My personal recommendation in this department would be
to listen to whatever James B has to say - he's an
absolute nut about headphones - that's an
understatement even - and can provide very good
recommendations.
I've purchased 2 pairs of headphones over the years
based on his recommendations - but only after spending
several hours on IM chatting about my very specific
needs - price, performance, sound, genre, comfort,
open vs. closed, sound isolation, etc.
I've also purchased a couple headphone amplifiers
based on his recommendations.
I'm pretty obsessive about music so quality of sound
is integral to the experience for me.
So, skip to the cheat sheet - for work I purchased a
pair of BeyerDynamic DT 250's. The sound is deep and
rich and completely inaudible to the outside world
(i.e. your coworkers). To compliment these I purchased
a mini amp from fixup.net. That was 2 years ago.
Recently I decided to purchased some headphones for
home and again consulted James here. In the end I
decided on the Sennheiser HD580's due to their
(relative) affordability and coupled them with a G&W
amp from Japan.
In both cases I have been absolutely and completely
satisfied with the sound, quality and comfort -
especially with the BeyerDynamics which can be worn
for hours on end at the office.
So yeah, this post is partially a heads up and thanks
to James and partially the end result of my purchases
and recommendations.
The website mentioned: www.headfi.org is the absolute
nutters resource for all things headphone related so
definitely check it out.
Shimone/Justes
http://www.staticbeats.com
http://www.jungle-life.com
http://www.boomboombap.com
--- James Bamford <fromweb@jimtreats.com> wrote:
quoted 24 lines On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 21:36:48 +0100, rb <rb@c67.org>
> On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 21:36:48 +0100, rb <rb@c67.org>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > hi
> > im about to invest in some headphones.
> > which can you recommend best for a super clear
> autechre sound,
> > they also should be extremly comfortable and if
> possible open.
> > im willing to pay maximum 400 euro, better 300 or
> less.
> >
> > thanks
> > rb
>
> Quite simply you must hang out at www.headfi.org and
> find out more about
> headphones, possibly even get a good deal on a 2nd
> hand pair..
>
> The other suggestions by everyone are all fair.. I'm
> a bit of a headphone
> nut so i'll list all mine that i currently own
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