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Best Head-Phones?

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ScottDoom

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I'd like to know what head-phones are the best for my money. I don't use speakers because my parents would just tell me to turn it down all the time, and I can usually hear more with head-phones. They're good for gaming because I can hear people moving around in FPS, and they're good for music because you can hear things you would have never heard before.

Anyway, right now I only have Sony MDR-301s. They were ok at first, and the fake (maybe real?) bass was pretty good at first but after a few weeks I could hear stuff vibrating inside them. I turned my volume down, and the vibrating has stopped for now except in some songs with really deep bass.

I'd like to buy some really nice head-phones for anything under $200. I was thinking about getting the $150 Bose Triport head-phones, as Bose is supposed to be a good company and the Triports feature real bass. I've seen head-phones for about $30-$50 though, and I figured those would be ok.

Also, I only have the Creative Audigy X Gamer sound card. Would the Audigy 2 or whatever it is provide better quality sound (sharper treble, deeper bass) or just provide more support for 3D sound in several-speaker set ups?
 
I was thinking about getting the $150 Bose Triport head-phones, as Bose is supposed to be a good company and the Triports feature real bass.
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Well, first off, everyone knows Bose is known for their awkward, poor sounding audio equipment. HOwever, the triports are a gem amongst the otherwise craptacular bose line. THey are pretty good headphones, able to compete on par with my Sennheiser RS85 headphones... keep in mind, the sennheisers are wireless. But Bose equipment is well suited to budget shoppers such as yourself.

The Audigy 2 does support higher quality sound... assuming you had access to super high quality sound... But it's processing power for 3dgames is absolutely unmatched. And it supports EAX 3.0.
 
I listen to a lot of music, so I'd take the SR80's over the DSP-500's if what you say is true. Why do you say that the DSP-500's are best for gaming and SR80's are better for gaming and music? Also, how much are the SR80's and are they easy to find in a store or would I have to buy them online?
 
I second marvie's recommendation. Don't listen to anyone here, unless they've visited Head-Fi.
 
From experience the grado sr80s are very uncompfortable for long periods of time.
 
I find the SR-125s (same ergonomics) to be very comfortable. However, this is after I bent the headband slightly to fit my head. Now they rest on my head and ears, rather than clamp. I found this tip at Head-Fi too.🙂
 
I have a pair of Sennheiser HD-280 Pros that I really like alot.

They are very affordable (got mine for $85 awhile back) and once broken in sound awesome for closed ear phones.
They are good for non powered ports such as a walkman, as well as anything else like a stereo or gaming.
I really hear positions with the 280's in my games but I must admit I didn't like them at first until after about
100hrs of breaking them in.
 
I've listened to many headphones from Sony, Sennheiser, Grado, Koss, and some others. Grado, in my opinion, was clearly the best throughout it's product range (have heard SR60, SR80, SR125, and RS2). My new SR80s are quite comfortable.
 
Grado's are great
but to tell you the honest truth, Sony makes good headphones.
I've very happy with my CD-MDR380's

they were not that expensive, and sound very good even compared to the Grado's.
 
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