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I did a test between my grado sr80i amped/unamped and i didn't see any difference
(whereas i do with all my senn's )
+1 i agree jimbob and estreeter
I think its a head fi phenomena and its like a brainwashing plague! Im happy as a newbie I went against convention and amped my grado's. The fact that sr80i do not need to be amped, its all bs. ALL cans can benefit from amping IMHO and experience!
I just wrote a post about my vintage marantz receiver and plugging my grado sr80i...
if you live in a dream fantasy world whereby an ineffective can to you is something like a grado sr80i, then you should try plugging it into an amp! The difference is night and day with the vintage marantz - yes the resolution will not be as good (foggier, muddier, +floor noise) as a LDMKIII etc, but the bass.. HEAPS of bass... this is without the loudness button, and equalization of bass and treble on 0. Put the loudness on...and it gives u ooomph far beyond the LD MKIII - suprising. Just what these SR80i's need is bass - and its offered to u here. only an amp can solve that issue or Bilavideo!
I think many of the cult followers who believe grado sr80i/60i/125i cannot benefit ffrom ampage are insanely ignorant - there are countless threads about this and I advice all you newbies... if you wanted to get a starter set up like me sr80i + LD MKIII -- get it and dont look back. Infact if you have an ipod next to you i insist to constantly do A/B checks with and without the amp... its honestly a noticeable night and day difference. This is with stock tubes, stock IC's and stock mains - no DAC as transport just CDP.
Ive tried the sr80i's also on the Project headbox, SPL Auditor, LD MKIVSE, Graham slee novo- all make a difference positively vs a standard ipod>sr80i set up.
Bhangraman - as a contributor with 9000+ posts its surprising you havent figured that out yet.
My next step is to start rolling tubes and buy a DAC transport then it will be OBVIOUS to somebody who isnt even into all this that the cans sound better plugged into the amp vs not.
I did a test between my grado sr80i amped/unamped and i didn't see any difference(whereas i do with all my senn's )
+1 i agree jimbob and estreeter
I think its a head fi phenomena and its like a brainwashing plague! Im happy as a newbie I went against convention and amped my grado's. The fact that sr80i do not need to be amped, its all bs. ALL cans can benefit from amping IMHO and experience!
I just wrote a post about my vintage marantz receiver and plugging my grado sr80i...
if you live in a dream fantasy world whereby an ineffective can to you is something like a grado sr80i, then you should try plugging it into an amp! The difference is night and day with the vintage marantz - yes the resolution will not be as good (foggier, muddier, +floor noise) as a LDMKIII etc, but the bass.. HEAPS of bass... this is without the loudness button, and equalization of bass and treble on 0. Put the loudness on...and it gives u ooomph far beyond the LD MKIII - suprising. Just what these SR80i's need is bass - and its offered to u here. only an amp can solve that issue or Bilavideo!
I think many of the cult followers who believe grado sr80i/60i/125i cannot benefit ffrom ampage are insanely ignorant - there are countless threads about this and I advice all you newbies... if you wanted to get a starter set up like me sr80i + LD MKIII -- get it and dont look back. Infact if you have an ipod next to you i insist to constantly do A/B checks with and without the amp... its honestly a noticeable night and day difference. This is with stock tubes, stock IC's and stock mains - no DAC as transport just CDP.
Ive tried the sr80i's also on the Project headbox, SPL Auditor, LD MKIVSE, Graham slee novo- all make a difference positively vs a standard ipod>sr80i set up.
Bhangraman - as a contributor with 9000+ posts its surprising you havent figured that out yet.
My next step is to start rolling tubes and buy a DAC transport then it will be OBVIOUS to somebody who isnt even into all this that the cans sound better plugged into the amp vs not.
yes the resolution will not be as good (foggier, muddier, +floor noise) as a LDMKIII etc, but the bass.. HEAPS of bass... this is without the loudness button, and equalization of bass and treble on 0. Put the loudness on...and it gives u ooomph far beyond the LD MKIII - suprising. Just what these SR80i's need is bass - and its offered to u here. only an amp can solve that issue or Bilavideo!