Thoughts on Grado SR125X?

[Opalius]

Hi All, - so today I thought I’d try and find a new light headphone that’s not as dark and vailed as the HD650. I do also have a DT990 – 600 ohm, it’s great, but it’s not something you plug into a portable amp like a Fiio BTR5, if you what to take the headphones with you on the go…

Now, just so you know, I normally prefer headphones that are tuned to “diffuse field” instead of a harman like target curve.

Anyway, I spent like 3 hours today in a headphone store, listening to the SR60,80,125,225 and 325X – and a RS2e. All the above headphones were compared (A/B’ed) to a AKG 702, HD650 and a Beye T1 gen2 that I had with me.

What I could most curious was, that:

• all the Grados mentioned above, in general, had a sound signature very similar to the AKG 702, - Can anyone confirm this form a subjective listen?
• The SR60 and SR80 and 125 have in the same signature BUT…
• But the SR60 and SR80 do not have as extended highs, they seem to drop off at around 10 or 12k ? again, can someone confirm form listening?, as that was what I was hearing….
• The 225 and 325 and identical in sound, and compared to the lower models, don’t have a mid bass hump right? And about smoother, lower, treble?

All in all, I found the SR125X best to my liking, as it did not have that bass hump as the 325X, that also bleeds into the mids a bit, and seemed to have more air around the instruments them the SR60 and SR80 ( not as cut of in the +10k frequencies )

So, what are your thoughts on the SR125X?

Best regards - Thomas