Looking to buy headphones

[Cristatus]

Basically, I'm looking to buy headphones for when I'm listening to music. The music I listen to is mostly EDM (Electronic Dance Music). The only requirements at the moment are that the headphones are:
*good sounding with EDM music
*cost 100 USD or less
*closed
*3.5 mm jack (i.e.: the kind of jack that is used on headphones on media players, such as the cliche example: the iPod's headphones.)
Portability is not an issue, as long as they can hang around my neck.

TIA

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[EvilYoda]

Grado SR-60 or SR-80

 

[darkswordsman17]

Those Grados aren't closed and I don't know that they would fit his music type well.

I think these would fit very well though.

 

[JAG87]

senn HD280 pro is the only headphone in your price range.

AKG K271 and beyerdynamic dt770 pro, are respectively the next step up, but they both fall out of your budget.

edit

also i forgot the audio technica ATH-A700. they can be had for cheap if you buy them at the right place, and they sound very good.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Here's a few more worth checking out.

http://www.amazon.com/AKG-Clos...adphones/dp/B000BDD56W
and
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-MDR...es-Voice/dp/B00001WRSJ
and
http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ...601&pf_rd_i=B00001WRSJ

The Denon is kinda out of the price range on Amazon, but Head-Fi talks about it being $100.
http://www.amazon.com/Denon-AH...&qid=1193409191&sr=1-2

 

[herm0016]

there are a lot of phones in that price range jag, the sony 7506 and v6 is another one, and theses are the standard headphone for studio work.

 

[JAG87]

yea but none compare to the ones I listed. I wouldn't touch a sony sealed headphone with a 10-foot pole.

hd280 or ath A700 is my is my recommendation, unless the op wants to stretch his budget.

edit
I strongly discourage supraural headphones since they seal absolutely nothing. circumaural is the only way to go.

 

[herm0016]

the equation audio phones are supposedly really nice too. i am thinking about picking up those for my trip to cali in a few weeks. jag, the sony's are the standard in the recording industry, they have great freq. response. have you actually listend to the higher end sony stuff? you may be surprised. the lower end consumer stuff does suck though.

 

[JAG87]

I have heard them, and they are horrible. I don't see how anyone can like a Sony monitoring headphone over a Sennheiser or AKG. Its mind boggling.

You know what now that you mention it, I think I'm starting to understand why all the new 2006 and 2007 albums sound like complete shit. Every time I listen to a new album I hear overdone bass to the point where it distorts, or other horrible noises. Sure the noises aren't heard in speakers and the bass sounds real good on that 12 inch sub in your car, but with good reference headphones it makes me wanna vomit. I gotta go back to pre 2000 for a decently recorded album. Maybe back in those days recording studios still had some salt in their brains and used decent headphones instead of Sony's.

 

[Cristatus]

That is a lot of choice that I have there. The only problem now is that I have to find a place where I can sample these headphones. Problem is, I live in England

JAG: is this you http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=231062 ?

Oh yea, I was hoping for circumaurals. I hate supraurals.

Also, I must say that I like to listen to bass heavy music such as jumpstyle, gabber music such as that by the Rotterdam Terror Corps.

 

[JAG87]

no sir, my alias on headfi is JAG87, the same as AT

 

[herm0016]

the sony cans have been used for many many years. i think the newer albums also sound like trash too. I don't think its an equipment problem, its a problem of talent and mass market, the market likes the crap, so thats what they get, they don't know any better than to think their ipods and low bit rate mp3s are HiFi.

 

[JAG87]

Originally posted by: herm0016
the sony cans have been used for many many years. i think the newer albums also sound like trash too. I don't think its an equipment problem, its a problem of talent and mass market, the market likes the crap, so thats what they get, they don't know any better than to think their ipods and low bit rate mp3s are HiFi.

:thumbsup:

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: herm0016
the sony cans have been used for many many years. i think the newer albums also sound like trash too. I don't think its an equipment problem, its a problem of talent and mass market, the market likes the crap, so thats what they get, they don't know any better than to think their ipods and low bit rate mp3s are HiFi.

Bless you! I cant stand seeing people with ipods and using the crappy ipod buds. Really, if you spent so mush on a crappy ipod at least buy some decent headphones!


But, I do love my MDR-V6 cans. Ive had them for around 17-18 years and they are still going strong. I mostly use my Denon AH-D750 (off the market for YEARS now) and love them both. maybe nearly 2 decades of burn-in had made my V6s great, I dunno, but they have gone through a lot and are still in one piece. Sony's headphone line sub-$250 really is horrid, except for the V6, if you can find an original pair.

BTW, I have the Sennheiser (among many senn models) 280Pro and, IMO, they are the worse sounding cans I own. I have had them for nearly 2 years and no matter how much burn-in I give it they just dont warm up. They also cannot take any amount of decent power before clipping.

 

[cw42]

I've owned both the Senn HD280s and the Sony V6/7506. I preferred the 280s due to them being more comfortable, isolated better, and less bloated on the bass. Yes, you can get new pads for the V6's to solve some of those issues, but that's another $20 or so.

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: cw42
I've owned both the Senn HD280s and the Sony V6/7506. I preferred the 280s due to them being more comfortable, isolated better, and less bloated on the bass. Yes, you can get new pads for the V6's to solve some of those issues, but that's another $20 or so.

I found the 280s to be extremely uncomfortable, maybe my head is too fat, but they feel like a vice grip after an hour or so. They do have good isolation but completely lack any power handling.