Decent UK audio gear site?

[Hohum]

Would like to get a decent quality pair of headphones, e.g. Grado or the like, as I listen to quite a bit of music on my PC and my current ones aren't that great. Any online store recommendations? I'm after a reputable UK based site really, but I don't seem to be having much luck finding any stocking the sort of thing I'm after.

I know that OcUK have some Sennheisers, but was hoping to be able to check out some other brands too (such as Koss, the aforementioned Grado etc). Cheers

[kernow]

http://www.stoneaudio.co.uk/stoneaudio/products/browser2.asp?ManufacturerID=17

http://www.hifistore.co.uk/gen/grado.htm

of course I dont know how reputable they are, but I'd imagine they are just online shops with payment protection etc, so you should be fine.


grado eh? fabio the model has those too, sexy

[SubparMario]

Most decent heapdhones, and especially Grado have inflated prices in the UK and on UK websites so you may want to look further. The small US company Alessandro High-End Products is a partner of Grado and sell their own tweaked versions for great prices that include free shipping to the UK.

http://www.alessandro-products.com/headphones.html

Alessandro MS-1 = ~Grado SR80/SR125
Alessandro MS-2 = ~Grado SR325i
Alessandro MS-Pro = ~Grado RS-1

I'd also recommend some good AKG if you can find them. Or if you're looking into Sennheiser, there is a distributer on ebay.co.uk with nice prices.

Almost forgot, it is a US shop, but this is a great site to simply read about pretty much all of the high-end headphones: http://www.headphone.com/guide/by-manufacturer/

[djjimbob]

The problem with Grado phones is they are about aesthetically pleasing as a bag of sh*t.

Sound nice though.

[Crisp_Rapper]

The problem with Grado phones is they are about aesthetically pleasing as a bag of sh*t.

yeah, they're certainly 'indoor' headphones...

[Hohum]

Hehe, don't care about how they look

Kernow, I checked both of your links - hifistore.co.uk from what I can see don't actually sell them but give you a list of places you can buy them and what you should expect to pay. Good idea in theory, except under 'where you can buy' there's nothing listed ft: Stone Audio seem to stock them though, ?66.95 for Grado SR-60s doesn't sound too bad... wonder what postage cost is though, will have to investigate further.

Thanks for the help guys

[pcb_revival]

You could try.

http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/hp/2/

Is also a retail chain.

[Beefcurtains!]

Stone Audio are worth a go, their online service is top notch and they have a shop not far from where I live, the guy who runs it is sound.

[charlesr]

I've used superfi. And http://www.petertyson.co.uk/