Headphones Recommendations

[RandomFool]

I like the Marshmellows mostly because they're pretty good at blocking out noise on the plane.

 

[Ballatician]

Originally posted by: Oyeve

Originally posted by: Ballatician
Also, how are these?

http://www.amazon.com/JVC-HANC...?ie=UTF8&s=electronics

I have never heard a decent sounding noise canceling headset except for the Bose comfort I and II, but those cost way too much.

Noise cancellation isn't too important to me. It's more having comfortable phones that do not go into my ears..

 

[Baked]

Ultimate Ears EU-11, or nothing.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Baked
Ultimate Ears EU-11, or nothing.

Aren't those about $1,000 over his budget?

KT

 

[Ballatician]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: Baked
Ultimate Ears EU-11, or nothing.

Aren't those about $1,000 over his budget?

KT

Yea $1150 is definitely too high for me wow

 

[Ballatician]

Originally posted by: Ballatician

Originally posted by: uhohs
<$100

open headphones that don't isolate and leak some sound
koss ksc75
koss porta pro
sennheiser px100
sennheiser eh350
grado sr60/80 & alessandro ms-1 (might be too big and clunky for you)
audio technica ad700 (big and clunky)

for closed cans
denon d1000
equation rp-21
audio technica es7
audio technica a700
akg k81dj

canalphones/iems
jvc marshmallows
creative ep630/sennheiser cx300 (bass oriented imho)
jbl reference 220 (bass oriented, but better bass than the creative/sennheiser imho)
ultimate ears super.fi 3
altec lansing im716/etymotic er6 (probably too bass light for your listening habits)
denon c700 (these have been highly recommended over at head-fi recently, but the $99 sale price is gone for now)

feel free to visit head-fi.org for more info, but it'll probably be information overload and too much stuff to read. lol

the best values imo are the koss ksc75 and jvc marshmallows which both can be had for <$20 usually.

This is a good list. I recently got a 3g nano as a present so I've been looking hard for a pair of big headphones (pref over ear but on ear could work). I realize they are going to eat the battery life of the nano but I really don't like in ear phones.

Other than sound quality and price, comfort is important to me. A lot of the AKG headphones look super comfortable (at a steep price). Is there any place to actually try headphones on before buying?

I need to buy these in the next week or so too.

BUMP

What's a good big box store to look at headphones? Fry's has a decent collection but other than them online seems like my best option..

 

[biggestmuff]

Here's a good question that I don't see being asked, what is the bitrate of the files on your iPod?

 

[Ballatician]

Most are 256-320 kbps but I do have some must have's that are 192

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
Here's a good question that I don't see being asked, what is the bitrate of the files on your iPod?

So true. A good set of headphones and you hear all the flaws on low-bit tunes.

 

[biggestmuff]

Originally posted by: Oyeve

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
Here's a good question that I don't see being asked, what is the bitrate of the files on your iPod?

So true. A good set of headphones and you hear all the flaws on low-bit tunes.

That's a good way to look at it too, but my point, which I didn't clarify, was not to waste much money if he just had lower bitrate files.