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Definitely agree with going from $10 to $100. I bought a pair of Grado SR60 headphones a few years ago for ~$65, and they were by far the best headphones I hav

• tptacek 16y ago
  Strong agree on the performance curve for earbuds too. If you can buy it at Best Buy for under $100, your money is probably better spent with something nicer online. In high-end speakers (hi-fi, whatever you want to call it) there are always sleeper brands that even the audiophiles will say offer an 80% experience for under 50% of the price... I remember (before several buyouts) NHT bookcase speakers being one of those. It's probably the same in headphones. Please, for the love of God, take my word for this: it's also very much true of cars.
• vl 16y ago
  Grado SR60/SR80 are extremely cheaply built, mine had plastic pieces come off and one of the ear pieces sometimes snaps off from the head band. Really unacceptable. On top of that low frequency response is less than ideal. Old similarly priced Panasonics that I use as heavily are still in one piece and work reliably. I'm using Sennheisers now, I'm not sure how it's going to hold on in long term, but for now it seems that they have higher build quality than Grados.