I’ve written about the fantastic sounding Grado SR80 cans before. I’ve had them for over two years now, but they never cease to amaze me. I normally plug a set of Sennheiser PX100 into my iPod video during the two hour/day commute into Seattle. The train is quiet enough that I bypassed the noise-cancelling models and the PX100’s sound quite good. They sound substantially better than the stock buds that come with the iPod. The stock buds are just downright terrible. I tossed mine in the trash.
But tonight I decided to hook up my iPod with the Grados and listen to some Clash. Dang! As much as I like the PX100’s the Grados are in an entirely different league. The harmonica in “Train in Vain” is so clear, and the music sounds so immediate and clear that I couldn’t take them off till I’d gone through my entire playlist.
I tell all my friends they need to test drive a set of Grados. It doesn’t make sense to me to spend $300-$400 on a sweet iPod and then settle for stock earbuds.
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