[Philimon]

Thanks for the info Emooze.

Just bought them on impulse after reading the first couple pages of this thread. If I do not like them, I will try trading up to some Grado 60 or 80 with cash. I have always wanted to try a Grado...

 

[stevenjchang]

just got mine today

MAN THESE THINGS ARE GINORMOUS, i knew big but, this is SO BIG, what am i gonna do w these things, cant ever be seen wearing these

 

[killz23]

How does the Rx700 compare to HD 555?

 

[Philimon]

How does the RX700 compare to Grado _____ ?

 

[pyrokid]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Philimon /img/forum/go_quote.gif How does the RX700 compare to Grado _____ ?

rx700 is way bigger than both.
ad7oo compared to rx700
just so you know how big they are.
they're up there w/ the biggest.

 

[Adreneline]

If you're talking sound quality, a lot of people preferred the RX700's over the HD555's if I'm not mistaken.

As for Grados, I don't think anyone's compared them.

 

[Philimon]

Thanks for the pics pyrokid. Which do you prefer - AD700 or RX700?

I was referring to sound quality vs Grado headphones.

 

[HeadPhunk]

Anybody care to send a pair of RX700's to a less fortunate (read: Canadian) member?

 

[ecclesand]

I just ordered both the RX700 and RX900 from Newegg today. Will compare both and sell the one I don't like. Or, end up keeping both.

 

[nickosha]

I wish I would have ordered sooner than wednesday. Because of the holiday, I have to wait another 3 days to get them.

 

[Philimon]

Shipping has been confirmed.

 

[Emooze]

To me Grados seem to have a bit more detail, especially on the higher end. The bass is also well defined but the 700's have more and its solid and impacting. And you can definitely tell which is closed and which is open. The Grado's just have that airy feeling to them.

Edit: Should say I'm comparing my SR80 (no i) to the 700's out of my m3 which is out of my laptop's headphone out.

 

[Philimon]

Thanks for the reply Emooze.

Solid and defined kind of mean the same thing in my audio lingo... Are you saying that the bass of the RX700 is just as "defined", but more (as in texture, depth, ______ (insert adjective), etc.)?

I want something cheap that I can lug around, fun like a Grado, circumaural, closed, but without the boomy bass that is associated with cheap closed headphones (as in no extra bass please).

 

[Emooze]

I had to go back and run a few songs just solidify my thoughts on the bass.

The grado's definitely have impact and depth, but only by a hair more. Barely noticeable to me. The 700's however, have more volume but still not into the distracting levels. Adding 100 ohms of extra impedance draws out impact, depth and volume to both but more to the 700's. They for sure are not boomy and don't sound cheap at all.

Again this was my equipment and my ears, hahaha

 

[Philimon]

Thanks for the clarification.
I need to look into adding impedance...