For The
Love Of Fidelity
Description
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Reviews
A Unique Voice
The SR225x and SR125x have had a sibling rivalry for decades. Being the mature one, the SR225x utilizes the new F cushion to open up the sound to more textured tones. The driver works in unison to produce a unique voicing and be just as fast as the SR125x. Just don’t tell their kid brother.
- Tranducer type: dynamic
- Operating principle: open air
- Frequency Response: 20-22kHz
- SPL 1mW: 98
- Normal Impedance: 38ohms
- Driver matched db: .05
- F cushions



Customer Reviews
SR225x
They sound great !
I questioned how they would feel on the ears, but after using them they are comfortable and don't notice wearing them after a while.
Highly recommended
I originally wrote (I'm not sure it actually went through properly) a not very positive review of my experience with my new SR225s (compared to my Sony headphones) while using tube-based headphone amps (all Pete Millett diy construction). I found the sound disturbingly muddied and the brights that everyone complained about were not present at all while the Sonys sounded perfectly fine. I was bummed. So I finished upgrading a jfet solid-state based preamp to use with headphones and now the Grados sound great. I'm experimenting with different foam earpads to see how my listening experience changes. Don't know if the harmonics generated by the tube headphone amps don't blend well with the Grado-built transducers or what. Doesn't seem to bother the Sonys. I'm not giving the headphones a 5 only because the construction of the whole the whole headphone apparatus doesn't really sit comfortably on my head.
Great.
I needed a pair of headphones for a vocal recording out of town.
A preliminary recording revealed some noises and I wanted to make sure those have been resolved on the actual recording day.
I read the reviews and the Grado descriptions for each model.
I decided to go with the SR225x.
I listened to Paul McCartney's Jenny Wren. It sounded good on the SR225x. On the SR325x there was added lower end and on the higher it seemed very slightly brighter.
I confirmed this by listening to Robson Jorge & Lincoln Olivetti's Ginga horn section. The SR325x definitely has a wider frequency range and also the soundstage is better.
But for what I needed, vocal monitoring, the SR225x did it's job.