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As stated in our SR125 headphones review, here’s Grado’s upgrade to its previously introduced SR125. The thing with most Grado headphones and other manufacturers is that when the respective companies announce upgrades, they are seldom different from their predecessors. The upgrades, as you might guess, are usually a way for a company to liquidate its previous models, introduce something fresh with a higher price tag and tweak whatever specifications it left unpolished with the first version. The release of the SR225 follows the same formula.

Grado has kept the exterior look of the SR125 headphones, which looks nice with a black color scheme and a flexible headband. The uncomfortable issues are still there, but the performance has been boosted quite a bit with this particular model. We recommend you read our SR125 and SR80 reviews for our take on the looks and drawbacks on the SR line of headphones.

Instead of repeating ourselves and adding redundancy in articles, we’ll limit our focus to performance and final recommendation in this article.

Two problems we noted with the SR125 was a mediocre bass and unfulfilling mid frequency. Thankfully though, Grado has fixed both of these issues. The audio quality is much better with a rock solid bass, especially in games. Other than what’s mentioned here, the sound quality was crystal clear with proportionate volume levels and high and low frequencies.

The average price of the SR225 is $200.00, which is $50.00 or 25 percent higher than the SR125 price tag. Considering the audio improvements that Grado has made in addition to the finely polished exterior, the $50.00 is justifiable. If you are looking to get a quality pair of headphones, Grado’s SR225 are the way to go.