Grado - SR325e

Well for some reason the Hifiman Ananda are now at 260 in Spain and I've been looking at buying some planars. I do own slightly modified Grado 325e, and the 7hertz timeless. I've owned the sundara before but had to sell them (the grado are untouchable for me, how guitar sounds in them makes me have goosebumps). I can go maybe up to 350€, is there something better at that price range than the Ananda?

I think airpods pro/pro 2 is probably the target for most folks, unfortunately. I did just buy some old grado 325e's from a guy who said they were particularly good at tuning for airpods lol

The DT 900 Pro X headphones are absolutely fantastic. Before getting them I had used AKG K550 Mk 2, AKG Q701, and Grado SR325e headphones, all of which are great, but I like these Beyerdynamics most of all. The soundstage is not as wide as the Q701s, but it has far better bass response than all of the above and has great clarity in the upper mids with good but controlled treble. The fact they don't take much at all to drive is a boon, too. The clamping force is a bit much at first and can get uncomfortable, but a bit of mild stretching sorts it out. Now I can wear them for many hours without a problem. For around 200 euros the quality of these cans is just incredible. Definitely better to get a good pair of dedicated headphones instead of a set of gaming ones. There probably are some decent enough ones out there somewhere, but if you want reliability and the best sound quality for the price, then you need to invest in some proper cans.

I owned two Grado’s, sr80i and sr325 and used both as all day, listen while working headphones. I’m convinced they contributed to my development of tinnitus. They were fatiguing to the point of pain and ringing. Returned the 325, gave away the sr80i. YMMV but they’re not for me.

My 325s are perfect

Never enough mate. I was at that stage if not more plus again in materials and bits to finish of making the headphones. So I sold every single headphone I owned then went out and purchased an Audeze MM-100.has planer drivers,and this set of cans really can shift music in the most astonishing way.it just sings. I also purchased a WiiM pro plus a Cambridge audio dacmagic 200 and lucky me got a musical fidelity twin tube which had a huge power supple.unfortunately the guy doesn’t trade any more,but there was a little business called rock grotto.he had upgrade or do it’s your self kits. The kits ranged from £60 to about £200 including very nice tubes,diodes umm loafs of very well matched gear.warm it up and your of. If bought planer headphones in between,no they get sold and I still carry on with my Audeze. Well I couldn’t resist a grado PS500 going on FB for £175 and a 325 for I think it was £150 immaculate. Well I would have to say,it’s rude not to have one grado hiding in a cupboard some where. Good luck man and carry on collecting and most of all just melt away with the music in to those grados Cya

Grado SR series. They're open-back. You can hear everything.

Im an audio guy and after many years of optimizing playback solutions imo there are two very clear answers: Sennheiser 6XX for full size, and Etymotic ER2XR for IEMs.  The sennies can be found new for around 200 and the Etymotics are around 130 new. I found them uncomfortable and the cables are definitely microphonic but you can get aftermarket tips. For pure $/sound i think they are the strongest I've ever personally heard.  Another outside option is Grado SRs, for under 100 I love the sound. Build quality and comfort is meh but they look cool and sound excellent. They aren't a great match for every genre though, read up if interested. 

i really can recommend my ie600 for this record, enjoying it with my Grados and Maxwell as well.

The headband on Grados are made from thin metal inside the faux leather exterior and you can bend it out of shape really easily to make it as tight or loose as you like. Mine pretty much sit over my ears and don't squeeze at all.