well then to answer the guys question -   yes they leak.  i think a lot.  pfillion doesnt think its that much.  so the answer is somewhere in that range lol.  Best of luck  

  maybe you have very tolerant coworkers    they leak.  IMO, alot.  which was his concern.  i dont think its really debatable, as everyone seemingly is in agreement that they leak...the degree to which that leakage is tolerable may vary.

  they leak like theyre open.

  Had both.  HE500.  The x00 was fun, certainly a quality phone, and excelled in particular genres. felt the 500 was a better all rounder, was generally better in a lot of regards and was close enough to giving me what the x00 was better at that i would just take the 500 over it.  

  lol that makes me rethink ever buying used headphones ever again....................................

  i thought they were ok with metal.  however thats primarily where i felt the recession of the mids, so the vocals felt more distant, and the guitars were a little more laid back.  That was an issue for me, but it might depend on the genre of metal, or preference on how you like your presentation.

OR you can grab a used one on the classifieds and mod it to taste.  there is no plastic ring on earth they could have jammed in there that can justify what is realistically double the price.  Take the discount on the regulars IMO.

you bought all of this stuff for money didnt you?  Use that as a starting point, depreciate according to condition and check it against whats going on in the classifieds for comparable gear.......i dont understand how anyone can acquire that much gear and not know value for what they have.  you...

Thanks. At some point id consider upgrading the amp, just not soon. If it can scrape by for now thats fine. And i wouldve thought streaming music would be the bigger bottleneck

I've got a magni/modi schiit 2 stack, and use spotify as a source.  that setup sounds fine through my HE500, but would that be enough to utilize an hd800?  Or is the hd800 SO much more revealing and power hungry this wouldnt be a decent enough setup for it?

  well I havent had the IS's that long yet, but i think i prefer them.  there's nothing harsh or fatiguing anymore.  they seem more balanced than before.  I often found myself EQing the I's just to soften it out because it was SHARP as much as i loved them.  I couldnt imagine the e's if they...

So I had a set of I's.....and they were every bit as sharp and high as everyone said.  but i loved them anyways, and sold them to try other things.   just picked up a set of IS's because i missed my grados, and theyre not anywhere NEAR the highs that the I's were.  so either the IS's really...

  awesome thanks so much.  Is there a big difference between these and the e's you think?

were only the is' available in the chrome?  im looking to pick one up, but the guy doesnt know exactly what version it was.  or is there another way to ID versions?

thanks everyone.  i think im just going to find a 325e and call it good.  save some cash, and i know i liked the sound overall

thanks for that.  seems people think that the ps5000 got away from the grado sound more than most of their others, so i was a little concerned on that end.  and yea, the gh-1's are out of the question at this point (unless i can find an absolute steal used i guess).  i do love maple in my drum...

hey guys,   so i stupidly sold my grado 325i's to try something else.  im pretty sure at this point im going to sell the new ones and go back to a grado.  my question to you fine people is which one should i get?  i liked my 325, but it was harsh and bright and fatiguing.  i was thinking i...

  +1   comparing the two the past few days, the HE500's take it by a fair margin IMO 

hopefully these are ballparked around the th-x00 pricing.....probably dreaming though.   removable cables and the old pads  

  looks like they did a tremendous job.  really slick

i think you see similar sentiments up and down this site.  everythings "the best" , "perfect", "magical" "the best ive ever heard".  it can be difficult to wade through the hyperbole.  especially when things are the shiny new toys that people are justifying spending their money on.

I think you guys just rekindled my love for my 325. I dont know if it tamed the highs so much as balanced the lows, but it sounds incredible. Electrical tape! Who knew!?

Thanks for the info. Sounds in the ballpark im looking for. And honestly i think i prefer the grado soundstage which was very close so this may be a real winner for me. Fingers crossed they reopen the drop tomorrow:) Brw, how is the detail compared to the x1? I dont think the x1s were overly...

Im so confused on these. Half the people say the bass is great and the treble is forward, and half say its muddled and dark! Essentially im looking for something that splits the difference between my x1 and my grado 325. Overall i prefer the x1 signature, which i believe is similar to the x00...

Are they announcing whether the drop reopens or not today?