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Oct 18, 2003 at 8:08 AM Post #32 of 46
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Originally posted by SunByrne
Wow, double MJ, pretty scary.

Hey, I see you just made 500 posts and I just made 100. Must be a real thrill of a Friday night...


And Kaboom! Here's #200 for me. The stars must be properly aligned tonight, some something
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Nov 9, 2003 at 7:04 AM Post #33 of 46
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Originally posted by SunByrne
Jasper, since we're both 280 Pro fans, I'll be very interested to hear your impressions of the SR60s, and see how they compare to mine.


First, let me start by saying I'm sorry for taking so long with this... a lot of the reason for the delay has been that I've been very busy with school, but mostly, I just wasn't sure what to say about the SR60's... As you noticed, right after getting them I started another thread about revisiting the 590's... well, I've been using those a lot more, especially since it has cooled down enough to where I don't generally need my fans on high.

The SR60's to me are very nice for some things but there's a lot of music that they just don't get along with. Because of their upfrontness and upper-mid to treble push, they become very hard to listen to on any recording that is the slightest bit siblent. They also don't have nearly enough bass to be used with hip hop, rap or most R&B and much of pop music. On some pop music and with rock music, they really shine though. As mentioned, they sound great with old Michael Jackson, pretty good with jazz as well as most country and great with most rock... acoustic or otherwise. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I like them enough to keep them, and that they are a true joy on some music, where their upfront approach is helpful but on the whole they have too many flaws to be great.

As far as comfort goes, they aren't bad, once the headband is bent out a little, they are fairly comfy (with comfy pads). My 590's are definately more comfortable but hey, those are pretty hard to beat.

If you have any specific questions about what I think, I'd be happy to answer. Again, I'm sorry this took so long.
 
Nov 9, 2003 at 7:13 AM Post #34 of 46
Agreed with most of your impressions of Grado SR-60 (I had a pair for nearly 2 years). They are good cans for the money but not in the 'great' league by a long shot. I found they can be horribly harsh with some music, and I sold my pair awhile ago... just not in the same league with many high end cans discussed around here.
 
Nov 9, 2003 at 9:32 AM Post #35 of 46
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Originally posted by Jasper994
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My intake fans run at (if I remember correctly) 2700RPM (main intake 2 80mm), HDD cooler that pulls in air across the top has 3 mini fans, exhaust fan at top (80mm 2700RPM), Dual Fan PSU, exhaust fan below that, exhaust fan under video card, Cooler Master HHC-001 (6800-7000+RPM), chipset has fan, video card has fan... I'm afraid that if I add anymore fans my damn computer will take off!
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My 280's barely block out the computer with no sound playing, but then there's my dual 7" window fan... <sigh> almost but no cigar, must turn on music...


Holy smokes! I have 3 Panaflo L1A's (80 mm. 24 CFM at 21 dBs). I modded my power supply. I have it on the processor (Athlon XP 1800). And I have one case fan. My comp is solid as a rock (well, I don't OC). I too live in socal and with this setup (I also have a super quiet Seagate Barracuda) I can listen to my HD-580s just fine anytime except summer.
 
Nov 9, 2003 at 10:21 AM Post #36 of 46
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Originally posted by pennylane
Holy smokes! I have 3 Panaflo L1A's (80 mm. 24 CFM at 21 dBs). I modded my power supply. I have it on the processor (Athlon XP 1800). And I have one case fan. My comp is solid as a rock (well, I don't OC). I too live in socal and with this setup (I also have a super quiet Seagate Barracuda) I can listen to my HD-580s just fine anytime except summer.


I have a similar setup, 5 L1A 80MM's for case and PSU, and a 120mm L1A for the CPU fan. It keeps my Athlon XP 2500+ cool, even OC'd to 2.5GHZ, and is nice and quiet, all I usually hear is my Fujitsu SCSI drive at work. When Jasper came over a week ago, he seemed pretty impressed by my low-noise computer, on which his SR60's sounded pretty darn good (wasn't it just lovely how I ended up back on the original thread topic
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Nov 10, 2003 at 5:58 AM Post #39 of 46
I bet if I mated one of those big ass fans to my coolermaster HHC-001 (the all cooper one with the heatpipes) it'd keep my chip really cool... I think I might have to try that down the road...
 
Nov 10, 2003 at 6:14 AM Post #40 of 46
Well I just looked up the Coolermaster, and it presents a couple of problems:

1. It uses a 60mm fan, I don't know that anyone makes a 60-120mm adapter.

2. It connects to the motherboard using only the socket lug clips. I wouldn't feel safe with the weight of that huge fan hanging off my CPU socket, hence it's really only a good idea with a HSF that uses the mounting holes around the socket, if your board has them.
 
Nov 10, 2003 at 8:04 AM Post #43 of 46
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Originally posted by Iron_Dreamer
Of course, but remember that I didn't think it was that big a deal to have a loud computer, until I made it quiet, and reveled in the results! However those other fans in your room might make the computer noise decrease seem as impactful.


Yeah, the window fan is definately louder than the computer.
 
Nov 10, 2003 at 1:37 PM Post #45 of 46
my SR60's are my sun and moon right now. (at least until my etymotics get here)
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