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Headphoneus Supremus
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this is bad! I want the 325i badly!!!!!!
Some pix of the phones:
When I first saw them, they don't look as cheaply made as others have claimed. Funny thing is that the only thing that is distinguishing the 60, 80, and 125 is the button. the wires are a lot thicker than I had imagined
yet they are flexible.
When I went to the store, they only had the sr60, 80, 125, and 225 on demos. There are also some AKG Kxx and some cheaper Senns there but those didn’t interest me at all, I went there just for the Grados
The 325i wasn't on demo and I almost missed it, after I tried out all the phones, I was concluding that the sr225 sounded the best out there for me, until I saw the 325i on a shelve beside me. I had a fellow rep took it out for me and WOW they look beautiful!
Stuff that I brought along today :
I brought my mini, with songs encoded in LAME -best quality (which I can barely differentiate from lossless), SR-71, Canare 4E6S IC, and my PX100 for reference. My inventory is as stated in my sig.
When I saw the 325i, my sr-71 went out of battery...and unfortunately I didn't have any spare batts around so I tested them via the ipod head-out.
Some Quick Impression on them:
I love the px100, I find them rather fun, and I definitely like it more than the ety er6. I chose the sr-60 to be the AB partner with my px-100. The px-100 was driven directly from my ipod's head-out, its bass is sufficient via the head-out if not overwhelming for some; the sr-60 is hooked to my SR-71. There is no competition at all. The sr-60 is better than the px-100 in all departments, less the bass. Bass on the px-100 is definitely much more full bodied, but regardless, the px-100 sounds like crap (literally) compared to the sr-60 in overall. the px-100 suddenly sounded so muffled, so compressed, dark, stuffy......the sr-60 is the exact opposite, lively, airy, even the so called "no soundstage" on the grados sounded better than the px-100. Nonetheless, the Px-100 serves it's purpose well as a portable phone at that given price, it doesn't leak as much as the sr-60, but if sound quality is the only thing you concern...really...just forget about the px100, the extra USD20 you pay for the sr-60 is definitely worth it.
I went and ABed the sr-60 and sr-80 next. My first impression when I put on the 80s is: "My goodness....how could anybody put this on their head!" I have no idea what is the reason for the bowls to exist. To make the phones circumaural-like? no way, the pads' diameter is not large enough to go around anybody's ear, let alone a kid. The depth of the pads is also not deep enough and my ears were touching the drivers, and it really hurts. Additionally, the foams are really rough with texture of an 800grit sand paper (maybe a little exaggerating). Anyway, the 60's were with comfies. With the bowls, the 80's improved bass isn't very significant when compared to the sr-60 with comfies. But when I swap the sr-60 with bows from another pair of grados, the bass on sr-60 fades away slightly. imho, the sr-80 is not worth the price for this slight improvement. Ok, anyway, back to sr60 (comfies) vs sr-80(bowls). When I switched between them, the sr-80 is very similar to the sr-60 but a little livelier, slightly brighter and thinner sounding. Yeah, it's due to the pads, and I prefer the comfies on all of them to the bowls anytime.
I moved to the sr225 next, compared it with the 60 and 80. every time I move up a stage, they sounded more and more lively, with better clarity and instrument separation. The difference between the 225 with bowls and 60 with comfies is very significant. The 225 is definitely better than the sr60, mostly on the vocal and the instrument separation. Vocal is cleaner on the 225, not thin...but cleaner. The 225 is also a little brighter than both the 80s and 60s, just by a small margin imho, i could barely distinguish it...but my gf managed to hear the difference. With the comfies on the 225, it sounded much more towards my taste, not as bright, slightly warmer, and the bass is really nice
i find it very sennheiser-like.
The 125 is the weirdest sounding one of all of them, I have no idea how to describe it...it just sounds weird and I don't have much memory of it coz I just didn't like it at all. Then, I saw the 325i when I was about to leave. Like i said earlier, when I was about to try it, my sr-71 went out of battery, how unfortunate...
The 325i looks really beautiful, and not just the look, it is the smoothest sounding one of all of them even with bowls, and it wasn’t even burned in. The sr-60 with comfies was really smooth, but it lacks the details and separation of the higher-end grados, the 325i has it all imho. I’m definitely getting one very soon, but also considering the Ms-2i now. You know, My Hd-650’s position is not that safe anymore
and I’m glad that they didn’t have the RS-1 and RS-2 there.
Some pix of the phones:
When I first saw them, they don't look as cheaply made as others have claimed. Funny thing is that the only thing that is distinguishing the 60, 80, and 125 is the button. the wires are a lot thicker than I had imagined
When I went to the store, they only had the sr60, 80, 125, and 225 on demos. There are also some AKG Kxx and some cheaper Senns there but those didn’t interest me at all, I went there just for the Grados
The 325i wasn't on demo and I almost missed it, after I tried out all the phones, I was concluding that the sr225 sounded the best out there for me, until I saw the 325i on a shelve beside me. I had a fellow rep took it out for me and WOW they look beautiful!
Stuff that I brought along today :
I brought my mini, with songs encoded in LAME -best quality (which I can barely differentiate from lossless), SR-71, Canare 4E6S IC, and my PX100 for reference. My inventory is as stated in my sig.
When I saw the 325i, my sr-71 went out of battery...and unfortunately I didn't have any spare batts around so I tested them via the ipod head-out.
Some Quick Impression on them:
I love the px100, I find them rather fun, and I definitely like it more than the ety er6. I chose the sr-60 to be the AB partner with my px-100. The px-100 was driven directly from my ipod's head-out, its bass is sufficient via the head-out if not overwhelming for some; the sr-60 is hooked to my SR-71. There is no competition at all. The sr-60 is better than the px-100 in all departments, less the bass. Bass on the px-100 is definitely much more full bodied, but regardless, the px-100 sounds like crap (literally) compared to the sr-60 in overall. the px-100 suddenly sounded so muffled, so compressed, dark, stuffy......the sr-60 is the exact opposite, lively, airy, even the so called "no soundstage" on the grados sounded better than the px-100. Nonetheless, the Px-100 serves it's purpose well as a portable phone at that given price, it doesn't leak as much as the sr-60, but if sound quality is the only thing you concern...really...just forget about the px100, the extra USD20 you pay for the sr-60 is definitely worth it.
I went and ABed the sr-60 and sr-80 next. My first impression when I put on the 80s is: "My goodness....how could anybody put this on their head!" I have no idea what is the reason for the bowls to exist. To make the phones circumaural-like? no way, the pads' diameter is not large enough to go around anybody's ear, let alone a kid. The depth of the pads is also not deep enough and my ears were touching the drivers, and it really hurts. Additionally, the foams are really rough with texture of an 800grit sand paper (maybe a little exaggerating). Anyway, the 60's were with comfies. With the bowls, the 80's improved bass isn't very significant when compared to the sr-60 with comfies. But when I swap the sr-60 with bows from another pair of grados, the bass on sr-60 fades away slightly. imho, the sr-80 is not worth the price for this slight improvement. Ok, anyway, back to sr60 (comfies) vs sr-80(bowls). When I switched between them, the sr-80 is very similar to the sr-60 but a little livelier, slightly brighter and thinner sounding. Yeah, it's due to the pads, and I prefer the comfies on all of them to the bowls anytime.
I moved to the sr225 next, compared it with the 60 and 80. every time I move up a stage, they sounded more and more lively, with better clarity and instrument separation. The difference between the 225 with bowls and 60 with comfies is very significant. The 225 is definitely better than the sr60, mostly on the vocal and the instrument separation. Vocal is cleaner on the 225, not thin...but cleaner. The 225 is also a little brighter than both the 80s and 60s, just by a small margin imho, i could barely distinguish it...but my gf managed to hear the difference. With the comfies on the 225, it sounded much more towards my taste, not as bright, slightly warmer, and the bass is really nice
The 125 is the weirdest sounding one of all of them, I have no idea how to describe it...it just sounds weird and I don't have much memory of it coz I just didn't like it at all. Then, I saw the 325i when I was about to leave. Like i said earlier, when I was about to try it, my sr-71 went out of battery, how unfortunate...
The 325i looks really beautiful, and not just the look, it is the smoothest sounding one of all of them even with bowls, and it wasn’t even burned in. The sr-60 with comfies was really smooth, but it lacks the details and separation of the higher-end grados, the 325i has it all imho. I’m definitely getting one very soon, but also considering the Ms-2i now. You know, My Hd-650’s position is not that safe anymore
