Although I tend to go Sennheiser that Sony looks a fair amount cheaper and it sounds like you are mainly concerned about noise leaking OUT than IN. The Pleather goes flaky in 3 years if used daily so don't spend the big bucks is the only advice I have.
So are these work headphones for transcription purposes or what?
You must listen to your music fairly loudly if other headphones allow nearby people to hear your music...
If the relative percentage of your audio that is leaked (I don't argue about the existence of it) is audible to nearby people, your music is too loud (or your headphones are abnormally bad, Apple earbuds being an example)
^ coming from the guy who was criticized for abusing his hearing at a ZZ Top concert
You obviously don't understand the difference between open and closed headphones. And we're talking about real cans here, not earbuds.
Kishy, have you ever been with a person that was listening to music on Sennheiser HD555s? They're open enough for your ears to feel like they're naked, and they're more audible to people not currently wearing them than most laptop speakers.
Enlighten me?
It's a crappy design if the design itself permits a large amount of the audio to be heard by others even at low volumes.
Hmmm...sounds crappy.
Lol, I feel like we are on head fi trying to speak mechanical keyboard to the audiophiles over there
The reason for having headphones is portable audio.
open headphones are not a crappy design, you just have crappy ears
That's a ridiculous statement. Headphones existed decades before portable audio.
well i guess you should throw away all your loud ass keyboards, and get rid of your speakers and cellphone as well
The reason for having headphones is to keep your music to yourself, be it with a portable media player or otherwise. According to this extremely basic concept, open headphones are a crappy design. They could be the best sounding headphones in the world and they'd be a crappy design because they impose on people around you.
Obviously not an audiophile, but I've disclosed that elsewhere so it should go without saying.
If your music is audible to people around you, you should be subject to a ticket/fine.
You're stuck in the headphones = portable mindset. A $200 pair of headphones can sound better than speakers costing $1000+ dollars, so if you want to listen to music at home on quality equipment and don't have the budget for expensive speakers you can get more bang for your buck buying a decent pair of headphones.
You're stuck in the headphones = portable mindset. A $200 pair of headphones can sound better than speakers costing $1000+ dollars, so if you want to listen to music at home on quality equipment and don't have the budget for expensive speakers you can get more bang for your buck buying a decent pair of headphones.
Alright, if we're talking about exclusively for home use (or studio or similar) then you've completely got a point and, in that context, I retract the crappy remark.
For portable use though, surely you agree open are very unfit?
I concur, open phones are not meant for portable audio. However, portable audio was never the topic of this thread.
Earbuds never caught on for me because they feel uncomfortable in my ears. Good middle ground are those small headphones that you clip on to individual ears. But, ultimately, after nearly being hit by a blaring firetruck a few years ago because I couldn't hear it over my death-metal, I gave up on portable audio.
I didn't realize they cancelled the SE500s. I now have collector items.
Try getting some creative headphones, those'll be good. I had some sony headphones, but they did that thing where one of the ear-cup things wouldn't get a signal due to the cheap wiring (it wasn't the gold-plated audio jack). So you had to tighten the wire between the two... I eventually ripped the wire.
And yeah, if other people can hear your music, it's WAY too loud. I cringe when I hear loud blaring music on the bus from others... they're going to be deaf so fast. The worst thing for your ears IS loud headphones, because the sound waves are funelled into your ears. At least in a concert hall the soundwaves are free to reverberate around.
Screw Creative. I'd look at somebody that knows something about professional audio like those Shures. Those sound like the ones to beat at that price point.Show Image(http://www.shure.com/idc/groups/public/documents/webcontent/prod_img_srh440_l.jpg)
Screw any make and model recommended here. Finding the perfect pair of headphones is a very subjective matter, go and try out as many as you can (preferably with the kind of music you're going to be listening to) in the desired price range and decide for yourself.
All these headphones suck if you wear glasses.
I once ended up buying an expensive pair of headphonesrelying solely on the reviews online. They sounded fantastic but were the most uncomfortable pair I've ever owned, at least, with my huge bulb of a head.
Do you have any specialist stores you could resort to? You could try out all the headphones you wanted and buy the ones you want cheaper somewhere else.
Most of the local specialty audio stores have gone out of business. And Best Buy, Target and the like don't stock much of a selection.
There is a Guitar Center close by. Maybe I'll swing by there this week and see what they've got.
Don't say the N-word on this forum.
I'm looking for a set of relatively inexpensive (under $150) closed headphones for work. I've got a pair of Grado SR60i's that I like a lot but they're open and too loud for the office.
I've got the following on my short list:
Audio-Technica ATH-M50
Sennheiser HD448
Sony MDR-V6
Anybody got any opinions on these? Any other recommendations?
Thanks.
I'd be quite interested in your opinion of the treble. Audio Techncia has always had a quirky high end in my experience, say above 13KHz.
Creative headphones aren't terrible. They're just mediocre to average and priced like they're premium. I mean, I'd certainly prefer them to the Logitech **** they're usually stocked alongside, but I demoed one of their $60 headsets once, and it doesn't compare to these $35 JVCs.
Logitech's computer speakers are great. I have a Z-2300 and the sound they put out is amazing - shaking the room at relatively low volume kind of amazing.
My niece gave me these nice old Creative computer speakers with a woofer. Although they don't beat my good old phonograph sound system's speakers, they're still pretty good. Just got to make sure the volume ain't up too high or else my neighbors across the woods will hear me log on to windows.
I've got three sets of originally-supplied-with-PMPs Creative earbuds. Aside from the fact that they're earbuds (which makes them pretty awful in form alone), they sound..."acceptable".
Pretty poor bass but the quality is there. Limited distortion, they play whatever you want them to, they simply don't put out much bass at all (in the sense that it simply won't be heard, rather than being turned into a nasty distorted vibration like other cheap sets).
As for their better headphone products...couldn't tell ya.
Like so?
Ewwwwwwwwwww. Bad!
Has the same quality of the stupid apple bootup noise.
I hate the mac boot noise. The PC 300 has a better internal speaker than those pieces of mac rubbish (and it's already bad!).
Disagree, 300PL-era Macs (Performa/LC/Quadra 5xx I believe) have decent internal speakers - and STEREO, imagine that!
Late to the party, but I'm a HUGE fan of the Sony MDR-V6. Been using them for years, both in a professional capacity (I used to work in audio production and had a college radio show) and personal (I DJ and use them as my main computer set). They're built like a tank and have excellent sound for the price. It's a 20+ year old design.
I don't mind vintage apple stuff for collecting/money purposes, but beyond that, they're not usable. They're more of a console than a computer.
> a discussion formalizes the meaning of qualifying terms
Qualified: Microsoft Windows is a troll, who posts here to get a reaction to his arcane opinions. He doesn't actually seem to have any valid opinions about the keyboards except those made before 1990 or so.
Qualified: Everything IBM seems to be his next of kin.
Ricercar: one of ch_123's henchmen
Yeah, I'm sure I'll pick up a pair of MDR-V6's eventually. Now that I'm pretty much done buying keyboards I'll probably start going overboard trying different headphones.
I just bought a pair of DBI Pro-700's (http://dbiint.com/pro700) on eBay for $29.95 (http://cgi.ebay.com/DBI-PRO-700-HEADPHONES-NEW-BOX-/130409600236) after reading a lot of good things about them at Head-Fi (http://www.head-fi.org/forum/).
Being a headphone geek myself, you surprised me with mention of the DBI Pro-700, since I hadn't really heard of them... I bought them, and wow, best $30 pair of headphones I've heard. I can understand why they MSRP for $180, they're built for music listening stations in stores, and while they aren't perfect, they are actually very good! Better than the MDR-V6, hands down. Thanks for mentioning them.
ooh. I'm a hench-troll now. I always wanted to be a second fiddle.
Being a headphone geek myself, you surprised me with mention of the DBI Pro-700, since I hadn't really heard of them... I bought them, and wow, best $30 pair of headphones I've heard. I can understand why they MSRP for $180, they're built for music listening stations in stores, and while they aren't perfect, they are actually very good! Better than the MDR-V6, hands down. Thanks for mentioning them.
If you also bought yours from the eBay listing I posted (http://cgi.ebay.com/DBI-PRO-700-HEADPHONES-NEW-BOX-/130409600236) it looks like we may have lucked out. Some people ended up getting completely different headphones:
http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/503008/i-ordered-dbi-pro-700-and-got-some-random-headphone
Screw Creative. I'd look at somebody that knows something about professional audio like those Shures. Those sound like the ones to beat at that price point.Show Image(http://www.shure.com/idc/groups/public/documents/webcontent/prod_img_srh440_l.jpg)
JVC HA-RX700 headphones are $35 shipped at Amazon. This is by far the best bang for the buck for headphones. Period.
I'm looking for a set of relatively inexpensive (under $150) closed headphones for work. I've got a pair of Grado SR60i's that I like a lot but they're open and too loud for the office.
I've got the following on my short list:
Audio-Technica ATH-M50
Sennheiser HD448
Sony MDR-V6
Anybody got any opinions on these? Any other recommendations?
Thanks.