seems like there are some on amazon sold by grado?
― ⌘-B (mh), Monday, 29 September 2014 16:47 (nine years ago) link
there are probably a ton still lying around in warehouses after production stopped
― Nhex, Monday, 29 September 2014 16:50 (nine years ago) link
maybe they stopped making them because they can't fit any more in their warehouse
― ⌘-B (mh), Monday, 29 September 2014 16:51 (nine years ago) link
again, I do love them bc it is a bit awk to run around town with legit grados on (esp that burly cord) and the iG is really close to the same sound but w/o the physical burden
― OU281 (Jon Lewis), Monday, 29 September 2014 17:09 (nine years ago) link
I don't see any sign the iGrado has been discontinued - it's available for order on both their US and UK sites as well as from Amazon, with all of those showing them in stock. I think they did briefly stop production awhile back to strengthen the cord. My main beef with these is the inflexible headband that doesn't adjust, much less fold, as well as inavailability of iPhone remote controls. I'm sure they sound good.
http://www.gradolabs.com/headphones/prestige-series/item/39-igradohttp://www.grado.co.uk/grado-earphones/grado-igrado-sport-headphones.htm
And yes, I strongly considered using the SR60e or SR80e as my mobile headphones until I saw pictures of people wearing them. They look deceptively small in photos where they're shown by themselves rather than on someone's head. Whoa, those things are huge. OTOH, one thing I'll credit the likes of Beats and Skullcandy for is making it socially acceptable and even fashionable to walk around in public wearing big headphones, so maybe I'll go that way. The SR80e gets glowing reviews from everyone from high-end audiophile sites to Consumer Reports, and they're affordable too. I'll just have to squash the long cord in my pocket or something.
― and in his absence, she (Lee626), Monday, 29 September 2014 19:44 (nine years ago) link
The long cord is incredibly thick and inconvenient
― 龜, Monday, 29 September 2014 19:45 (nine years ago) link
yeah it's the thickness more than anything, and the attendant heaviness/inflexibility of the cord.
― OU281 (Jon Lewis), Monday, 29 September 2014 19:57 (nine years ago) link
I have an ancient pair of Koss PRO/4AAA 'phones (not to be confused with several similarly-named cans) I've had since I was a teenager, and these have a very effective all-purpose cord solution, a single coiled cable that's about 1m long and not too thick, but stretches easily to become five times that length. These remain the best-sounding headphones I've ever heard and I still use them for home listening. They're also incredibly comfortable, with air-filled vinyl earcups and headband that are perfectly shaped. Unfortunately they no longer make replacement pneumatic earcups and they've become hard and inflexible. Also, it has a large home-stereo plug rather than a 3.5mm.
http://www.wikizic.org/1-018-018781_1-Koss-Pro-4-AAA.jpg
― and in his absence, she (Lee626), Monday, 29 September 2014 20:19 (nine years ago) link
Oh why do websites muck with their photos like that? This is what they look like
Koss Pro4/AAA
― and in his absence, she (Lee626), Monday, 29 September 2014 20:27 (nine years ago) link
Looking for something in the price range of those Grado SR80s, but closed style (I hate having the sound leak out of the cups), any suggestions?
― Nhex, Monday, 29 September 2014 20:43 (nine years ago) link
closed style is harder on your ears wrt tinnitus, fyi. I can't wear closed phones for the most part.
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Monday, 29 September 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link
I'm pretty cheap, so always looking for decent quality low-end merch. Right now looking for:a) something to replace my trusty Sennheiser 201s, the cushions have been tearing up after about six years of loyal service. As mentioned above, preferred closed style. I don't mind going up a rung to the $50-100 tier of phones, feel boring just getting the 202 HDsb) sweat-resistant Bluetooth headphones - cups or behind-the-neck preferred - for exercise. Earbuds never stay on. Don't care about closed or open for this since it'll be half-drowned out by the radio at the gym anyway, ~$50? (Or am I better off getting the cheapest possible garbage since they're not gonna last anyway?)
― Nhex, Saturday, 4 October 2014 01:21 (nine years ago) link
What's the word on wireless headphones?
― cichleee suite (Leee), Saturday, 4 October 2014 01:45 (nine years ago) link
great for listening to music without wireslousy for anything where lag would be an issue (gaming, tracking instruments, etc)
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Saturday, 4 October 2014 02:30 (nine years ago) link
bump...
― Nhex, Monday, 6 October 2014 04:07 (nine years ago) link
are there any over-ear headphones out there that have both wireless and wire connections? im after something i can use when djing in clubs (with wire, so no lag) and for out mooching about walking the dog (wireless, lag away)
― NI, Monday, 6 October 2014 15:27 (nine years ago) link
You probably just want to get a bluetooth receiver thing and stick it to the side of your headphones
― ⌘-B (mh), Monday, 6 October 2014 15:37 (nine years ago) link
ok ta, didnt even know that was a thing
― NI, Monday, 6 October 2014 15:57 (nine years ago) link
neither did i!
― Nhex, Monday, 6 October 2014 18:01 (nine years ago) link
that's a thing? Coo!
― stet, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 23:40 (nine years ago) link
they also make little transmitters if you need that
― ⌘-B (mh), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 02:07 (nine years ago) link
wouldn't the lag be a problem for mixing?
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 02:13 (nine years ago) link
he wanted Bluetooth for non-mixing
― ⌘-B (mh), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 02:25 (nine years ago) link
oil it is right there in the post. carry on then!
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 05:36 (nine years ago) link
lol autocorrect. oil = oic obv
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 05:37 (nine years ago) link
too early to say for sure, but i'm loving these new LSTN headphones.
https://experienceheadphones.com/media/wysiwyg/smartwave/blog/lstn-wood-troubadour-headphones-00.jpg
great sound quality, they look nice, and they're much cheaper than, say, beats-by-dre headphones.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 03:45 (nine years ago) link
those LSTN ones look very nice. Trying to decide between those and something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004FEEY9A/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=3RVKT82ATMFRB&coliid=I3CYCC0XJVCYON
thoughts?
― Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Thursday, 25 December 2014 21:38 (nine years ago) link
they look nice
they look like a den
― j., Thursday, 25 December 2014 22:11 (nine years ago) link
haha. so far, sound quality is great on lstn headphones. bass prominent, but not overwhelming. highs not tinny. lots of room and space in the sound. love them so far (but, to be fair, i'm in part comparing them to my last set of headphones, a skullcandy over-ear pair that wasn't v good).
― Daniel, Esq 2, Friday, 26 December 2014 00:36 (nine years ago) link
moodles, not sure if you've made any decisions yet, and i can't vouch for the seller, but i stumbled on this seemingly amazing sale price for lstn troubador headphones on amazon. was trying to compare the ones you mentioned to lstn. but $60.00? seems too low to be true.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Friday, 26 December 2014 20:37 (nine years ago) link
those headphones are similar to the LSTN ones, but are from a different company. It may well be a good deal, not sure.
― Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Friday, 26 December 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
you're right! sorry about that; something in the chain-of-links led me to believe it was a genuine lstn.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Friday, 26 December 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
so I got the Sennheiser HD 558s linked above. the first pair I got had some weird farty distortion in the low mids so I sent them back. Just got the replacement pair and they sound much better. The are very comfortable and light and have a remarkable amount of sound separation. Everything sounds very spacious. They could maybe use a bit more oomph in the low end but I think I can get it right with some creative equalization.
― Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 23:10 (nine years ago) link
finally soldered up an O2+ODAC. it's forced me to get rid of my crappy skullcandy headphones at work bc my computer can finally drive my nicer headphones. also forced me to check the output impedance of the headphone stage on my amp at home and it is about 10x greater than my headphones o_O.
― It's strange to me too. But we're talking about praxis, man. (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 00:25 (nine years ago) link
Good workout earbuds $100 or less? I'm more interested in paying for sound than paying for ability to stay in my ear while I'm doing backflips -- my workouts aren't really that motion-heavy.
― www.ramenclassaction.com (man alive), Thursday, 19 May 2016 20:29 (seven years ago) link
don't spend money on workout earbuds. i'm happy with the panasonic ergofit plus. sound is good and the l jack is very sturdy.
― map, Thursday, 19 May 2016 20:37 (seven years ago) link
I'm kind of pissed that I spend $60 last year on JBL Synchro Reflects, they sound pretty bad. I was hoping for something with just a little more presence.
― www.ramenclassaction.com (man alive), Thursday, 19 May 2016 20:42 (seven years ago) link
oh damn, those Panasonics are cheap, I may have to try at that price.
the jack is a big issue for me because i wrap the cord around part of the armband a few times so there's only a little slack which keeps the cord out of the way but strains the connector. everything else i've tried, including sonys and shures, the connector goes kaputt within months. these have lasted over a year so far w no signs of strain.
xp i don't know what your sound preferences are but i'm pretty happy with them. presence is fine, not weird or unbalanced, not boomy. i had some more expensive shures at one point that were maybe a little bit more detailed but again the jack went out in 6 months.
― map, Thursday, 19 May 2016 20:53 (seven years ago) link
I forgot to pack my usual sennheisers on a long trip and ended up buying a pair of the Adidas-branded Sennheisers from a hifi shop at my destination. I'm pretty happy with them and they might actually end up being my regular travel set.
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 19 May 2016 20:57 (seven years ago) link
the headset comes with its own short cable that plugs into an extender, so if the extender jack goes, you don't have to replace the whole kit.
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 19 May 2016 20:58 (seven years ago) link
oh also usually when I'm not just getting whatever seems affordable from a brand that I like in a foreign hi-fi shop, I check out the recommendations on the Wirecutter, usually they're not too unhelpful:
http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-wired-exercise-headphones/
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 19 May 2016 23:29 (seven years ago) link
idk if you'll consider bluetooth but I have a pair of mpow swift (~20 dollars on amazon) with some inairs foam tips for running, and they are surprisingly decent
― sktsh, Friday, 20 May 2016 16:03 (seven years ago) link
as ILX's resident 99%er let me again extol the virtues of the Panasonic HJE120s, widely (and correctly) regarded as the best dirt cheap earbud, now $6.19 on amazonhttp://www.amazon.com/dp/B003EM6AQE/?tag=dealnewscom&m=ATVPDKIKX0DERXIV
― always be charging (rip van wanko), Friday, 20 May 2016 23:52 (seven years ago) link
I wouldn't waste any money on high-end earbuds. I have a hard time believing any earbuds, no matter how expensive, could sound better than a decent pair of mid-priced, over-the-ear headphones. Audio-Technica makes some good over-the-ear headphones for well under $100. I'd get a $10 pair of earbuds for workouts, and the over-the-ears for everything else.
― o. nate, Saturday, 21 May 2016 01:20 (seven years ago) link
as ILX's resident 99%er let me again extol the virtues of the Panasonic HJE120s, widely (and correctly) regarded as the best dirt cheap earbud, now $6.19 on amazonhttp://www.amazon.com/dp/B003EM6AQE/?tag=dealnewscom&m=ATVPDKIKX0DERXIV🔗
― The Wally Funk Bible (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 21 May 2016 01:42 (seven years ago) link
there are usually other vendors (on amazon) near that price point. I get a pair every couple of months it seems.
― always be charging (rip van wanko), Saturday, 21 May 2016 01:44 (seven years ago) link
Must be good quality
― Spottie, Saturday, 21 May 2016 02:27 (seven years ago) link
I lose shit
― always be charging (rip van wanko), Saturday, 21 May 2016 02:38 (seven years ago) link
fair
― Spottie, Saturday, 21 May 2016 03:15 (seven years ago) link