Ear-Pad Open Headphone Reviews
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AfterShokz and TEAC Filltune HP-F100 Bone Conduction Headphones
Ear-Pad Open Headphone Reviews, Tyll Hertsens Blog
Tyll Hertsens • Mar 15, 2012 • 8 comments

Tap your cheek bones, and you'll hear it plain as day. The sound's not coming through your ear canals ... it's just rattling the bones in your ear, and you can hear it. But is this a good way to get your tunes?

Let's find out ...

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Evaluation of Grado Stock and Modified Ear-Pads
Ear-Pad Open Headphone Reviews, Tips and Tweaks, Do-It-Yourself Guide
Tyll Hertsens • Mar 21, 2011 • 25 comments
Promises Kept
My first post was an exercise in getting all the bits-and-pieces together to create content. In many ways this is my first real post here ... and I want to keep a promise. For years I've said I would measure the effects of the various headphone pads on Grado headphones; well, I am very glad to say finally: here it is.
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Grado Laboratories SR 125 headphones
Ear-Pad Open Headphone Reviews
Robert J. Reina • Jun 03, 2002 • 0 comments
For many years I have used three sets of headphones, all from Grado Laboratories: the Reference RS-1 ($695), the SR-125 ($125), and the SR-60 ($60). I've always favored Grado headphones because the minimal-resonance design philosophy that I feel is responsible for the uncolored midrange of their moving-iron cartridges extends throughout their headphone range as well. Recently, however, I've achieved a new perspective regarding the SR-125 'phones that I felt would be of interest to Stereophile readers.
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Grado SR60i headphones
Ear-Pad Open Headphone Reviews
Jim Austin • May 03, 2010 • 0 comments
Here's a question for a Stereophile.com poll: What's the best hi-fi value of the last 15 years? I'd bet that, 16 years after its introduction, Grado Laboratories' SR60 headphones would get more than a few votes.
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The Venerable Koss Porta Pro
Ear-Pad Open Headphone Reviews
Tyll Hertsens • Sep 14, 2011 • 7 comments

Long before I became professionally involved with headphones, the Koss Porta Pro was a great little portable headphone. In fact, it was one of the first headphones designed particularly for portable applications. It has remained relatively unchanged to this day ...

... thank goodness. If it ain't broke ...

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Three Modified Grados
Ear-Pad Open Headphone Reviews, Do-It-Yourself Guide
Tyll Hertsens • Oct 04, 2011 • 5 comments

Some modified Grado cans have shown up in the lab. I don't know what my problem was getting to them in a timely manner, maybe it's my dislike in general for Grado cans, maybe it was the trouble I was having getting my corporate shipping set up, but I've finally managed to get around to listening and writing this post.

Oh, well, here we go ...

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