raphael

Does anyone know of a shop in the Washington DC or Nashville area where I could autidtion Grado 225's, 325i's and Sennheiser HD650's on my ipod? Sorry to get so specific...I guess I could have just said high-end cans. I am just in the market for those three...Required for a class I'm taking.

The class in question is "critical listening" at Middle Tennessee State University. They have a whole Recording Industry major there. Pretty Sweet I figured that the Grado's would be easier to drive unamped but I was put off when I got the email from grado labs telling me to buy the 325i for class and the SR80 for unamped ipod use. I totally got the reasoning behind it but my question was which (325i or 225) is better for the ipod. I stated it very clearly. The fact that I was encouraged to buy two headphones also shouldn't surprise me but that is pretty discouraging that grado labs would consider the SQ on the SR60 to be superior to the 325i on an unamped ipod. In all fairness I would probably get a similar response from Sennheiser. Maybe I'll give them a try...uh oh yeah...sounds like you're going to have to buy all of our headphones to solve that situation HA! if anyone knows a shop in the Washington DC or Nashville area that will let me test all three on my ipod that would be the bees knees

I MUST buy either Grado 225, 325i or Sennheiser HD650 for a class I'm taking (poor me) Problem is: all I have is an unamped ipod and an mbox (pro tools computer recording interface) at my house I will probably buy an amp somewhere down the line. My current setup is Sennheiser PX100 and Ety ER6i out of my unamped ipod/mbox so it shouldn't be that hard to impress me. Will all three headphones sound dismal out of my unamped ipod/mbox? Will all three be an improvement over my current setup? As of now I am leaning towards the 650's based on the whole comfort thing (me likey velvet earpads) I have asked around and been discouraged from buying the 650's for an unamped ipod because it is an overkill and a waste of money but I HAVE to buy one of the three so what the hay? I also emailed grado labs and was discouraged from buying the 225's or 325i's for unamped ipod use. I realize that high-end headphones are an overkill on an unamped ipod and will not shine nearly as much as they are capable but will they actually sound worse than PX100's? What the scuff should I do?