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$500 cans on, this is how you dream right - Official Headphone Thread
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K.Jack said:
I'd go with IEM's for a long flight, but if you dislike having things lodged in your ears, you might look at something more along the lines of the Sennheiser HD-280's. (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000065BPB/?tag=neogaf0e-20)
If you really won't be able to tell the difference, there are a ton of cheap closed headphones out there.
Funky Papa
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Will check, thanks.
Any particular models that are laptop bag friendly? (not that I expect a lot...)
Any particular models that are laptop bag friendly? (not that I expect a lot...)
Yeah you're right.leng jai said:
I was just trying to think of a well respected pair of closed headphones and it didn't hit me that they're over double the price of the k702. The d2000 or d5000 aren't ones I could easily recommend cuz of the sucked out midrange and they're still pretty expensive.
Ultrasone HFI-580 are on sale for $140, cop those!
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
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The only thing it's missing is a link to this:Alucrid said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fWvub_WBho
Sunrise Audio SW-Xcapeimpruv said:
So what do we think about the new B&W C5? They seem to be a much greater value than the P5 with regard to price
erformance. And the mechanism that holds them in your ear seems great especially considering I don't do well with plugging rubber tips in my ears. Wish I could test run the things, I'd only be upgrading from Klipsch S4 so I don't know if the improvement would be worthwhile.
erformance. And the mechanism that holds them in your ear seems great especially considering I don't do well with plugging rubber tips in my ears. Wish I could test run the things, I'd only be upgrading from Klipsch S4 so I don't know if the improvement would be worthwhile.Hatredcopter
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I recently received these as a gift. They run for $170 on Amazon and I'm excited to try 'em out as my best pair is worth no more than $30. Anyone ever give these a listen?
Sony MDR-NC200D Digital Noise-Canceling Headphones
Sony MDR-NC200D Digital Noise-Canceling Headphones
AbsoluteZero
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Really considering the Bose over-ear headphones next time I'm purchasing. The Sony set I have sounds great but is hella uncomfortable.
Cereal KiIIer
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My Etymotic HF2 died on me yesterday
Just bought those this afternoon:
I almost went for a pair of ER4 but the HF5 use the same drivers and I could not justify paying 150$ more for more or less the same thing.
Just bought those this afternoon:
I almost went for a pair of ER4 but the HF5 use the same drivers and I could not justify paying 150$ more for more or less the same thing.
So Im doing some more sideways upgrades by trying out some new headphones. I just got delivery of some MD5000 headphones. these are modified Denon D5000 with dampened drivers and some light stuffing in the cups. I got a really nice price on them on head-fi used (<500 USD and this would typically sell for around 800 with these mods)
I had previously owned the stock D5000 but sold them as I felt the midrange was too sucked out and the bass too heavy. well, boy oh boy, these modded ones are soooo much better.
great midrange. nice and forward but not excessively so. highs are very nice and clear - these are very detailed headphones and they dont suffer from the overly bright sound of most grados (the cans that have my favourite midrange).
but these also retain the famous bass impact that the regular D5000 have. it just doesnt feel bloated. its much tighter. this really helps when listening to anything with a driving bass-line.
jeesh. these are really, really good. I prefer them to my Grado HF2 at first blush. they excel at a couple more genres compared to the HF2 (specifically hip hop and jazz)
I had previously owned the stock D5000 but sold them as I felt the midrange was too sucked out and the bass too heavy. well, boy oh boy, these modded ones are soooo much better.
great midrange. nice and forward but not excessively so. highs are very nice and clear - these are very detailed headphones and they dont suffer from the overly bright sound of most grados (the cans that have my favourite midrange).
but these also retain the famous bass impact that the regular D5000 have. it just doesnt feel bloated. its much tighter. this really helps when listening to anything with a driving bass-line.
jeesh. these are really, really good. I prefer them to my Grado HF2 at first blush. they excel at a couple more genres compared to the HF2 (specifically hip hop and jazz)
Robobandit
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I want to buy a pair of Smeggy's (from Head-Fi) "Thunderpants".. those are reportedly awesome.. maybe one of these days..
Zeth said:So what do we think about the new B&W C5? They seem to be a much greater value than the P5 with regard to price
Looking at these as well, as replacements for old shure e3Cs that have been replaced and finally broken again out of warranty. Reviews are good, but people's opinions do seem to split when it comes to b&w. P5 was either really good or 'the worst headphones i ever listened to.'
Gvaz said:
personally i use this to hang my hd555s cost me $7.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Canopy-Ba...gMethod=Recommendation:wm:RecentlyViewedItems
opticalmace
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What are some FLAC-capable portable audio players with true line-outs? Ty.
HiResDes said:
I am a bit too impatient, thats true, but the overall money spent hasnt been too awful as I can resell old ones and not lose much money at all. (plus I straight up returned the DT1350 and HD 25-1 II that I talked about last week)
I still need to save up for weeks when I get stuff like the HF2 or these new MD5000. It helps that I sold off those super pricey LCD2 and PS1000 recently. Gives me some breathing room to experiment.
Im looking forward to your impressions of the HE-300.
FoxSpirit said:
I really did not like them. I went over it in some longass posts before.
very dark sound sig, very little treble energy, incredibly heavy on the head, tight clamping on my skull and stiff, awkward cables.
and I don't mean dark compared to grados (anything can be considered dark compared to a grado). I mean dark compared to some really nice, tonally accurate speaker setups, too. sound didn't feel right
I know I'm in the minority opinion but that's what it is.
I also intend to buy an HE-300 too, hopefully next month. I've been in love with their IEMs for so long, and the idea of HiFiMan cans which doesn't require extreme amping has me salivating.HiResDes said:
I look forward to seeing how your thoughts compare to mine.
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Looks like the V-Moda M80 Crossfades are getting more positive reviews these days...makes me feel good about the purchase more since my ears are probably less trained than other folks.
Been burning them in with pink noise when I'm not using them. Probably about 50-80 hours of uptime with them at this point.
Still loving them! Been watching HeadFi like a hawk to see how the reviews shake out. Both reviews submit at this point have been positive.
Been burning them in with pink noise when I'm not using them. Probably about 50-80 hours of uptime with them at this point.
Still loving them! Been watching HeadFi like a hawk to see how the reviews shake out. Both reviews submit at this point have been positive.
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