I couldn’t give up on my precious Grado SR-80s. Turns out the cable was only broken in three places; nothing a couple hours and a lot of electrical tape couldn’t fix. Now I can’t justify buying a replacement.

They really do sound amazing. If only they weren’t so fragile and difficult to transport. […]

My precious Grado SR-80 headphones died today. :( I hardly new thee.
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These headphones sounded really great, best I’ve ever owned. They should, for how much they cost. But they were designed so so so poorly. […]