I have a new pair of Grado SR80i's to go with my i pod. It suddenly seemed a good idea to listen on them direct from my hi fi. However my Naim CD5i and my Nait 5i don't have a phone jack. I know this is a basic question but would could I do to be able to listen through my hi fi? Is there a way?
Listening to my new Grados
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chebby
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Connect a headphone amp across the tape input/ouput I believe.
http://community.whathifi.com/forums/t/85367.aspx
http://community.whathifi.com/forums/t/85367.aspx
Thanks. Done a bit of internet digging and I think you are right. Considering Pro-ject Head box Mk 2. Does anyone have any opinions or suggestions?
Ho do you find them with your ipod? i find an mp3 player can't really drive them that well and it sounds a bit lack-lustre, through a headphone amp and your flying though 
I've just bought a pair of SR80i's at the Sound & Vision show from the Grado stand. I went to the show specifically to look at this model and check out how "leaky" they were. It's actually quite difficult to gauge that in the noisy exhibition but the sound of the phones sounded good to me, sourced from a Denon Mini system via a Music Fidelity V-Can headphone amp. They were giving you 10% off the price so picked up a pair for £96 which is a little less than I thought I'd have to pay elsewhere.
Looking forward to a good listening session tonight to get them burnt in.
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Looking forward to a good listening session tonight to get them burnt in.
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I agree. Using them on the ipod is definitely not the best use of them! I am going to get headphone amp and give them a good pasting from the Naim kit.
I have a new pair of SR80i's and find them really uncomfortable to wear.
The foam pads are very irritating and over-heat after only 10/15 minutes use.
The SR60's that I had before these were never a problem and the foam pads appear to be identical so I can't work it out!
Anyone else had this problem?
If so, what was the remedy?
Grado have not been any help with any useful suggestions so far.
I don't really want to bin them as they sound good, but it looks like I might have to.....
Help...!
The foam pads are very irritating and over-heat after only 10/15 minutes use.
The SR60's that I had before these were never a problem and the foam pads appear to be identical so I can't work it out!
Anyone else had this problem?
If so, what was the remedy?
Grado have not been any help with any useful suggestions so far.
I don't really want to bin them as they sound good, but it looks like I might have to.....
Help...!
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On the amping issue, the Grados are easy to drive but would still benefit from an amp. I would heartily recommend the FiiO E5 to use with an ipod. Get a LOD or line out dock cable to go from ipod to amp for the best sound.
As for comfort, I bought the pads for my SR80s and preferred them to the bowls.
As for comfort, I bought the pads for my SR80s and preferred them to the bowls.
willieeckslyke:
I have a new pair of SR80i's and find them really uncomfortable to wear.
The foam pads are very irritating and over-heat after only 10/15 minutes use.
The SR60's that I had before these were never a problem and the foam pads appear to be identical so I can't work it out!
Anyone else had this problem?
I listened to my new SR80i's for about 2 hours straight the other night and didn't find them uncomfortable in the least, having read previously that I might just get too hot etc.
Thankfully I was able to concentrate on the music and glad I bought them.
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I have a new pair of SR80i's and find them really uncomfortable to wear.
The foam pads are very irritating and over-heat after only 10/15 minutes use.
The SR60's that I had before these were never a problem and the foam pads appear to be identical so I can't work it out!
Anyone else had this problem?
I listened to my new SR80i's for about 2 hours straight the other night and didn't find them uncomfortable in the least, having read previously that I might just get too hot etc.
Thankfully I was able to concentrate on the music and glad I bought them.
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Nice surprise this morning. The SR80i's that I thought I'd bought for £96.00 from the Manchester show the other week, were actually charged to my card as £86.00
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Good result all in all, but shows that I should really be paying more attention, it could quite easily have gone the other way and I wouldn't have been any the wiser.
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Good result all in all, but shows that I should really be paying more attention, it could quite easily have gone the other way and I wouldn't have been any the wiser.
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DiB I use project Headbox 11 with the older Grado sr60(non I) and find it brill but you might be better off with say a Fubar or Graham Slee for your cans.
Nick21:DiB I use project Headbox 11 with the older Grado sr60(non I) and find it brill but you might be better off with say a Fubar or Graham Slee for your cans.
Thanks for that, but at the moment I am happy with the performance directly from my Uniti. I'm not a big headphone user, just bought these to replace my old and tired Sennheiser HD25 SP's that have seen better days. At the show I tried them on a Denon Mini system through a MF V-Can and they sounded good.
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Thanks for that, but at the moment I am happy with the performance directly from my Uniti. I'm not a big headphone user, just bought these to replace my old and tired Sennheiser HD25 SP's that have seen better days. At the show I tried them on a Denon Mini system through a MF V-Can and they sounded good.
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DIB:
Nice surprise this morning. The SR80i's that I thought I'd bought for £96.00 from the Manchester show the other week, were actually charged to my card as £86.00
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You would have had a far nicer surprise if you had bought them in New York City, brand new for $69 (£43) where they are much better value than buying them in Rip-Off-Britain.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-new-Grado-SR-80i-Headphone-/280573010189?pt=Other_MP3_Player_Accessories&hash=item415374610d
Sadly, Grado contribute towards this by not permitting their US dealers to export their products overseas or else they forfeit their sales rights to Grados.
A bit like Levi's jeans in that regard.
I found my SR80is so uncomfortable that I sold them and bought a set of Goldring 150s which sound equally as good as the Grados and are much more comfortable to wear as well as being more robustly built, and included a high-quality detachable lead. A very under-rated model in my opinion.
Of course, if you have no problems wearing the Grados then you are lucky.
I found them very similar to wearing a pair of cheese-graters. (Albeit, cheese-graters that sounded very good.)
Happy listening........
Nice surprise this morning. The SR80i's that I thought I'd bought for £96.00 from the Manchester show the other week, were actually charged to my card as £86.00
You would have had a far nicer surprise if you had bought them in New York City, brand new for $69 (£43) where they are much better value than buying them in Rip-Off-Britain.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-new-Grado-SR-80i-Headphone-/280573010189?pt=Other_MP3_Player_Accessories&hash=item415374610d
Sadly, Grado contribute towards this by not permitting their US dealers to export their products overseas or else they forfeit their sales rights to Grados.
A bit like Levi's jeans in that regard.
I found my SR80is so uncomfortable that I sold them and bought a set of Goldring 150s which sound equally as good as the Grados and are much more comfortable to wear as well as being more robustly built, and included a high-quality detachable lead. A very under-rated model in my opinion.
Of course, if you have no problems wearing the Grados then you are lucky.
I found them very similar to wearing a pair of cheese-graters. (Albeit, cheese-graters that sounded very good.)
Happy listening........
willieeckslyke:DIB:
Nice surprise this morning. The SR80i's that I thought I'd bought for £96.00 from the Manchester show the other week, were actually charged to my card as £86.00
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You would have had a far nicer surprise if you had bought them in New York City, brand new for $69 (£43) where they are much better value than buying them in Rip-Off-Britain.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-new-Grado-SR-80i-Headphone-/280573010189?pt=Other_MP3_Player_Accessories&hash=item415374610d
Sadly, Grado contribute towards this by not permitting their US dealers to export their products overseas or else they forfeit their sales rights to Grados.
A bit like Levi's jeans in that regard.
I found my SR80is so uncomfortable that I sold them and bought a set of Goldring 150s which sound equally as good as the Grados and are much more comfortable to wear as well as being more robustly built, and included a high-quality detachable lead. A very under-rated model in my opinion.
Of course, if you have no problems wearing the Grados then you are lucky.
I found them very similar to wearing a pair of cheese-graters. (Albeit, cheese-graters that sounded very good.)
Happy listening........
Well I'll just struggle on with my SR80i's.
I can get into Manchester City centre easily, but the Metrolink extension line through to New York is nowhere near completion yet unfortunately.
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Nice surprise this morning. The SR80i's that I thought I'd bought for £96.00 from the Manchester show the other week, were actually charged to my card as £86.00
You would have had a far nicer surprise if you had bought them in New York City, brand new for $69 (£43) where they are much better value than buying them in Rip-Off-Britain.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-new-Grado-SR-80i-Headphone-/280573010189?pt=Other_MP3_Player_Accessories&hash=item415374610d
Sadly, Grado contribute towards this by not permitting their US dealers to export their products overseas or else they forfeit their sales rights to Grados.
A bit like Levi's jeans in that regard.
I found my SR80is so uncomfortable that I sold them and bought a set of Goldring 150s which sound equally as good as the Grados and are much more comfortable to wear as well as being more robustly built, and included a high-quality detachable lead. A very under-rated model in my opinion.
Of course, if you have no problems wearing the Grados then you are lucky.
I found them very similar to wearing a pair of cheese-graters. (Albeit, cheese-graters that sounded very good.)
Happy listening........
Well I'll just struggle on with my SR80i's.
I can get into Manchester City centre easily, but the Metrolink extension line through to New York is nowhere near completion yet unfortunately.
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willieeckslyke:
You would have had a far nicer surprise if you had bought them in New York City, brand new for $69 (£43) where they are much better value than buying them in Rip-Off-Britain.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-new-Grado-SR-80i-Headphone-/280573010189?pt=Other_MP3_Player_Accessories&hash=item415374610d
Sadly, Grado contribute towards this by not permitting their US dealers to export their products overseas or else they forfeit their sales rights to Grados.
One suggested solution to that is Alessandro
http://www.alessandro-products.com/headphones.html
http://www.alessandro-products.com/headphones.htmlBut I'm not really sure just how involved Grado are in the production and tuning and which are equivalent to what Grados and just how the sound really compares.
You would have had a far nicer surprise if you had bought them in New York City, brand new for $69 (£43) where they are much better value than buying them in Rip-Off-Britain.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-new-Grado-SR-80i-Headphone-/280573010189?pt=Other_MP3_Player_Accessories&hash=item415374610d
Sadly, Grado contribute towards this by not permitting their US dealers to export their products overseas or else they forfeit their sales rights to Grados.
One suggested solution to that is Alessandro
http://www.alessandro-products.com/headphones.html
http://www.alessandro-products.com/headphones.htmlBut I'm not really sure just how involved Grado are in the production and tuning and which are equivalent to what Grados and just how the sound really compares.
From: ID.
One suggested solution to that is Alessandro
http://www.alessandro-products.com/headphones.html
But I'm not really sure just how involved Grado are in the production and tuning and which are equivalent to what Grados and just how the sound really compares.
A good suggestion.
Alessandro 'phones are made in the Grado factory and contain the Grado logos, before being tweeked by Alessandro to remove the slight harshness which some people complain of in the standard 'phones.
They are branded "Alessandro Grado" and the MS1 sits somewhere between the SR80i and SR125i.
Because of this re-branding, Alessandro are able to sell world-wide with Grado's blessing and the current price of the MS1 (think SR125i) is $109, including p&p, delivered to the UK.
Add $15 for guaranteed delivery within one week and you have: $124 (£77) for a brand new pair with 2 years warranty, delivered to a UK address, which is less than the RRP of a UK-sourced set of SR60is, and not a tram-car in sight. [*]
Bargain.
I have been using Grado 'phones since I bought my first pair back in 1995, but the latest SR80is are the first ones which I have found too uncomfortable to wear for longer than 10/15 mins.
One suggested solution to that is Alessandro
http://www.alessandro-products.com/headphones.html
But I'm not really sure just how involved Grado are in the production and tuning and which are equivalent to what Grados and just how the sound really compares.
A good suggestion.
Alessandro 'phones are made in the Grado factory and contain the Grado logos, before being tweeked by Alessandro to remove the slight harshness which some people complain of in the standard 'phones.
They are branded "Alessandro Grado" and the MS1 sits somewhere between the SR80i and SR125i.
Because of this re-branding, Alessandro are able to sell world-wide with Grado's blessing and the current price of the MS1 (think SR125i) is $109, including p&p, delivered to the UK.
Add $15 for guaranteed delivery within one week and you have: $124 (£77) for a brand new pair with 2 years warranty, delivered to a UK address, which is less than the RRP of a UK-sourced set of SR60is, and not a tram-car in sight. [*]
Bargain.
I have been using Grado 'phones since I bought my first pair back in 1995, but the latest SR80is are the first ones which I have found too uncomfortable to wear for longer than 10/15 mins.
willieeckslyke: From: ID.
One suggested solution to that is Alessandro
http://www.alessandro-products.com/headphones.html
But I'm not really sure just how involved Grado are in the production and tuning and which are equivalent to what Grados and just how the sound really compares.
A good suggestion.
Alessandro 'phones are made in the Grado factory and contain the Grado logos, before being tweeked by Alessandro to remove the slight harshness which some people complain of in the standard 'phones.
They are branded "Alessandro Grado" and the MS1 sits somewhere between the SR80i and SR125i.
Because of this re-branding, Alessandro are able to sell world-wide with Grado's blessing and the current price of the MS1 (think SR125i) is $109, including p&p, delivered to the UK.
Add $15 for guaranteed delivery within one week and you have: $124 (£77) for a brand new pair with 2 years warranty, delivered to a UK address, which is less than the RRP of a UK-sourced set of SR60is, and not a tram-car in sight. [*]
Bargain.
I have been using Grado 'phones since I bought my first pair back in 1995, but the latest SR80is are the first ones which I have found too uncomfortable to wear for longer than 10/15 mins.
They look a very attractive proposition, but how much do you reckon the import charges, duty & vat would come to approximately?
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One suggested solution to that is Alessandro
http://www.alessandro-products.com/headphones.html
But I'm not really sure just how involved Grado are in the production and tuning and which are equivalent to what Grados and just how the sound really compares.
A good suggestion.
Alessandro 'phones are made in the Grado factory and contain the Grado logos, before being tweeked by Alessandro to remove the slight harshness which some people complain of in the standard 'phones.
They are branded "Alessandro Grado" and the MS1 sits somewhere between the SR80i and SR125i.
Because of this re-branding, Alessandro are able to sell world-wide with Grado's blessing and the current price of the MS1 (think SR125i) is $109, including p&p, delivered to the UK.
Add $15 for guaranteed delivery within one week and you have: $124 (£77) for a brand new pair with 2 years warranty, delivered to a UK address, which is less than the RRP of a UK-sourced set of SR60is, and not a tram-car in sight. [*]
Bargain.
I have been using Grado 'phones since I bought my first pair back in 1995, but the latest SR80is are the first ones which I have found too uncomfortable to wear for longer than 10/15 mins.
They look a very attractive proposition, but how much do you reckon the import charges, duty & vat would come to approximately?
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From DIB: They look a very attractive proposition, but how much do you reckon the import charges, duty & vat would come to approximately?
I don't know for sure as the two people who I am aware of who imported Alessdros paid no import charges at all.
A rough guess would be 33% of £77 which amounts to approx. £25, so even if you had to pay import charges you would still be well ahead of the game having paid around £102 for MS1s while the RRP of Grado SR125s in the UK is around £175.
I don't know for sure as the two people who I am aware of who imported Alessdros paid no import charges at all.
A rough guess would be 33% of £77 which amounts to approx. £25, so even if you had to pay import charges you would still be well ahead of the game having paid around £102 for MS1s while the RRP of Grado SR125s in the UK is around £175.
bemahler1:....... I just wish the team would get some in and do a comparison with the Grados. I have a pair of SR125s and MS1 and find the Alessandros have a better all round sound.......
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Are you listening WhatHiFi test team?
The demand is there...... !
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Are you listening WhatHiFi test team?
The demand is there...... !
As you're a Naim owner, have a listen to the Naim Headline headphone amp. Naim do a little interconnect link-wire to enable it to be directly connected to a Naim CDP which, IMO, gives better performance. Otherwise connect it to the tape socket of the amp. The Headline works best with a NAPSC power supply at least. Grado headphones seem to have a synergy with Naim products which perpetuate the typical Naim sound.
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