Artificial Cheese

I should’ve known that the cord was too short to reach around my new desk and into my PC. I stretched it anyway and sacrificed a little bit of postural luxury for my favorite headphones. But that one fateful night when I forgot they were around my neck, it only took one swing of my chair to snap the wire out of the left ear piece and leave me with half the headphones I once had. Oh SR60s…forgive me! I should have put the wire UNDER the desk.

Oh woe is me,
for my SR60s have ceased to be.
My poor audio-personified amputee
lies crippled on the floor next to me.

I had those headphones for 4 years, and its time to get new ones. I’ve been searching all over the place to find a pair under $150 with good sound quality. The only name that keeps coming up is Grado, and their SR60’s, SR80’s and SR125’s. These headphones were made almost a decade ago and still retain a favorable opinion in the audiophile community even amongst newly released headphones. I’m currently leaning towards purchasing the same headphones, or maybe the upgraded SR125 model. Although I may use this opportunity to go for a different brand even though they may have inferior sound quality, just to get a good idea of how headphones can vary in different areas.

I’m sure you don’t care about my dual minded purchase process, I am writing this to say that the SR-60s are great headphones. They may look like something a 1930s telegraph operator would wear, but the sound quality is excellent. If you are sick of over-bassy and poor quality headphones then definately give Grado a try. I wouldn’t recommend these as a replacement for ear buds if you like to be candid about your headphones, but if you don’t mind a little clunkiness then Grado is the way to go.