[c3p0]

I have narrowed down my next headphones to the following three models.
Grado sr325i Denon 5000 and the ATH W1000s. I want to experience a contrasting sound to my senn hd650.

What ae their relative strengths weaknesses?

Which do I buy?!?!

 

[DHHZ]

Hi,
What kind of music do you listen to? To contrast to HD650, Grados would be a good choice. They're quite bright and upfront. The D5000 are quite bass heavy, from what I've read. They are also good for modding (there's a big thread about D5000 mods somewhere). Don't know much about the W1000s.
Hope this helps,
Daniel

 

[Zombie_X]

As DHHZ said that Grado's would be the logical step. They sound totally different than the HD650 in every way. So I guess you can say Grado is the polar opposite of Sennheiser. I can confirm this as I have headphones from both companies.

Grado's have:
1) Extremely narrow soundstage
2) Colored Mids (good for rock/metal)
3) Nice bass, but not thumpy
4) Treble oriented sound signature

I like them a lot though. They are nice cans.

 

[Suicide_Sound]

Grados get my vote

 

[nullstring]

There was a similar thread posted not too long ago

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f4/set...hd650s-426477/

I would say get the HF-2. If you end up not liking it, you can return it or resell for a profit.

Otherwise, I'd recommend the RS-1

 

[mystiky]

In my opinion, sound is also #1. Now, does it mean that headphones which cost $1000 are 10x better than the ones that cost $100? Usually not, but here is something to think about:

Winning speed at the 100 meter olympics dash might have a winning time of 9.69, while the guy who gets 9.75 might not even medal. The difference in .06 of a second can be HUGE.

Grado deserves the preimum, in my opinion. I hope you will have a chance to listen to a pair before buying anything.