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Looking for specific headphones
TMRNetShark:
That's the one thing I've heard negative about the Sennheiser HD25-1 II. But after I break in the "head band"... then the comfort level goes up. Not too big of a deal to break in head phones... but if it continually hurts my ears... then fuck 'em!
BTW, my current headphones are Sony MDR-NC7 ($50 noise cancelling headphones...). For $50, they work well and I've gotten a lot of use out of them. The only thing is that the sound quality is only "meh" compared to my sound system (which only costs around $150...). So these headphones needs to be a good buy to upgrade my listening experience. XD
AnimeJanai:
Many users mistakenly think that (1) comfort and (2) accurate frequency response are the primary ratings for headphones. That is incorrect. The third major factor is rate of response which is similar to "rise time" in concept.
I have always liked and used Sony MDR-V6 (not V600) headphones for both physical comfort and audio accuracy. They are studio monitor type headphones which means they reproduce the audio fairly accurately and have an "okay" rate of response.. I prefer frequency accuracy in the headphones. Many people don't have ideal hearing response levels across the frequency spectrum and so the Sony MCR-V6 might not be for them. They may prefer headphones that color the music or have a "faster response" crispness that the much higher cost headphones have. But I am fairly confident that the MDR-V6 is the best value in the range below $250 headphones. I've seen the "DR DRE" rapstar headphone line at Fry's and they seem all that impressive to me unless you need to "prove" you are an edgy type person to your friends by wearing them along with some tattoos. Also, I'm not into those other types of strange high-end high-cost headphones which also come with required headphone driver amplifiers. One of them even comes with vacuum tube amps. Ugh.
It is possible to beat the Sony MDR-V6 with fast-response headphones but that type of music is not what I listen to. Amazon.com has them at a good price.
TMRNetShark:
--- Quote from: AnimeJanai on December 29, 2011, 05:34:48 AM ---Many users mistakenly think that (1) comfort and (2) accurate frequency response are the primary ratings for headphones. That is incorrect. The third major factor is rate of response which is similar to "rise time" in concept.
I have always liked and used Sony MDR-V6 (not V600) headphones for both physical comfort and audio accuracy. They are studio monitor type headphones which means they reproduce the audio fairly accurately and have an "okay" rate of response.. I prefer frequency accuracy in the headphones. Many people don't have ideal hearing response levels across the frequency spectrum and so the Sony MCR-V6 might not be for them. They may prefer headphones that color the music or have a "faster response" crispness that the much higher cost headphones have. But I am fairly confident that the MDR-V6 is the best value in the range below $250 headphones. I've seen the "DR DRE" rapstar headphone line at Fry's and they seem all that impressive to me unless you need to "prove" you are an edgy type person to your friends by wearing them along with some tattoos. Also, I'm not into those other types of strange high-end high-cost headphones which also come with required headphone driver amplifiers. One of them even comes with vacuum tube amps. Ugh.
It is possible to beat the Sony MDR-V6 with fast-response headphones but that type of music is not what I listen to. Amazon.com has them at a good price.
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Nice suggestion... but besides being cheaper than the Sennheiser, does it have anything else in it's advantage? Honestly, for $62~ on Amazon, the Sony MDR-V6 looks temping (and I've officially bookmarked it)... but I want to be convinced that it's very comparable if not on the same level as the Sennheiser. The only thing that the Sennheiser has over the Sony (that I can tell from my research) is that the Sennheiser has a slightly better Impedance and sensitivity (aka, I don't know what it means, but more is usually better XD). Now all I want to know is that will I notice the difference OR is spending the extra $70-$90 worth getting the "better" product?
fohfoh:
Actually, Sony headphones aren't bad either. I can't remember what model I played with in HK, MDR-400 or something, and they were actually quite nice with a price point that wasn't overbearing either. They're actually a set that's worth playing with, but not super durable that I'd run around places with. That's why I have the HD280 pro and soon the DT770. They're beaters.
Sony MDR have always been nice in my books, but moreso for an actual studio set up.
AnimeJanai:
--- Quote from: TMRNetShark ---Now all I want to know is that will I notice the difference OR is spending the extra $70-$90 worth getting the "better" product?
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I just don't know because I have not worn the Sennheisers to compare to the MDR-V6. And if my ears have a different audio response curve than yours, it makes comparisons possibly inaccurate when using important types of descriptions such as "it has more/less bass ambience 'aftertaste' you get when your chest physically thumps from bass subwoofers" or "the multiple violins' interbeat notes have a faster NON-muddy rise and falloff". While both types of descriptions relate to the response rate of headphones, I'm not willing to go find a high-end audio store to pretend to test drive their Sennheisers. I remember one time I got the sales pitch for monster cables. UGH UGH. The salesman told me how important it was to have flexible shielded cables with good insulation to prevent noise and static getting in; that was his lead to get me to psychologically say "yes" and thus have a "yes" frame of mind as he led into the monster powerbar and power cords. Shielded powercords protect the gear better and using the monster powerbar is also important to protect against static and small types of power-surges that have effects on audio that regular powerbars don't consider. I cut him down with the talk about filtered power supplies in the gear being adequate and by the way, how about them unshield powerlines in the wall going to the wall socket? Isn't it useless to shield the powercord going from the wall-socket to the audiogear when all that other wire is unshielded all the way to the hydroelectric power generators at the dam? Humbug on sales talk on high-end high-cost gear.
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