Everything, bass, treble, theatre, overall build quality, customer satisfaction, price, sound, comfort, and just a great set of cans for the price....all I can say is enjoy folks, these are prime

NONE...NONE...NONE...they're $60, how can you complain.

I've read about comfort problems....I've read about the lack of bass response...and you know what, just like the knocks against bose...it's all a crock. Here we have a $60 pair of headphones that rivals both headphones and speakers that cost 10 fold more. As far as comfort, I don't know what any of the negativity is coming from, you must have big heads, I have experienced nothing but comfort here. As far as bass response, what? This is good, crisp, clear bass beyond what I even expected. I believe that the people that knock it are the ones that also try and turn there 88 chevy car doors into speakers and listen to nothing but bass laiden music. I'm impressed. The all around tonal quality here is amazing, once again, if you must disagree, find another pair of cheap cans that match this. I bought three more pairs for christmas presents. Furthermore, I emailed the company to let John Grado know how impressed I was, and he wrote back...what a good company, and they aren't in debt, whoa. Really folks, you can't do any better for the price, and frankly, I've owned more than a few pairs of cans and speakers, and now I'm just a headphone listener unless it's movies, these cans are the best....sure other grado products are great if you can buy an amp to power them, I can't, but if its all you have, buy them. If you must have bass, go for the sr80, but I like the lower "boom" of the bass on the sr60, call me a weird 24 year old, but I am not too impressed with bass. Also, when you buy these, be forwarned that you will hear flaws in recordings you thought were perfect, but you will hear things in recordings that truly make them great...long live grado labs, they are great

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Bose, sennheiser, koss, and sony, none compare to grado, none

Dynamic, excellent bass, lovely midrange, quite wonderful imaging for a product at this price. Sound great with Miles, Bach, or Nine Inch Nails. By the way it is not at all hard to adjust these for your particular noggin. See headroom.com for details or better yet stretch'em your own way. Mine are quite comfortable and I listen for hours. You have to spend some serious money to get much better than this. Oh yeah and I like the retro look.

A bit forward.

The Grado SR-60 has got to be one of the best buys in audio.

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Koss, Sennheiser

Good cables

The headphone look ugly and weak

I bought this headphones because it is easy to connect. My favorite is from Gun& roses and clasical guitars, with them the heaphones sound acceptable : the sound is detailed and soft but not clear and bass is disappointed I think this headphones focuses on mid-range. somes times It sound more detailed than my Celestion speaker but a little bit dull. All i can give is 2 stars

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this is the first and surely the last for headphone

Clear sound.

Top of my head hurts.

Best pair I have ever owned. The most expensive pair I've bought. Worth Every penny.

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Cheapies that come with portables.

Good sound, lightweight, fairly comfy (I hate the circumaural types - my ears sweat like a dog), they look damn sweet :).

I've heard better headphones, and the price is fairly high (70 dollars U.S. for me).

I don't understand the people who say others can hear you when you use these phones - how loud is your volume? I use these on my computer for Counter-strike and they are killer - even off my crap laptop sound card. Don't listen to music much, though, but they sound about as good as my old speakers.

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Koss headphones, mostly, but I don't remember the models.

- Gorgeous, dynamic, clear, accurate sound - Works great with cheap equipment (portable players, computers, etc.) and don't need a headphone amp to sound their best - Solid build quality - Clunky, retro looks discourage stealing - Even if they do get stolen, you can afford to replace them (you simply won't find anything this good for the price).

Just wanted to chime in on the comfort issue. I find the SR-60s perfectly comfortable - lightweight, with soft, cushy ear pads. I can wear them all day with no problems whatsoever. In fact, I can wear them longer than the cheap Sonys they are replacing, not because they're a good deal more comfortable, but because I simply couldn't stand the sound quality of my old phones for more than a few hours at a time. I think I've read some audiophiles on this site refer to the phenomenon as 'listener fatigue'. However, I've heard of some people who *can't stand* the feeling of anything touching their ears. The Grados definitely touch your ears, they have what headphone geeks refer to as a 'sura-aural ear pad' design. Such people should check out full-sized, 'circumaural' headphones, the best of which make no contact with your ears at all. The best of these that I've even tried are the Sennheiser HD590s, but they'll run you at least $200, and if you can afford that for a pair of headphones, what are you doing reading about Grados?

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Sony, Koss, David Clark (way back in the day)

Clear, good bass, reasonably comfy.

Can hear crap recordings or equipment.

Well, I pulled my Sony cheapos off the shelf after a few months of non-use and had the foam ear muff things disintegrate on my ears and all over my shirt. Time for new headphones so why not look for a decent pair since i'm on this MP3 kick. I expected to pay about $100 for something decent, but after reading these reveiws and some others, I went with the Grados. I read that you should break them in for a few hours, but right off the bat, they sounded waaay better than my cheapos. I could hear stuff in the music that I usually miss with other headphones. Very cool. Drawback is that I can also hear crappy audio equipment or recordings.

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Sony cheapos. Other misc cheapos.

Smooth, dynamic, very euphonic, have yet to hear anything unpleasant thru these phones, even on icky recordings. Current models more comfy than earlier design. Great buy from a fine old American outfit with a blueblood legacy in high-end audio.

Open-air, high output can disturb others (please be polite, don't give Bob Grado a bad name). Nice gold-plated adapter for mini-plug to big Sony jack, but another $30 can get a sonically much better one from Grado. Works best with lower-end gear. Not available thru the Wiz or other low-fi outlets.

What? Perfection for $80? That's the way some tout this product. More rationally, there are $250 phones that still have the SR60's faults but few of its talents. Bob Grado apparently designed these for cheaper and/or miniature gear; in that respect, these are the all-time budget champs and the best tote-along phones ever. Plug 'em into Discmans, Walkmans, PC speaker jacks, etc. They have a tendency to make lesser components sound more clean and powerful. Tight bass that can get down there with nice slam if it exists on your source - not at all like the thumpy, low-impact, phoney mid-bass resonance in most 'phones. Pleasant, not-too-warm midrange with startlingly real vocal and instrumental textures. Great with orchestras and big bands, very satisfying impact with rock. The highs sound smooth, open, realistic; can be a tad untidy at times on certain material, especially when artificial close-miking causes the usual distortion, but never harsh or shrill; it's a nice, golden-eared balance of the whole spectrum. Soundstaging is open and 3D, tho more expensive phones excel here, but it's still a far cry from the typical one-dimension of most phones. The sound could be described as clean, liquid, almost tactile, with decent width, depth and air, and a low end that seems bottomless. They ain't perfect, but they're always pleasant. On mid-fi gear like amps from Yamaha, Onkyo, etc., they're tough competition for higher-priced phones. On expensive high-end gear their faults are amplified and the sound is somewhat lean (but, after all, that's NOT were they're designed for), but they're still usable. I know an audio recording engineer who sez they're fantastik hooked to a PC sound card or mini-speaker's output jack (no extra amp required). As some have noted, the cable is a little thick, but they're tangle-resistant. Yes, they do look like 1950's ham radio headsets with a nicer finish, but who cares? For their intended purpose and price, you can't do better. I own a more recent SR60, with much-improved comfort. If you need more perfection for mid-fi to high-end use, go for the SR-125's or higher. The SR60 is a surprisingly good, moderate-cost way to introduce the typical, dull-eared Sony/Koss/Aiwa grungy-sound addict to clean, clear, dynamic, higher-end audio.

Great silky sound. Work without amp. Gold plated plug. Thick nice cord.

I don't feel comfortable.

Sound is great!!! CAn play without Amp. Look is also good for me But definately not comfortable for me. If some one want to buy from me please email me.(or tell me how to make it more comfortable wearing for long period.) This product is realy GREAT Sounding...That's I have to belive.

Sounds better than the Sennheiser HD450 headphones that I previously owned, even though Sennheiser was in one instance considerably more costly (the 600 ohm pro version, which is still quite good). More comfortable than the higher priced Grado headphones.

The power cord makes a sound where it enters the phone body when you bob your head. Needs to be secured with a bit of silicone sealant.

I owned the SR200 (forerunner to the SR225) before I got the SR60. I planned on keeping he SR200 and giving away the SR60 as a gift. I ended up keeping the SR60 because it was more comfortable to wear, and gave the SR200 to a gal with better ears than me. The SR200 certainly sounded better, but not according to the extra cost involved. The SR60 certainly delivers the most bang for the buck. I plan on getting a spare set. As good as you need unless you do really serious listening.

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Sennheiser HD450, both consumer and pro versions. Also old Sennheiser HD414 from the 70's, which is far inferior to the Grados.