Grados are amazing....and I only had the SR-60....to bad they're open headphones
x2. i have a pair of ok senn's, but i much prefer my ok computer speakers (some logitech 4.1 doodadamabobber). it's just way more comfy to not have headphones on. just IMO //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif of course my opinion could change if i had a set of ridiculously priced buds like cj's, but i'm never gonna buy something like that.
and AVSTANG02, u win dumbfvck of the year award. no one gives a flying fvck what u think and if u have nothing to contribute then stfu. this thread seems perfectly fine to me and is way more thought provoking than 90% of the threads around here.
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My bro has these Radio Shack in ear buds. Wow, those suckers sound really really good.
I was suprised at the output they had. They also fit in really nice because they have foam you insert into your ear
CJ is his bum buddy
I was suprised at the output they had. They also fit in really nice because they have foam you insert into your ear
CJ is his bum buddy
Im just as into headphones as I am car audio, and after going through about 3 different brands/pairs I finally settled on the ideal pair (for me) about a year ago, and would highly recommend them to anyone who likes that "car audio sound" They are the ATH-A900's from AudioTechnica and I don't believe they sell them here in the states, and I had to order mine from http://www.audiocubes.com who then imported them from Japan. They run about $210 shipped.
These phones have excellent bass, and if you use the Dee2 plugin for winamp, it sounds very similiar to an above average car audio system, sub and all. Most headphones fail miserably at reproducing bass, but these get the job done.
You pretty much HAVE to have a headphone amplifier if you want to get good sound out of your headphones.. just like you wouldn't buy a $200 comp set for your car and then amp it off your headunit, you shouldnt spend $200 on headphones and run them off your soundcard or regular headphone jack. A decent headphone amp will run you about $200, so your looking at about $410-$450 total for your headphone setup, but if you crave good sound while your home and can't blast your music outloud, then it's well worth it.
These phones have excellent bass, and if you use the Dee2 plugin for winamp, it sounds very similiar to an above average car audio system, sub and all. Most headphones fail miserably at reproducing bass, but these get the job done.
You pretty much HAVE to have a headphone amplifier if you want to get good sound out of your headphones.. just like you wouldn't buy a $200 comp set for your car and then amp it off your headunit, you shouldnt spend $200 on headphones and run them off your soundcard or regular headphone jack. A decent headphone amp will run you about $200, so your looking at about $410-$450 total for your headphone setup, but if you crave good sound while your home and can't blast your music outloud, then it's well worth it.
Those aforementioned sony earbuds have great sound, but have NO build quality at all. I can blow a set in less than a month at normal listening volume.
Oh, and that $400 number is WAY too inaccurate, I'm looking at tube amplifier for headphones for $20. =) How's that for audiophile?
Oh, and that $400 number is WAY too inaccurate, I'm looking at tube amplifier for headphones for $20. =) How's that for audiophile?
I got a pair of Sennheiser HD series headphones. They definatly out match most headphones. Built extremly well and the sound is great
//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif Again.. headphone equipment is a lot like car audio equipment, you get what you pay for. I would tend to think of a $20 headphone amp as being the headphone world equivelant to one of those "4000 watt" 'Super Ultra Bass Slammer Fusion Core Xtra Nuclear Power' Subwoofer Amps that you can buy on eBay for $60.. brands like volfenhag and kingwood for example.
You can build your own little headphone amp using about $50 worth of parts and an altoids tin, but those amps are very insufficient for driving anything other than earbuds and small portable headphone. If you want that 'car audio' sound I was talking about, with plenty of bass, you need a respectable pair of home phones like the ATH-A900's, and you can expect to pay $200+ for an amp powerful enough to drive them to their potential.. and thats if you go the custom built route, which is cheaper than buying a mainstream brand headphone amp from a retailer. Theres a guy from the http://www.headfi.com forums named JMT that builds custom amps and his site is http://jmtaudio.com/ - he built my amp for $200 and it sounds great and has been going strong for almost 3 years now.
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By bass to you mean the midbass or low end response?
Headphones have many advantages. They dont have to worry about room interactions, they don't have to move as far to produce a full range signal so they distort less, it's cheeper to make and power a great heaphone than a great speaker system. But, IMO, speakers still win out. Just about all music was designed using speakers, most sound engineers try to replicate a live performance where the music is comming from infront of you. Also, speakers completely beat out headphones in the low frequency department. Not only is it louder, but you can feel the bass too. Soundstage is better, imaging is better, depth is better. And I don't get that weird feeling in my brain from only hearing sound in one ear and not the other.
JonJT, I agree, a good home audio speaker setup is the way to go.
I've got a ~$180 boston acoustics computer speakers set, and then my ~$430 headphone setup, and I would definitely rather listen to the speakers. This sounds kind of funny, but I sort of think of headphones as speaker emulators. They can sound great, but they arn't the real deal.
Because I live in an apartment and can't blast my speakers outloud at very high volumes, headphones are a good acceptable alternative to me, but if I lived in a house and didn't have to worry about disturbing others, I'd be a speakerman.
I've got a ~$180 boston acoustics computer speakers set, and then my ~$430 headphone setup, and I would definitely rather listen to the speakers. This sounds kind of funny, but I sort of think of headphones as speaker emulators. They can sound great, but they arn't the real deal.
Because I live in an apartment and can't blast my speakers outloud at very high volumes, headphones are a good acceptable alternative to me, but if I lived in a house and didn't have to worry about disturbing others, I'd be a speakerman.
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20wM doesnt sound as appealing as 2000W or in Frostys case, 98dB/1w with 5W of tube power.
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Why do i even bother with the tube jokes ?
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