audio technica ath-m50 vs grado sr80i headphones?

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audio technica ath-m50 vs grado sr80i headphones?

I have been looking for headphones with a budget of $150 or less for a few days now and have narrowed it down to these 2. I read multiple reviews on both but I'm still not sure what to get. They will be used for mainly home use with my desktop and I will use them with a mp3 player sometimes. I listen to mostly metal with a little bit of some other genres like classical and dubstep.

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steve

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I have the Grado SR80i and they are worthwhile. I did a sound comparison with the Grado SR125i, which were noticeably better, but I didn't want to spend the difference at the time.

The SR125i's are within your price range.

If at all possible I would search out a high end audio dealer who offer both brands, bring a CD-R with music you like to listen to, and test them out.

I borrowed a CD on a label that had a reputation for good recording quality --

http://www.allmusic.com/album/rio-after-dark-mw000... -- track #6

Sadly, no longer available on MP3, though you'd want lossless data compression anyway.

If you want to really test it, maybe try this --

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSyP2cDm4_8

Or 'Ilira' or 'Nieve Penitentes 2' by Thomas Köner.

Or maybe these too --

http://johnvestman.com/commercial_cds.htm

http://www.tnt-audio.com/topics/testrecords.html

http://www.high-endaudio.com/supreme.html

Maybe if you're lucky they'll also offer these --

http://www.staxusa.com/Earspeaker/STAX-SR-009.html -- and you STILL need products at the bottom!