Headphones

[Juice Box]

Jesus Christ, this seems a little overboard if you ask me

 

[spidey07]

Somepeople spend a lot on audio.

I would pay 500 bucks for some killer headphones, but they wound't be earbuds.

 

[mobobuff]

Audiophiles get off on this kinda stuff.

 

[Juice Box]

I cant hear any differnence honestly. I got a SB Audigy and didnt notice ANYTHING diff between it and my mobo onboard sound.... freaks

 

[Kalvin00]

I'll take a $20 pair of headphones and spend the $480 on some nice electronic gadgets

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

For 500 dollars they better bore into my ear and directly vibrate the bones.

 

[gibbsman]

Wow! That's insane!

I bought a pair of Sony MDR-V700 DJ headphones...best things since sliced bread. I thought they were expensive at $100, but $500...ouch.

The V700's are simply amazing...but they aren't buds.

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: digitalsnare
I cant hear any differnence honestly. I got a SB Audigy and didnt notice ANYTHING diff between it and my mobo onboard sound.... freaks

That's because the Audigy is one of the worse cards you can get. Your onboard audio might even be better.

That's like saying "I swear, I drove a Civic and a Corolla and can't tell the difference ... freaks!"

 

[mundane]

If you spend that much cash on the ear buds, how much will you spend on the audio equipment to produce high quality sound that will differentiate those from a $10 (or even $50) pair?

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: diegoalcatraz
If you spend that much cash on the ear buds, how much will you spend on the audio equipment to produce high quality sound that will differentiate those from a $10 (or even $50) pair?

Just about anything would show the difference between nice phones and a 10-50 dollar pair and a nicer set.

 

[trmiv]

Most I would spend on headphones is what I spent on my Grado SR-60's, about $60.

 

[rh71]

sh!t I placed an order by mistake! I only wanted to see the shipping cost!

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: rh71
sh!t I placed an order by mistake! I only wanted to see the shipping cost!

Bam!

 

[Anubis]

500$ isnt even that much, the Grado RS-1s cost like 700, there are some senns that cost over 600$ and ive seen some that are overr 1000$, headphone amps run from like 300-2000$

for absolute sound quality highend headphones and a highend amp is unbeatable

 

[pyonir]

I paid $20 for mine at Walmart and they are good enough for me.

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: AyashiKaibutsu
For 500 dollars they better bore into my ear and directly vibrate the bones.

:thumbsup: Very nice!

I have heard some really nice headphones in my time. But to me, earbuds are earbuds. I have a $15 set of Sony earbuds that I use w/my MP3 player at the gym; they sound better than my friend's $100 set of headphones.

$500 for earbuds is insane...for that price....well, AK said it.

 

[FFactory0x]

I bought Sennheiser 497's and there awesome for gaming. Paid $50, Also got in on the $50 Telex deal and those speakers rock!!!

 

[Colt45]

i run $15 headphones and a $0.25 headphone amp.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Anubis
500$ isnt even that much, the Grado RS-1s cost like 700, there are some senns that cost over 600$ and ive seen some that are overr 1000$, headphone amps run from like 300-2000$

for absolute sound quality highend headphones and a highend amp is unbeatable

I like the way you think.

Although I still love the electrostat sound....so buttery smooth.

 

[chazdraves]

Originally posted by: rh71
sh!t I placed an order by mistake! I only wanted to see the shipping cost!

Ummm... Heh.

pwned

- Chaz

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: sygyzy

Originally posted by: digitalsnare
I cant hear any differnence honestly. I got a SB Audigy and didnt notice ANYTHING diff between it and my mobo onboard sound.... freaks

That's because the Audigy is one of the worse cards you can get. Your onboard audio might even be better.

That's like saying "I swear, I drove a Civic and a Corolla and can't tell the difference ... freaks!"

Dunno about the Audigy, but the Audigy 2 ZS upgrade was night & day vs. my onboard sound. If you can't tell the difference the problem may be a low quality source, speakers, headphones or ears While it's true that the Audigys shine for gaming and are beaten by other cards for music, they're no musical slouches, certainly not down at the bottom with onboard crap.

 

[sygyzy]

I don't think I have low quality anything in my flow. It also depends what onboard audio you are talking about. Soundstorm? Or other.

 

[oogabooga]

they arn't just headphones, their shure headphones, probally also to be used as in ear monitors. If you REALLY want to see overboard...


Sennheiser Orpheus -
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not even the most expensive headphones in the world i think. The people who buy these things arn't your dumbass college students with ipods, their the rock stars with sexy hot supermodel girlfriends who make enough money to buy these use them once and throw them away.

 

[BatmanNate]

That's nuts, I spent enough time just debating whether or not to spend $60 on a pair of Grado SR-60's. I'm not audiophile and I probably couldn't tell the difference between $500 and $2000 headphones, but I can tell that most of the <$30 ones are pretty crappy once you've heard nicer ones.

 

[loup garou]

I love my E2C's so much if I had $500 burning a hole in my pocket, I'd probably sell them and buy the 5C's.