In Reply to: Audio-Technica ATH-M40x vs Grado SR80i anyone compare these? or another Grado of similar price? posted by PhilJ on September 5, 2015 at 08:32:18:
I think the Grado is better than the 40 - the AT 50 however I like considerably more and bought a pair - and the build quality is better than the 40 - but it costs more $$ naturally.
Headphone buying can be tough - because at any given price point a different brand can put out something very good. I like the cheapie AKGs for example - bass heavy but still pretty good overall around $40. I liked the Senn 580 and 600 but the one priced in the middle 595 or something I thought sounded rather terrible for the money - go figure.
I don't like any can that presses on the ear - I will have to take them off shortly so no matter how good they may sound they're useless to me. Over the ear is more comfortable - to me. But of course they are bulkier.
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- RE: Audio-Technica ATH-M40x vs Grado SR80i anyone compare these? or another Grado of similar price? - RGA 18:21:04 09/14/15 (1)
- interesting post I had read that the AT 40 was very similar to the AT 50 with less bass is all, go figure... - PhilJ 14:49:06 09/16/15 (0)