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phanboy4: You get what you pay for. Usually. 'Good' headphones start at around >$70. Cheap headphones are usually muddy or lack clarity. Headsets are usually inferior in terms of decent sound reproduction. Avoid anything with a celebrity's name on it or with the word 'Skull' in the name without exception.
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hedwards: Also if money is an issue bigger is usually cheaper. The big ear muff ones tend to be a lot cheaper for a given quality than the smaller over the ear ones than clips than ear buds than ones that actually go in the ear canal.

For on the go <3 my Shure e2c, but at home it's a lot more comfortable, not to mention affordable, to listen via my Sennheiser HD477 set.
Yep. As far as sound quality goes you always get more bang for your buck with the bigger over-the-ear phones than with buds or smaller on-ear ones.
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Wishbone: I'm no expert or audiophile or anything, but I swear by Sennheiser when it comes to headphones.
QFT [annoyed with the constant quoting already?:P]
My HD201 work just like on day 1, and they were the cheapest Senn's, i think. Use them everyday for over 5 years. Great quality, AMAZING durability, they used to fall to the ground twice a day, now i have a hook for them, but they still fall sometimes, and NOTHING broke. I've also mishandled the cable a lot, pulling the phones, as the cable got stuck somewhere. That usually ends up with the cable being torn out of the phones, and these headphones just don't do that.

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Oh, i also use Senns earbuds, currently using MX360, but i find them lacking, and surprisingly, they don't like metal a lot, and started buzzing a bit. The earlier model, the MX350 was much more durable, even survived two baths in hot tea.
Post edited May 05, 2011 by Arteveld
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Wishbone: I'm no expert or audiophile or anything, but I swear by Sennheiser when it comes to headphones.
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Arteveld: QFT [annoyed with the constant quoting already?:P]
Hehe, given how much I downplayed my own opinion, I must admit I'm quite astonished at the sheer number of quotes it is getting ;-)
There are so many different Sennheiser models that it's vague enough to apply to half the people who have ever owned headphones. :D
So now that I have the pair I want in mind, where would you recommend picking them up from? Besides Amazon.com.
Post edited May 11, 2011 by nondeplumage
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phanboy4: I personally love my Audio Technica AD700s for gaming and my (mostly non-bass-centric) music. Google around, they've been pretty much the go-to entry-level audiophile grade headphones for gamers for several years now. Amazing soundstage, great clarity and detail, superduper comfortable.
I've been reading some reviews on these and while they sound great is the bass really lacking on them?

I'm trying to find a decent headset for both games and movies and while I want a great sound stage/5.1 style setup so I can tell where different sounds are coming from I also want good bass for explosions in the games and movies.
necro-ish

Looking for headphones, im reading good things about Sennheiser

so im looking at the Sennheiser CX 400II or the Sennheiser OMX 95 VC Style II.

What are they like?

Also what about Monster Cable Beats by Dr.Dre? or the Headfunk Badass buds?

any others I should look at?
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reaver894: necro-ish

Looking for headphones, im reading good things about Sennheiser

so im looking at the Sennheiser CX 400II or the Sennheiser OMX 95 VC Style II.

What are they like?

Also what about Monster Cable Beats by Dr.Dre? or the Headfunk Badass buds?

any others I should look at?
Beats I tried out at a Best Buy and did not like. It seems just to be pumped up bass and a Monster price. Like the majority of people, I own two pair of Senns and love them! Have a bud that works at Best Buy and he gets a nice discount on those so that helped. :) I wish there were more stores to try out headphones in my area. At BB it seems Senns were the "top of the line" at their physical stores, unless you want to include Beats and Bose but that's another tale. :)
I really love my AKG K240 Studio and the wide sound I get from them. It's crystalclear and things really sound like they happen around you. The only bad thing about the open design is that people around will probably will hear your sound and they aren't noise-cancelling at all.

You can get an used pair really cheap at times and I can tell you that the K240 would survive a nuclear-attack even though they are made of plastic.
Got myself Sennheiser EH 350 just a while (Literally, about 2 hours) ago :P

Loving their sound, at least on the music I listen to its amazing (I've heard this particular model sucks at rock music, but I tend to go on quieter things :P)
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reaver894: necro-ish

Looking for headphones, im reading good things about Sennheiser

so im looking at the Sennheiser CX 400II or the Sennheiser OMX 95 VC Style II.

What are they like?

Also what about Monster Cable Beats by Dr.Dre? or the Headfunk Badass buds?

any others I should look at?
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DaoJones: Beats I tried out at a Best Buy and did not like. It seems just to be pumped up bass and a Monster price. Like the majority of people, I own two pair of Senns and love them! Have a bud that works at Best Buy and he gets a nice discount on those so that helped. :) I wish there were more stores to try out headphones in my area. At BB it seems Senns were the "top of the line" at their physical stores, unless you want to include Beats and Bose but that's another tale. :)
I saw the price of the Beats but I can get a pair at trade (£18 plus a bit for P&P)

Ill have a look at the EH350 and AKG K240 though, thanking all three of you who replied
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HoneyBakedHam: The assumption is that you need to break in the phones to achieve the best sound, but the assumption is that A) change is always positive, and B) there actually is a change. It is also possible that the phones which sound perfect out of the box might degrade in quality (which is almost always going to be a subjective analysis in the end) over time. It is far more likely that after several hours of listening, your ear (and in turn, mind) becomes more accustomed to the sound of the new phones and more attuned to its unique acoustic qualities, and again the satisfaction or dissatisfaction with said qualities are again subjective.
I think it depends on every headphones though. For my Sony MDR-V6 after hours of playing it just getting better and better with balanced everything. But I also own a Superlux that has rough but amazing bass that gave me goosebumps. However after the break in the bass lost its luster and roughness even though it's still dominant.
Sennheiser's are my go to brand of headphones. They can be a bit on the pricey side of things, but I have a wired set, wireless set, and in ear set. Plan to a set of their Noise Canceling over the ears with BT, but that is in the dream stage right now since they are around $400.

Edit: Oh, necro thread.
Post edited September 04, 2013 by jjsimp
I know it's an old thread but I feel I need to add something here. So I'm here to talk about my Sony MDR-V6. I say for the 100-130 dollars price range this headphone is amazing. I think I my preference came from the balance of this headphone. It's not relying too much on bass like Porta pro or my recent Superlux or vocal like my ATH-EM7. Also I heard someone own his MDR-V6 for 25 years and it never fail him. Except for the earpads, but you can always replace it easily.
My favorite pair of headphones are my Grado SR60i's. They are open-ear, so they aren't ideal for public use or use on commutes, and they don't have a mic or 7.1 or other things you may want specifically for gaming. For gaming, I use Plantronics Gamecom 780's, which aren't too bad, nice and isolating with good 7.1, but as I compare the sound of all headphones to the Grado's now, it's hard for me to recommend anything else. The Gamecom 780's are my first gaming headphones, so it's a new territory for me, and one I haven't researched.

I second Blarg's suggestion to check out head-fi.org and do a little research. That place is a gold mine of information for audiophiles.