Hi there,
I want to share my opinion on Grado SR60 as the owner of it...
Yes... Grado headphones are aggresive... but IMO they are a kind of headphones that will tell you the truth about your system chain behind it.
If you have good source and amplification you will admire how good Grado is.... Mine is fully broken in... I use it with a cd player (cheap chinnese DVD player or main Meracus Tanto CD player) + amplifier (my own Tangensoft's PINT version with LF353 output Opamp + OPA2604 for virtual ground)...
I can tell that it sound a bliss... no harsh at all... it does not have the resolving power of my Dynaudio home speaker (with LM3875 gainclone amp)... but the music is there...
I tried my Grado on my friend IPod video (30Gig) and it sound good too (though is nowhere sound as good as from my home system)... no harsh at all...
The higher Grado model, the more resolving it is... I once heard SR225... and you know what... It makes me want to get it...
so if the Grado sounds bad... that could be:
- not broken in, or
- the source (the player or the song file, if it is MP3) is not good enough, or
- the amplification is not good enough, especially since Grado phones is low impedance but with very high sensitivity... easily produce hiss...
OR...
you just don't like how it sounds...
If you are a Sennheisser sound fans... then most likely you will not like Grado... and vice versa... (for me I perefer Grado over Senn sound)...
I think AKG sounds in between of Grado and Senns..
Just my opinion...
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David
(the passive member of this forum...:-))
