I can't seem to find my own thread about headphones. So now I'm going to use this one. As you all know, I plan on getting another high-end headphones. Along with that, I want to get 2 more regular headphones. The high-end can either be closed or opened cans, the other two can be either as well though they must be at about mid-range headphones. I'm looking at a price point of between 30-80 USD per headphone for the mid-range. Both will be used for light work and entertainment - like listening on the Nexus 4/5/7, laptop, PS Vita.
What do you guys suggest?
I'm assuming you're not planning on buying a portable headphone amp for your Vita or portable computer things.
The
Superlux HD668B and
Superlux HD 661 are nice for the price. Definitely not the best headphones around, but they are a safe choice.
Koss seem to make a lot of decent low-end stuff, and if I wasn't the most broke motherfucka, I'd buy some. That said
Koss SportaPro,
Koss KSC75, and
Koss PortaPro seem to be excellent values. Amazon currently have them for sell, so they're stupidly cheap.
Creative Aurvana Live! (CAL) are some headphones you'll see recommended a lot. They're a bit bassy apparently, but if you're into that kind of thing, they seem like a good value.
Philips SHP2500, too. Well, I don't know really; I've only seen one person talk about them, but still, it might be worth it to check out.
Are you opposed to IEMs? They seem better suited for the Nexus(es) and Vita than headphones.
You can try taking a look at SoundMagic, Fischer Audio, and Brainwavez stuff. I hear the build quality of FA's stuff may be a little questionable, but they seem to offer good sub-$80 IEMs.
As for the high end, what's your max budget for that $300?
You may want to check out some of Sony's offering. Specifically, the
Sony MDRMA900 looks good as well as does the
Sony MDR-1R. AKG has their
Quincy Jones's AKG Q 701 which seem to be good and not like Beats by Dr. Dre at all. They also have the
AKG K701 and
AKG K702. I pretty sure all three of them sound similar, but you'd have to check the reviews. You're probably familiar with Audio-Technica's
ATH-M50 and
AD700(X). The AD700X just seems to be a slightly different AD700, so there's that.
Beyerdynamic DT-990-Pro seem to be good for the price. Philips are offering their
Philips PhiFidelio X1 and
Philips L1 for a good price, also. If you want a Sennheiser, check the
Sennheiser HD 598. The
V-MODA Crossfade M-80 looks pretty.
Hope that helps narrow down the search a bit.
