch Heresy or other Klipschorn speakers.

I have owned both actually. And also Cornwall, Forte, and Chorus II, kg4s, etc.

 

[No Disc]

Sold my speakers and amp in 2016

When I moved out of the states I sold everything. The only thing I took with me was my Mojo DAC, and my two Sennheisers.

 

[Stevko]

When I moved out of the states I sold everything. The only thing I took with me was my Mojo DAC, and my two Sennheisers.

My old amp and cd-player