Bose Quietcomfort 2's great for music

[IAteYourMother]

sennheiser shmenheiser. Try Koss KSC-75s. they're way cheaper and sound awesome, or eve Grado sr-60s.

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: IAteYourMother
sennheiser shmenheiser. Try Koss KSC-75s. they're way cheaper and sound awesome, or eve Grado sr-60s.

I have a strong feeling that it's really just opinion at this point, I just need a pair of headphones that I can keep a long time, wouldn't drive a room mate crazy and sounds good with a price of around $300 or less. So far I got the Bose QuietComfort Headphones, The Etymotic Research ER-4P, Headroom Total AirHead Combo, the Sennheiser HD650 and HD595, any other suggestions I should check out?

 

[sniperruff]

Originally posted by: Smartazz

Originally posted by: IAteYourMother
sennheiser shmenheiser. Try Koss KSC-75s. they're way cheaper and sound awesome, or eve Grado sr-60s.

I have a strong feeling that it's really just opinion at this point, I just need a pair of headphones that I can keep a long time, wouldn't drive a room mate crazy and sounds good with a price of around $300 or less. So far I got the Bose QuietComfort Headphones, The Etymotic Research ER-4P, Headroom Total AirHead Combo, the Sennheiser HD650 and HD595, any other suggestions I should check out?

like i said, those higher end sennheiser's may need a headphone amp. go with a cheaper closed headphone like the HD280 or the sony V6.

 

[Smartazz]

I won't be traveling with these headphones much so getting an amp might not be a problem, I still have a few months to think about it.

 

[dighn]

first of all, the newer HD595s (50ohm version) are very easy to drive. they sounded just fine without an amp to me.

amps can be expensive but for a midrange one ~100 is probably sufficient. I built myself a cmoy (entry level DIY amp, but decent) for under 50usd so you can probably grab one off ebay or something for not much more than that.

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: Smartazz
I can't stand crush your ear type headphones, either, I prefer larger headphones, I already have a pair of cheaper headphones that I use for portablility, this will mainly be for my computer, because I can't keep my speaker system for it anymore.
edit: I don't know much about all these sound terms, is there a guide someone made?

http://www.headphone.com/guide/
and yea headfi http://www.head-fi.org/

sweet guide, thanks.

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17

I agree, after giving another brand a try (AudioTechnica) I no longer am as big of a fan of the Sennheiser sound. However, they will sound better for the price than the Bose, and will actually not break after two weeks as it seems a lot of people complain about the QC's do.

You can do a lot better for the price, in either full headphones or in ear monitors (IEMs), so do more research and check out places like Headfi.

Audio-Technica A900 is a sweet spot for closed headphones. I use the Sennheiser HD650 (recabled) as my reference.

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: Baked

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17

I agree, after giving another brand a try (AudioTechnica) I no longer am as big of a fan of the Sennheiser sound. However, they will sound better for the price than the Bose, and will actually not break after two weeks as it seems a lot of people complain about the QC's do.

You can do a lot better for the price, in either full headphones or in ear monitors (IEMs), so do more research and check out places like Headfi.

Audio-Technica A900 is a sweet spot for closed headphones. I use the Sennheiser HD650 (recabled) as my reference.

what's better?

 

[IAteYourMother]

Originally posted by: Smartazz

Originally posted by: Baked

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17

I agree, after giving another brand a try (AudioTechnica) I no longer am as big of a fan of the Sennheiser sound. However, they will sound better for the price than the Bose, and will actually not break after two weeks as it seems a lot of people complain about the QC's do.

You can do a lot better for the price, in either full headphones or in ear monitors (IEMs), so do more research and check out places like Headfi.

Audio-Technica A900 is a sweet spot for closed headphones. I use the Sennheiser HD650 (recabled) as my reference.

what's better?

650 is technically better. After all, it's his reference. However, I think the A900 is a decent headphone, although it has its pitfalls. 650s I'm not particularly fond of, rather dark and while resolving, I find the AKG presentation much more appealing.

 

[Smartazz]

What's the diffrence between closed and open headphones?

 

[imported_bum]

Closed headphones are "sealed" and don't let sound outside of the headphones. They also isolate some of the sound around you. Open headphones have openings on the ear cups (think mesh or grill) that let sound in and out. Based on what you described you want closed headphones. IEMs (in ear monitors) are like closed headphones because they make a sealed fit with your ear and block out some sound.

You will get lots of different opinions here as to what's the best headphone. Figure out what your budget it, what type of music you will listen to, if you want to do any movies or gaming, and what your source will be (i.e. computer soundcard with no amp, cd player, etc.). Then just go to head-fi.org like others suggested and start researching.

With an X-fi you should be able to drive (in other words use the headphones to their potential) some headphones pretty well, for other headphones people will suggest an amp. At $300, you will be able to get good headphones and an amp if you like.

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: bum
Closed headphones are "sealed" and don't let sound outside of the headphones. They also isolate some of the sound around you. Open headphones have openings on the ear cups (think mesh or grill) that let sound in and out. Based on what you described you want closed headphones. IEMs (in ear monitors) are like closed headphones because they make a sealed fit with your ear and block out some sound.

yeah, I don't like IEMs, and I don't like open headphones, I'm looking for closed headphones.

 

[imported_bum]

If you meant the difference in how they actually sound, then that's a lot harder to describe. It really just depends on the headphones.

edit: By the way, for gaming headphones, start by looking up Audio-Technica Audio-Technica a500s, Audio-Technica a900s, or Beyerdynamic dt770-80s

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: Smartazz

Originally posted by: Baked
Audio-Technica A900 is a sweet spot for closed headphones. I use the Sennheiser HD650 (recabled) as my reference.

what's better?

AT A900 for gaming and movies. Senn HD650 for music.