[vl]

I'm surprised Grado is at this high position at all - their production quality is absolutely abysmal, they came apart in a year - unlike Sennheiser (using for few years), Audiotechica (using for few years) and Technics/Panasonic (these I use for 15 years!). As for the cost - for same money there is always better alternative than Grados.

[colechristensen]

They may come apart in a year, but they're so simple and so fixable, I prefer them exactly the way they are... and they sound better, which is really why I'm buying headphones.