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23 Sep, 2014
Best performance-for-money headphones in existence.
2 of 2 found this helpful The Grado SR-60 headphones are considered audiophile equipment. Normally that raises a "red flag" because audiophile equipment typically offers poor value for the money, i.e. good sound quality at absurdly high price. The Grado SR-60 headphones break that usual rule-of-thumb in providing very good sound quality at a reasonable price. There are other Grado headphone models out there with better sound quality but you'll pay too much money for them. Likewise, there are much cheaper headphones than the Grado SR-60 but their sound quality is inferior.
A downside with the Grado SR-60 is they are delicate, e.g. the wires can get twisted and hair accumulate on the speaker diaphragm. It's almost impossible to repair a Grado SR-60 after it becomes worn out. Through a process that I do not understand, the Grado SR-60 seems to have a "burn-in process", i.e. the headphones become better as they age. Consequently, the Grado SR-60 headphone has an optimum age where it is producing its best quality sound but has not yet worn out. My experience has been that daily use for about 5 months will get you to that optimum age. After the headphone has passed its peak, you should buy another set and retire the old one.
The Grado SR-60 comes in different versions, i.e the original SR-60, SR-60e and SR-60i. It's difficult to say which version is best due to the "burn-in process". Buying a used SR-60 from eBay is probably a "good idea" because the headphone will be partially burned-in.
I'm not a dealer in Grado equipment and have no vested interest. This is an honest review from an actual user. Over the years, I've purchased about five Grado SR-60s (I wore them out after extensive use).
16 Feb, 2021
Grado headphones
Opinions concerning audio equipment can be very subjective.
IMHO, Grado makes the world's best head phones.
I believe it is widely accepted the Grado SR60 provides the best bang-per-buck of any headphone. However the SR60 is Grado's bottom-of-the-line head phone and their cheapest. The next grade up is the SR80e.
Not surprising, cost scales with quality. Perfect sound quality is impossible to achieve because it costs infinite money. Extremely low quality headphones (Chinese knock-offs) cost about $5 and are a waste of money.
The SR80e is a better headphone but about $20 more than the SR60. I also own an SR125e and an SR225. The SR225 does have the highest sound quality but its bang-per-buck is inferior to the SR125e. IMHO, the SR125e has slightly better bang-per-buck than the SR80e. Again, the common wisdom is the SR60 has the best bang-per-buck for ALL headphones made.
A problem with evaluating sound quality is one's memory of sound quality lasts about 20 seconds. A person needs to listen to one headphone and then immediately switch to a different one to form a valid comparison. Having done that experiment, it is my opinion the SR125e offers the best bang-per-buck for all of the Grado headphones.