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here i am sitting in a hotel room in delhi.. enjoying music on my sansa flac player and my newly acquired Grado SR80i headphones.
I got these about 10 days back from Singapore for SGD 120.
Much has been said of the grado SR60i and SR 80i on various reviews on the internet.
All of it if fantastically true.
My basic selection criteria was a headphone for me for my travels. Previously i had IEM's and i guess i found i needed something over the ear and something that plays very well with my sansa flac player direct w/o any amp in between.
I auditioned a few headphones including the AKG and bayerdynamics and fell in love with the grados..
reason.. the sound.. is so musical and lively and the darn thing fits so beautifully on my ear that i have fallen asleep several times at night listening to music and i realize its 2 AM and time to sleep w/o headphones..
the sound is very "alive" without being in your face.. and yes.. there are stories about leaky sound.. they are true but its not that bad as i require music in the confines of my hotel room or my car when i am being driven about and these are absolutely fabulous !!
Non fatiguing sound.. you could go on for hours...
There is a simplicity in construction and sound presentation which i like so much..
am sure these will sound better with a headamp but i am not inclined to buy headamp as i cannot carry all this stuff when i travel.
I wrote these few lines as i see that in India there are few users of Grado while there are many of the better available Sennheisers etc..
The best thing is that i dont miss my naim and epos setup so much.. when i travel as the Grados fill in the gap darn well..
Tastes differ and needs differ too.. but before you select a headphone in the 5k range.. do audition the Grados and prepare to have an involuntary smile and even after that if you desire to go in for another make.. god bless.. !!
the looks are retro.. many folks wont like it but if its the sound you are after.. go for grado..
Highly recommended and loved by a seasoned traveler who lives out of a small suitcase most of the time..
There is also the Alessandro version of the Grados which are a touch leaner but i lean towards the fuller stock Grados..
There have run about 20 hrs so far and i anticipate even better after 50 hrs !!
![Smile :) :)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png)
mpw
I got these about 10 days back from Singapore for SGD 120.
Much has been said of the grado SR60i and SR 80i on various reviews on the internet.
All of it if fantastically true.
My basic selection criteria was a headphone for me for my travels. Previously i had IEM's and i guess i found i needed something over the ear and something that plays very well with my sansa flac player direct w/o any amp in between.
I auditioned a few headphones including the AKG and bayerdynamics and fell in love with the grados..
reason.. the sound.. is so musical and lively and the darn thing fits so beautifully on my ear that i have fallen asleep several times at night listening to music and i realize its 2 AM and time to sleep w/o headphones..
the sound is very "alive" without being in your face.. and yes.. there are stories about leaky sound.. they are true but its not that bad as i require music in the confines of my hotel room or my car when i am being driven about and these are absolutely fabulous !!
Non fatiguing sound.. you could go on for hours...
There is a simplicity in construction and sound presentation which i like so much..
am sure these will sound better with a headamp but i am not inclined to buy headamp as i cannot carry all this stuff when i travel.
I wrote these few lines as i see that in India there are few users of Grado while there are many of the better available Sennheisers etc..
The best thing is that i dont miss my naim and epos setup so much.. when i travel as the Grados fill in the gap darn well..
Tastes differ and needs differ too.. but before you select a headphone in the 5k range.. do audition the Grados and prepare to have an involuntary smile and even after that if you desire to go in for another make.. god bless.. !!
the looks are retro.. many folks wont like it but if its the sound you are after.. go for grado..
Highly recommended and loved by a seasoned traveler who lives out of a small suitcase most of the time..
There is also the Alessandro version of the Grados which are a touch leaner but i lean towards the fuller stock Grados..
There have run about 20 hrs so far and i anticipate even better after 50 hrs !!
![Smile :) :)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png)
mpw