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Recommend ~$20 can headphones

boomhower

boomhower

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I'm going to be spending five days in the hospital and need some headphones tp watch movies on my iPad. I usually us in ear but want some cans for comfort. This is going to be 95% movies and TV shows with very very little music. I know the price range isn't going to get real high quality but figure I'd get some advise to get the best I can. I like bass for sound effects but not so overpowering it kills the dialogue. Eyeing the Sennheiser HD 202 ii. The price isn't set in stone but don't want to go over $30 as I won't be using them much at all after this hospital stay. I need them to be from Amazon. Thanks guys/gals.
 
Actually if you're laid up for 5 days in a hospital bed I'd probably go with earbuds, as I don't like wearing even on ear headphones when I'm not upright. I find decent fitting earbuds/IEMs to be a lot more comfortable when in bed.

Koss KSC-75s or maybe PortaPros (not sure if they're down that cheap or not), might be good options as well.
 
darkswordsman17 said:
Actually if you're laid up for 5 days in a hospital bed I'd probably go with earbuds, as I don't like wearing even on ear headphones when I'm not upright. I find decent fitting earbuds/IEMs to be a lot more comfortable when in bed.

Koss KSC-75s or maybe PortaPros (not sure if they're down that cheap or not), might be good options as well.
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I am going to be in a recliner except for sleeping, just staying with my wife. I not the patient.
 
razel said:
+1 to the KSC-75. Fantastic sound and cheap. I used to have the PortaPros and moved to the KSC-75. Far more comfortable to me.
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I actually had to have a headband for the 75s to be comfortable to me (there was some cheap radio that came with headphones that had a metal band that the 75s could clip into) as I didn't like the earclips. But yeah I really enjoyed their sound.

I believe Koss made a closed circumaural headphone using those drivers but the price was just too high (was like $80 or something) compared so they were kinda considered a rip-off.

There's been a lot of improvements in headphones the past few years, and you can buy quite a few other good cheap headphones now too. Monoprice has a circumaural headphones for like $20 that sounds really good now. There's one or two others (I want to say there's a Tascam one, and it also improves a lot with a little bit of tinkering by damping the earcups).
 
Correction, I used to have the SportaPros. And yes, there a few more choices in the price with great sound over the years, but I found no need to try or change since I'm gotten accustomed to the KSC-75 and at $15-$20 available at many retail stores, it's nearly a no-brainer. I use it at work and run over it's cable with my chair many times. I'm currently on my 3rd pair over the course of 8 or 9 years maybe.

Women oddly seem to love them. I tell them, "They sound great." They say, "It looks great." Typical... The cuter they are, the faster they reply.
 
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