[cakeman]

I don't see why people think there so uncomfortable.
For the SR60s I have both bowl pads + comfies and both are really comfortable. The antennas are all the way down(smallest) and I didn't have to bend the headband.
Maybe I just have a small head.

 

[pcf]

I find them comfortable too- And I do have a big head.

 

[cakeman]

I don't even feel them on me O__O
How hard is the coin mod?
I also don't think the sr60 have that bad of bass. I feel a lot of it.

 

[LuckyKarma]

Quarter mod is cake, you just need a quarter and an XACTO knife. Takes like 2 minutes, but don't rush. Made a world of difference on my MS1

 

[cakeman]

To scared to attempt to quarter mod em

 

[malldian]

Personally I found the bass to be just slightly lacking. Trying different phones however made me realize that relatively they were lacking... I found that I am not a bass head at all.

 

[beez]

i agree, i find my SR60 with bowls to be pretty comfortable, and my RS1 even more so. i was expecting much much worse from what i read here before i got them

 

[asmd]

sr80 with bowls annoyed the heck out of me.

 

[moogoob]

I can wear my 325is for hours at a time. When I first got them, though, they were painful as hell on my outer earlobes after 30 minutes. Helps if you're stubborn like me.

 

[vvanrij]

I love my grado's, but they provide me with a slow and painfull death I listen to alot of music on them, but never for more than an hour straight before having to 'set them to a new spot' on my ears. I wouldn't want to watch a movie on them, but they sound just so good with some music (the music that I like), and nothing comes even close to that live sound

 

[geremy]

I wear my 325is for many hours per day with zero comfort issues.

 

[torjeh]

Quote:

Originally Posted by moogoob /img/forum/go_quote.gif I can wear my 325is for hours at a time. When I first got them, though, they were painful as hell on my outer earlobes after 30 minutes. Helps if you're stubborn like me.

My exact experience

 

[fjrabon]

I've currently had mine on for about 5 and a half hours today with only short breaks to go to the bathroom. No discomfort whatsoever.

Does the quarter mod help sound at all? I'm perfectly content with the comfort level of my SR-60s, but might be interested in the quarter mod if it helped the sound. But I find the stock pads quite comfy and I have a large head.

The very first day they pinched my upper outer ear a tiny bit against my head. I wore them for maybe like 6 hours that day and it was only mildly annoying at the very end. The next time I wore them for an extended period, I didn't feel any discomfort at all.

 

[Aimless1]

cakeman, nice twist on a recurring thread topic. I've been here on head-fi for 13 months and my first audiophile cans were the SR225. Now I have the RS1. I have always found Grados comfortable and wear them for hours at a time ... occasionally for 10+ hours. Still my favorite can!

 

[MadMan007]

fjrabon - I have bowls and SR60-style flats for my SR80s. The sound is definitely different, the bowls are brighter, punchier and more detailed in the mid and upper range, the flats change the balance by recessing the mids and highs a bit thus emphasizing the bass a bit more. I imagine that quarter-modding the flats would make them more like bowls but without the driver housing quite as close to the ear. I never did it with mine since the bowls are good but I've been thinking of trying it.

I don't find the bowls uncomfortable although having the driver housing nearly touch the ear is different from other phones and took a little getting used to. I have small ears too though.