Suggestions for Headphones

[shadowcat]

Congrats, a great choice!
When I read your first post, I immediately thought "770 PRO"!

I own them and a pair of AKG K501 (which were the first HiFi headphones I got). The Beyerdynamics were a great addition, especially awesome for listening to metal and studio work, but not so great for classical stuff and for use with my digital piano (because of the extra bass).

They are not as transparent as the K501's, but MORE FUN to listen to!

[delt]

oops double post

[delt]

I like my modded $10 dollarama shell (comfy, and has a volume pot on each ear) with really good speakers that come from a broken pair of sony's

[KMud]

Im also an AKG 271 user for my little home studio. My mixes improved quite a bit with the purchase of them. With a good amplifier they play ultra clean to ear shattering levels, and take a LOAD of abuse *ive ran over my chord a thousand times and had the volume dialed numerous times with no issues*

Brand new they are pricy, but I bought mine off Ebay for 140$ and am happy (I upgraded from Senn HD590's)

Another AKG 271 user here, they make my ears sweat though

[VinceV]

Damn who bumped an almost 2 year old thread, and acted like this was a topic we were all talking about yesterday?:ROTF:

[emperor_black]

It was me! I have been wanting to buy a good pair of headphones but always felt the zillion threads out there weren't giving me all the info I needed. This thread seemed to be the best of 'em and I decided to ask the question.

[Cygnus X1]

Nothing wrong with reviving this...I would not have thought to search "headphones" in this forum. Good call, Emp. I've learned a bit.

[jackson1]

Damn who bumped an almost 2 year old thread, and acted like this was a topic we were all talking about yesterday?:ROTF:

Let's make that 1 year, shall we

[VinceV]

Actually this thread was what got me to look around and by my 1st pair of Sennheisser HD650.


Check out this Forum for alot of info.

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/index.php?

[VinceV]

Let's make that 1 year, shall we

Oops, sorry 1 year.

[gemini8026]

I was reading the thread and thought, hmm, that guys got a good recommendation, then I looked and it was me

Great minds think alike! :s

[emperor_black]

Actually this thread was what got me to look around and by my 1st pair of Sennheisser HD650.


Check out this Forum for alot of info.

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/index.php?

Wow man, that's a LOT of info. Thanks! But the HD650 is waaaayyy out of my budget.

[shadowcat]

DAMN!

I just reread the thread and found TWO responses of mine and the first looked so unfamiliar... I totally didn't notice that this thread was this old and it was really fucking with my head for a minute!

Interesting that I posted pretty much exactly the same now as one year ago, so my opinion has not changed at all.

[emperor_black]

Well, the search is over. I got myself these cans...

Sony MDR-V6



Exact in specs to "the studio standard" MDR-7506 except for a better freq response and a few cosmetic differences

Artifacts of the black rain has never sounded better through headphones. Those subtle bass drum beats which I could hear only through my 800Watt home stereo system, I can finally hear through heaphones. LOL

Thanks to Vince for pointing me to that head-fi.org forum. If you are considering a Sony MDR-7506, get these instead. cheaper and better. That's the forum's consensus anyways.