Reply to: Decent Headphones?

[Ravello]

AKG or Beyerdynamics.
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Sennheiser are alright but IMO poorly made and not as long lasting.

Wow there is a whole new world out there for the true headphone connoisseur! FWIW I like the Denons as they're seemingly made from wood.

[Cliphead]

I bought these for the studio as they were cheap and would do for singers being recorded with a backing track. Amazing value for money at around £40.


RVH95 Studio Monitor Headphones

[realityhack]

AKG or Beyerdynamics.
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Sennheiser are alright but IMO poorly made and not as long lasting.

[doodab]

OK they don't seem to make the exact ones I have any more, this seems to be this years version:

Sennheiser UK - HD 558

I also have some of these Sennheiser UK - HD 280 PRO which aren't actively noise cancelling but block out noise like ear muffs.

I bought the missus some cordless ones a while ago as well

They all go around the ear rather than on top of it which I find a lot more comfortable, it does make them bulkier though. I wasn't keen on the AKG ones as they mostly sit on top.

[Ravello]

Mmmm

I think you have a different type of vice in mind...

[Ignis Fatuus]

There's a good way to have your head in a vice?

Mmmm

[Ravello]

These are excellent:

ESP950 Electrostatic Headphones - full size headphones - headphones - products - koss headphones

Sadly, wearing them is like having your head in a vice, and not in a good way.

There's a good way to have your head in a vice?

[Ravello]

I have some sennheiser ones, i forget the model but they are comfy and sound excellent IMO. Cost about £100

I would find a shop you can try them on for comfort.

WDS

Excellent noise cancelling on them as well.

Ta, I'll have a look.

[Support Monkey]

Don't buy the Dr Dre - me and a collegue bought a pair and within weeks the volume control on the cable had broken, the headphones had come apart needing some glue and the sound cancelling is not as good as it could be - the QC3 are a lot better at that.

The sound on the Dr Dre is pretty good, very bass heavy but personally I didn't love them.

Me neither, my son had been on about getting some for a while and he said he only wanted the in ear ones not the full size i told him to jog on when i saw the price, £69 for in the bud ones, their havin a laugh, especially the way he goes through them.

I went into HMV and tried some and i didn't think they were any better than the cheap ones and then i looked on the shelf and they were next to the Diddy sound and GA GA headphones, The marketing Power of a name hey

[Ravello]

I bought these a few month a go and they still work. Super long lead.

Philips SHP2500/00 Indoor Corded Television Headphones: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

Has a volume control too.

Works for me. Not sure what you get by spending 10 times as much.

I'm not sure either, but I'm deaf in one ear so even stereo is wasted on me..

Allegedly the benefits are noise cancelling, deeper bass, more 'pure' sound etc.

I'm buying them as a gift, and am evidently clueless as to what sounds good or not.

[gingerjedi]

You do realise that the Dr Dre headphones are sold a price point aimed at premiership footballers, the general public were never meant to wank £350 of benefit money on a 'brand'... or were they.

I work with a guy who bought a pair of 'Monster Beats™' from dealextreme.com for £40, they sound pretty good which makes me suspect they came out of the same Chinese factory just via a different door.

[SneakySimon]

Dr Dre Beats

go on treat yourself

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Don't buy the Dr Dre - me and a collegue bought a pair and within weeks the volume control on the cable had broken, the headphones had come apart needing some glue and the sound cancelling is not as good as it could be - the QC3 are a lot better at that.

The sound on the Dr Dre is pretty good, very bass heavy but personally I didn't love them.

[norrahe]

I have some sennheiser ones, i forget the model but they are comfy and sound excellent IMO. Cost about £100

I would find a shop you can try them on for comfort.

WDS

Excellent noise cancelling on them as well.

[TimberWolf]

go on treat yourself

Buy Monster Beats Pro by Dr. Dre Studio, On-Ear Headphones, White online at JohnLewis.com

Cable length 2.1m

[Support Monkey]

go on treat yourself

Buy Monster Beats Pro by Dr. Dre Studio, On-Ear Headphones, White online at JohnLewis.com