[quote name='supadupacheap']Grados SR60s are great. Only the truly picky will notice a difference between the 60s and 80s. (usually in openess sound and a wee bit in the mids)
Not to bash you, but sonys do indeed suck, and HARD. If you are so into bass that you are able to forgive the misery that is the Sony mid, buying SR 60s would really be a waste (lets hope they teach you how to truly appriciate music
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You cant get Grados in store anywhere huge. Its my understanding that they arent so easy to come by. Not impossible, but more of a unique, knowledgable audience. Rumor has it the 60s arent long for this world much longer anyway. We'll see.
Some onboard audio is decent to ok but most isnt. I dont know that one myself so I wont make assumptions. What I will say is the Soundblaster 24bit is damn damn DAMN fine for its price. My Headfi friends that are far pickier than me find it agreeable and its like $20.[/QUOTE]
No offense taken on the Sony thing at all! I'm by no means an audiophile. What I know, I learned mostly from the old ign gear site (like 2-3 years ago stuff). They had one guy who reviewed lots of higher end Sony's like the Eggo's and those earbuds. He also did the Grados, etc. so I just picked up some info from those...
My main dilemma is that the Grados SR-60's and the Shure E2C's are around the same price online. (Do you "approve" of the Shure's
i mean those seem to be the obvious step up from my Sony's) I think the difference between my current PC headphones and the Grados is greater than the Shure's and the Sony's, and besides, I spend more time listening on my PC.
Thanks for your input too btw man.
EDIT: I use winamp v.2.81 and a DSP plug-in called "Enhancer v.17" (higher ver's of winamp arent compatible with this plug in i think) made by some Romanian guy (
http://www.i-adrian.home.ro/ ->check the Enhancer link at the top). Hahaha, now doesn't that sound random...anyway it helped bring the sound out, and I haven't found anything else so. I rip my CD's at 320kbps or 224kbps (mp3).