Price: $49

Best deal: $49

Description: The best portable headphones for the money.
Good at: Smashing anything the PX100 can do.
Don’t be fooled: By the neckband design. They are comfortable.
Rivals: Sennheiser PX100 if you really want to get into it.

ebay: you might see one or two pairs a month on ebay. People tend to hold on to [...]

Price: $495
Don’t pay over: $495
Description: Baby flagship Grado’s…… baby, yeah right!
Good at: let me speak to my accountant first.
Don’t be fooled: By the RS 1 headphones, these will rock you.
Rivals: Audio-Technica ATH-W1000 Audio Technica ATH-A900Ti Sennheiser HD 650 Select your preferred Stax headphones Sony MDR-SA5000
ebay: very, very rare to find them on ebay, because no [...]

Price: $695
Don’t pay over: $670
Description: Flag ship Grado’s. Headphones for lotter winners.
Good at: I wouldn’t know, I don’t do the lottery
Don’t be fooled: Into thinking that you just have to buy the headphones. At this level you’ll need to look at decent amplification.
Rivals: Alessandro MS Pro (Musical Series Pro) Audio-Technica ATH-W5000 Take your pick of [...]

Price: $295
Don’t pay over: $295. Don’t get too happy bidding on ebay!
Description: Now you’re in the ‘Audiophile’ club
Good at: anything you want them to do.
Don’t be fooled: They are still Grado’s, and those ear pads are still uncomfortable.
Rivals: From a UK perspective, AKG k701 and Sennheiser HD650. Try the Audio Technica ATH-AD1000 and Beyerdynamic [...]

Price: $200
Don’t pay over: $200
Description: Getting closer to perfection, but no better in comfort
Good at: being piggy in the middle, still!
Don’t be fooled: By fast food restaurant nutritional leaflets
Rivals: Audio-Technica ATH-A900 - for a closed option
ebay: very, very rare to find them on ebay, because no one buys them in the first place.
Replacement parts: Grado [...]