Grado SR60
The Grado that started a thousand recommendations: bright, forward, and fun for not much money.
Our take
The SR60 is the entry Grado: forward, bright, and lively, with the house energy that makes rock and acoustic snap. It’s not neutral and isolates nothing, but for the money it’s a joy. Treble EQ tames the peaks if they get hot.
Measured on a Head Acoustics HMS II.3 artificial head — raw response, left/right averaged, normalized to 0 dB at 1 kHz. From the Sonic Temple Archive(2008–2014, one unit per model). Honest limits: seating variance runs ±0.4 dB in the mids to ±3.9 dB above 12 kHz, and open headphones read bass-light on this fixture — don’t read fine treble detail as settled. How we measure →
Common questions
Straight answers — the same ones our measurements support.
Does the Grado SR60 need an amp?
No: 32 Ω and sensitive, it runs loud off anything.
SR60 vs SR80?
The 80 is a small step up in refinement; both share the same forward, bright voice.
If you like the SR60
Close on the graph, or a deliberate step in one direction.