For L cushion, I think the besy way to wear them is to fit your ear freely inside the "cup". With the space and cup totally cover your ear the Grado will sound very natural in fact Grado is so natural that some time when I was closing my eyes, I thought someone is knocking on my door or talking to me. You see I have the Monitor Audio Studio 2, it is a small bookshelf speaker that is famous for fast, transparent, mid focus speaker. They are similar to Grado and combining with a warm powerful class A amp (
ALCHEMIST FOSERTI ADP15A MkII) it is heavenly. So naturally my headphone choice is Grado.
Long before I ever try Grado, I know I will like it but I didn't know the local store have them so I was actually going to try the Senn 25-ii and during the audition it didn't impress me at all. It just sound like my PX-200ii (which is good by the way, 25ii is good therefore) but more muscle. Then I saw they actually have Grado brand, I ask for the SR125 and I was impressed.
That's how it got started, I am a Grado fan and I am on Alessandro department