Nath wrote:

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Anyway, I've kind of got my eye on the Grado SR60 phones at the moment,
as their reviews are all good, and they are just under my maximum
budget.

I've got the RS-1's, and borrowed the SR-60's.

Make sure you get the "ring donut" ear pads, as they're alot more comftable
& cooler than the flat foam earpads. One thing I don't like about the
Grado's (both bottom & top of the range) is that they don't have ANY cable
strain relief at all. The cable goes into the unit, directly soldered onto
the back of the driver. If you yank the cable it'll knacker the phones.

I knew about the foam thing, although I thought that'd changed some
while ago. I'll keep an eye out for that though.

Didn't know about the cable though, nobody has mentioned that at all.
Perhaps a reason to look at Sennheiser with their removeable cable.

Personally I found the SR-60's a bit boomy, the RS-1's are alot better in
this regard, although still not perfect(on some material it's boomy,
compared to myriad of other good audio systems & speakers) could be the
headphone amp though.

Maybe, most of the reviews found the SR60's' if anything, a little light
on the bass.

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