On Sat, 29 May 2004 05:24:58 -0600, David Hodgson
<playing.by.ear@mindspring.com> wrote:
quoted 21 lines At 05:50 29/05/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> At 05:50 29/05/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>> just wondering which headphones (with no amp) are most accurate in
>> sound.
>> like if i make music through headphones, i want it to be accurate when
>> it comes
>> out of most stereo systems. right now i have sony mdr-v700's, they are
>> pretty
>> accurate, when it comes to playing it through 2 jbl monitors, but
>> sometimes
>> i find the bass may be a little too much for most systems. someone did
>> post a
>> link with headphone reviews once, that would be appreciated.thanks in
>> advance
>> dustin
>
>
> http://headroom.headphone.com/layout.php
>
> http://www.gradolabs.com/
>
>
Never been a big fan of grado cans, more on the look of them and the
comfort whenever i've tried them on.. I'm a big fan of Sennheiser HD600s..
I've owned a pair now for 3 years or more and they're fab.. I really love
the soundstage they create, it is different to any other headphone i've
tried so far.. it really works nicely (for me) with electronica stuff..
very immersive.. I drive them out of my integrated hifi amp's phono socket
which i think is quite good, they do need a good amp to sound best,
depends how good your phono equipment is.. the headroom above isn't a bad
idea, there are plenty of other headphone amps around as well..
For work i use Beyer Dynamic DT-250 80s.. look on headphone.com under
their headphones for work and you'll see they recommend this can soly for
that purpse..
http://headroom.headphone.com/layout.php?topicID=2&subTopicID=17
they're so robust, repairable and great isolation.. they're a little dark
perhaps due to the isolation but i really enjoy wearing and listening with
them.. there's a nice contrast with them and my HD600s..
I've also got some etymotic ER-4P in ear canal phones.. very expensive,
but very lush sounding.. quite difficult to work with though but if you
travel alot and can put ear plugs in without a problem then they'd be
perfect.. stonking 30db isolation means you can fly planes and never hear
the engine noise.. their reproduction is very very good.. like the
HD600s.. probably more accurate... but being in ear their bass
reproduction is different to other headphones.. its all there and
perfectly proportioned but next to more coloured phones and ones with
bigger drivers they can sound a bit bass light... I really love them but
haven't listened to mine in a while..
For portable use i have a fixup headphone amp.. i have an older version
but its very good.. ~$100 and very very tiny (like a box of matches) they
have a good power to drive headphones better than any normal portable and
are even up to driving hd600s quite well..
http://www.fixup.net/
http://www.fixup.net/products/pktamp/smini.htm
http://www.fixup.net/products/inlineamp/index.htm
Very very good if budget quality is of interest as well.. I have the super
mini, the super micro is even smaller, they're all home made (as you'll
find are a lot of headphone amps you can find such as meta42 etc.. all of
which usually do very well against company produced kit at much more money)
Beyond that the best community sites for headphone reviews and information
are
http://www.headfi.org/
http://www.headwize.com/
I personally prefer the former but they're both great places to get help
on choosing headphones, amps, and sources from a lot of people who've
tried them all.. this advice is good for any price range...
Enjoy
Jim
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