Grado SR225
Last week I bought myself my first pair of very nice headphones. After listening to the Sennheiser HD595 and HD555, beyerdynamic DT 770, Grado SR125 and SR225, I finally decided to purchase the SR225.
I felt the Sennheisers were very detailed, at first I was shocked to hear details I had never heard on Ozzy Obourne’s I Just Want You. But after about 15 minutes of listening, I felt they lacked the “punch” I was looking for.
No matter how detailed the the beyerdynamic might be, they didn’t put a grin on my face either.
Then I tried the Grado SR125 and it hit me right away – OMG the guitar is amazing on these cans!!! I listened for about 20 minutes and was amazed by the energy they output.
I went back to the store a week later to listen again to the SR125 before buying them, and I also wanted to hear the SR225 just to compare. I came to the conclusion that the SR125 were too bright, I’m pretty sure they become annoying after a while.
They forgot to update the price shown on the floor stand so they had to sell them at that price ($45 less than they were now listed at). He had trouble applying that rebate in the computer system so he called another employee and they put the wrong rebate. I ended up paying $75 less than I should have.
It’s been a VERY long time since I bought something that I love THAT much!!!