Grado SR80 Professional Headphones

Pros: Sweet sound.
Cons: Painful design.

Though the Grado SR-80's have long enjoyed a favorable reputation among audiophiles, it's difficult for me to understand why. They're the most uncomfortable headphones I've ever used; wearing the Grado SR-80's is like putting your head in a vice. While...

Pros: Good reviews!
Cons: Terrible Build quality.

Bought these because of all the good reviews! Very disappointed when they arrived. Withing seconds o ...

Pros: execelent sound for the money
Cons: can be uncomfortable for some listeners

I have had quite a bit of exeperience with pro quality headphones being an aspiring musician. I have also biased my hearing having listened to my share of studio monitors, and audiophile grade speakers, and feel my judgement in audio gear is valid, no...

Pros: Great Sounding, very 'lively' sound
Cons: Not very comfortable, old fashion look

Purchase Background
Recently, I started the music listening habit while writing code at work. The Radio Shack headphone that I bought for $15 provides reasonable sounding (at least at that time), but it was too uncomfortable for long period...

Pros: Great sounding headphones. Easy to drive, Well built.
Cons: Original ear pads were uncomfortable, but replacements are much better!

The Grado SR-80s are a great souding easy to drive headphone that benefit greatly from the Grado design philosophy and available technology.
They are Dynamic, open air units, with frequency response of 20hz-20khz.
SPL = 98, impedence is 32 ohm....

Pros: Phenomenal sound for the price. Probably the best headphones you can buy for under $100.
Cons: Foam pads are inexcusably discomforting. You will need a rest after less than two hours.

Having gained much knowledge from these reviews before I made my purchase, I feel obligated to contribute to them now that I have my new Grado SR80s. I have had them for about a week and have enjoyed them very much. They are the best headphones I have ...

Pros: great sound reproduction
Cons: not good for big earlobes

I needed to buy a good headphone for my digital piano. I picked many headphones and actually tested them out, hitting large chords in various regions of the keys. The Grado 80 has an excellent bass response, comparable to the HD600 (which is five times...

Pros: Great Sound, Great Value
Cons: Too revealing of poorly recorded music

I have owned my Grado SR-80 headphones now for approximately 7 months, and I can honestly say that the sound just seems to get better with more use.

Tired of the sound and discomfort of the earbuds supplied as standard with my Panasonic...

Pros: Fairly inexpensive, excellant performance, from a strong company
Cons: Could be cheaper

I bought these to go with my new SONY DISCMAN (see my other reviews) and, to be honest with you, ONE of the two items is going back - and it's not the headphones! GRADO has always made great audio/video equipment, I have many of their products from the...

Pros: Good sound. Seems durable.
Cons: The physical design of the headphones begs to be revised.

There are many reviews of the audio capabilities of these headphones and these are almost unanimous in their high praise. I agree with these positive reviews. The Grado SR 80s sounds simply spectacular, and I will not linger on the audio side of things. ...

Pros: They sound pretty good
Cons: My $10.00 Sony earbuds were almost 80% as good.

Well, I have been listening to the Grado SR-80 for the last 4 to 5 days with my Dell Laptop. I listen about 2 to 3 hrs per day, I must say these are great headphones, however I am not exactly ecstatic, I am not getting goosebumps as I listen to my ...

Pros: Comfortable. Un-fatiguing and natural sound quality. Open and large soundstage.
Cons: Materials used are not as plushed. Need a bit more jiuce to get going.

Seems that everyone who has an opinion without qualifications can write a review. I have been in the audio business for 30 some years (Yes, I was involved with High-end audio since I was quite young), and for anyone to say that a pair of Sony earbuds ...

Pros: Made in America! Unbeatable clear natural sound
Cons: Foam ear cushions, strong chemical smell when new

I purchased these cans (British term for headphones) back in October from an online source (goodcans.com) Sources Tested with: - Computer as source EMU0404(Pro sound card) -> Monoprice Toslink -> Entech 203.2 DAC, Monster MKII400 IC -> ...

Pros: Amazing sound quality for the price!
Cons: Earpads very uncomfortable.

These are the best headphones I have ever heard.

In the past, I usually bought headphones that cost over $200. The reviews that I read on Epinions convinced me to look at the lower-priced Grado's. I was a bit skeptical because of the price,...

Pros: Sound quality is sensational! Very heavy duty cable.
Cons: None (though they're not as easy to carry as the in-ear style).

Bought a set of SR-80s last week after reading the reviews. I found them on sale at Cambridge Soundworks for $85 and decided to give them a try. What a great set of phones! My journey began with a set of fairly basic Sonys that were fine for a ...