I also love sennheiser's products, last 2 pair have been sennheisers... current pait are the HD 490s, and they're not meant for high output, so the bass starts to distort at low volume levels, but they're crisp and I only paid $45 shipped off ebay, so I can't really complain... the better line of sennheiser wouldn't have that issue, but they're $100+ retail (at compusa).
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Geeky1University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
edited September 2003
Only one choice as far as I know: Sennheiser. What model though, I don't know. I do know that anything Sennheiser is pretty much guaranteed to be good though.
Sennheiser is what you WANT to get . They make the highest quality headphones at some good prices, pay as much as you want and it will be worth your money.
I've read the HD600's are the best Sennheiser's money can buy, but the 5-series sound decent compared to others like Beyer or Grado. All depends on the listener
Originally posted by versello I've read the HD600's are the best Sennheiser's money can buy, but the 5-series sound decent compared to others like Beyer or Grado. All depends on the listener
That's true, listener determines the worth... but one thing I can say, as a music semi-professional, is that sennheiser is a very close (exact) reproduction of what something should sound like. Other manufacturers of headphones (cough Sony cough Jensen) artificially boost certain frequencies (usually the bass) through manufacturing and in turn either miss some mids/highs or just saturate the repoduced sound with bass to such an extent that the mids/highs aren't clear anymore... and alot also has to do with your EQ'ing, if you're heavy on bass but care little about clarity, a $30 pair of Jensens may do just as well then a $150 pair of sennheisers.
). Buget $50-150.
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They make great headphones that sound terrific and are very comfortable to wear for hours. Here is a link to where I got mine: http://www.stereoheadphones.net/
That's true, listener determines the worth... but one thing I can say, as a music semi-professional, is that sennheiser is a very close (exact) reproduction of what something should sound like. Other manufacturers of headphones (cough Sony cough Jensen) artificially boost certain frequencies (usually the bass) through manufacturing and in turn either miss some mids/highs or just saturate the repoduced sound with bass to such an extent that the mids/highs aren't clear anymore... and alot also has to do with your EQ'ing, if you're heavy on bass but care little about clarity, a $30 pair of Jensens may do just as well then a $150 pair of sennheisers.
I'm heavily leaning towards Grado SR80's because they're the most neutral headphones you can get.