GRADOSR225x Prestige Series Open-Back – Wired Over-Ear Audiophile Headphones with 44mm X Drivers – Hand-Assembled in Brooklyn – Dynamic Hi-Fi for Home Listening

These headphones offer incredible sound quality and are very easy to drive. They sound great through my phone's 3.5 mm jack and INCREFIBLE through my portable DAC.They leak sound like a sieve, so they're not great for the the bus. But I actually enjoy wearing them around town when I WANT to be aware of my surroundings.

These are fantastic quality at this price. My first pair of high quality headphones - so I wanted something with great sound but was not ready to make the leap and spend more. I like that they are hand-built in the US. I'm sure other reviewers note it, this is best used at home, by folks with high-quality audio systems.I listened to some of the less expensive Grado options and they just didn't quite have the balance I was looking for, too much mid and high, without quite enough of the lows. This model nailed it for me.

Ok ive had a set of SR60s for >15 years. they are good solid performers. Ive always appreciated thier build, simplicity and good range. The SR60's also hbave punch on the low end which ive never heard one anything other than sound booth over the ear gear.Well I've been interested in what the SR225s were like for years. most reviews really put these qs the winner for quality to dollar. H3ll yeah they do!! Wider range deeper bass very clear vocals and precise even when the media gets complex.

Wow! I have been desperately seeking an exciting headphone for a while now. I was always curious about Grados but their reputation for being “shouty” and bass deficient kept me away.Well I’m really glad I took the plunge because my time with these so far have been really thrilling. These are not bass deficient, they’re just so great at doing everything else, that the bass is outshined. Guitars and vocals sound so amazing, revelatory for me, it’s as if I’ve been neglecting a whole spectrum of sound for years now. It’s been emotional to revisit some of my favorite music through these. Classic Metallica, Tool, Aphex Twin, Daft Punk have never sounded so good. I find myself easily picturing the instruments being played, each one well defined.I also find them to be surprisingly analytical despite their visceral sound. Recordings like Pet Sounds really show their age through these, but I can live with that.For reference I’ve owned Hifiman 400i, Nuraphone (don’t laugh), Sennheiser 598s and 580s, Audio Technica M50x, Beyerdynamic 770s, and lots of iems. These definitely stand out as special.You do have to experiment with their fitting for the best sound, the cord is quite heavy, and the earpads take a little getting used to but I’m still giving them 5 stars and encourage anyone who’s not familiar with the Grado sound to give these a try.

I've had about six pairs of Grado headphones over the last 15 years and this latest X version is stunningly poor. Let's just discuss the build quality.When pulling it out of the box and putting it on my head the first thing I noticed immediately is that the right cable coming out of the ear was about 3 in longer than the left cable and they had simply just stuffed all the slack in the earphone obviously this made it very uncomfortable with the wire hanging off to an angle since the wait wasn't distributed.The second problem is the headphones were incredibly crooked and I couldn't figure out why in fact when you held up the headphones to each other with the top band level and the earpieces perpendicular to themselves one was about two inches higher than the other so that when you put it on your head the top of the headphone was touching your ear but the bottom was having a huge gap. And again very uncomfortable and strange.Third problem, they didn't screw in the gimbal steel pin into the plastic headphone ring and it was wiggling on the opposite ear and eventually after about 2 days fell off entirely.Fourth problem they didn't snap the left bracket onto the headband Springs Steel and the opposite side fell off.5th cosmetic issue when they were doing something with heat near the headband they melted it with either a soldering gun or something else but just above the letter L in left the headband had a big melt.I'm just shocked at how pathetic the quality was and how almost every aspect of this headphone was built incorrectly eventually the second metal screw that goes into the gimbal was loose and broke the other piece in half. Incredibly disappointing.Sound quality, pretty pleasing. Definitely toned down highs since the days of the old Grado. Pretty spacious with nice detail in the mids and highs and a pretty good thump in the low end I tested them next to a pair of 125x and there's a noticeable difference in clarity. The 225 is definitely the value pick in the series. Unfortunately I sent these back and replaced them with some Hi-Fi man sundara which were for the time being much more pleasing to listen to way more spacious and big but eventually I may get another pair of Grado. But they need to stop relying on their tradition and history and start working with some other manufacturers because it's pretty clear they're not able to keep up with demand and maintain quality control.

I initially bought the aluminum 325X and the sound was incredible. I don’t understand why Grado didn’t keep the foam pad. Being heavier, the 325 started to hurt the top of my head after a couple of hours. So I returned them for a pair of 225X. Being made of plastic the sound is less sharp and not as precise, but definitely much more comfortable. I added a DAC XD05 Plus and here we go, a happy audiophile without spending a fortune.

Although these headphones may be lacking a little in comfort, they more than make up for it in their sound. I had the SR80’s before and had a problem with the cord. These far exceed those in quality.

The Sr225x is a great headphone, with strong warm bass and a well defined punchy sound. Interesting the return of the flat pads in this new iteration of the Sr series.Why 3 stars? Because the headphones arrived with the box already open (and in a sort of bad way). The headphone itself was perfect, but it was not any good to buy a "new" item that is not new, or at least an open box, with a squashed box.

Alles bestens!

En primer lugar tengo que decir que estos son los primeros cascos de "alta fidelidad" que compro, así que no he probado otros. La primera vez que los probé lo cierto es que no me impresionaron en absoluto, más bien fue una sensación de que se escuchaban bien pero nada sorprendente para el precio que tienen, pero cuando vas escuchando mas y mas canciones te das cuenta de lo peculiares que son estos cascos, aunque de primeras no te impresionarán demasiado sobre todo si estás acostumbrado a cascos con más bajos.-Sonido-Después de llevar unos días escuchándolos lo cierto es que el sonido me parece impresionante, destacan sobre todo en la música que tiene mucha instrumentación y voces con tonos medios y altos, ya que es donde realmente destacan estos auriculares, al contrario que lo que he visto de la competencia, estos auriculares tienen unos bajos menos potentes, pero su punto fuerte son los agudos y medios, claros, brillantes y detallados. Destacan sobre todo en los detalles mas finos de las canciones donde son capaces de captar sonidos que no había escuchado nunca en canciones que he escuchado decenas de veces, tienen mucho mimo por los detalles, por eso destacan mucho en canciones y géneros donde estas tonalidades están más presentes, como el Jazz, el Rock más acústico y también el Pop. Otro punto fuerte es el sonido de escenario, y es que recrean muy bien la sensación de estar en un escenario con todos los instrumentos alrededor, escuchando cada uno por individual de una forma muy clara. Pero como no todo puede ser bueno, la única deficiencia que tienen en algunos géneros y canciones son los bajos, lo cierto es que los bajos están presentes y se hacen notar, pero no son tan impresionantes y vibrantes en sus tonalidades mas bajas y en los subbajos, por ello, ciertos estilos como bandas sonoras donde los bajos sean la mayor parte de la pieza no impresionaran tanto como en otros auriculares, y por otro lado si he notado que este efecto de escenario y de separación instrumental se nota más en unas canciones que en otras, quizás más por como están grabadas.- Comodidad-Aquí es donde todo el mundo suele tener pegas, en mi caso son soportables llevarlos durante largos periodos de escucha pero es cierto que no son los mas cómodos, si escuchas música por largos periodos a la hora y media o dos horas de iniciar la escucha las orejas duelen un poco pero no es nada insoportable, se puede tolerar. Por otro lado, decir que por internet venden almohadillas para customizarlos y mejorar la comodidad con un mínimo compromiso del sonido.-Construcción-Acabo de comprarlos hace unos días y no puedo opinar en cuanto a durabilidad, los materiales parecen robustos en general salvo por la varilla metálica que une la diadema al altavoz, que parece bastante fina, por el resto son robustos, un cable bastante robusto y grueso, aunque creo que son auriculares fundamentalmente para ser usados en casa, ya que son de espalda abierta y se escucha todo el ruido exterior, así como el resto de la gente escuchará la música de los auriculares, así que para mí el cable grueso no supone un problema ya que no creo que los use mientras me desplazo. La diadema está bien acolchada y en ese sentido es cómoda. Y aunque no puedo hablar de durabilidad si he leído otras opiniones de gente que tiene auriculares Grado durante 20 años y les funcionan como el primer día, así que espero que estos duren lo mismo.--CONCLUSION--A mí me han encantado, creo que con ellos puedes redescubrir tus álbumes favoritos ya que tienen una firma de sonido radicalmente distinta a otros auriculares, son menos centrados en los bajos como la mayoría y destacan por los medios y agudos brillantes y nítidos, lo que permite ver toda la música desde una perspectiva diferente, son divertidos de escuchar y podrías escuchar cualquier cosa con la curiosidad de descubrir nuevos sonidos o disfrutar de los efectos de los instrumentos por individual, son unos auriculares desde mi perspectiva bastante analíticos con estos sonidos. No obstante, es cierto que destacan más en ciertos géneros y aquellos que se basen más en unos bajos potentes no van a relucir tanto, pero creo que casi cualquier persona audiofila disfrutaría teniéndolos en su colección incluso aunque para los estilos con mayor pegada en los bajos tuvieran que recurrir a otros modelos para disfrutarla mas, pero a cambio tendrás un detalle en los instrumentos mas agudos que te redescubrirá muchas canciones junto con un efecto de escenario genial que en muchas ocasiones te hace sentir como si tuvieras a la banda delante.

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The SR225x are like something from the 1930s visually. However sonically they are incredible, the balance is very well judged and there is a real sense of space and air around the instruments. They do let a bit of sound in and out so people will know what you are listening to if they are in the same room. Probably not great commuting headphones, these headphones are more for intensive home listening.The SR225xs are quite comfy after a few days use, although initially they are a bit odd to wear as the pad sits right on the ear rather than surrounding it.The build is robust and the cable is very substantial and premium feeling.