Headphone enthusiast thread! - Page 146

On February 21 2012 20:35 essencez wrote:


ATH-AD700 pretty good all round under $120. Very comfortable too no mic though.

On February 19 2012 12:09 silent_marauder24 wrote:
Hi all, my girlfriend is looking into a pair of headphones and is leaning towards a WESC pair. Does anyone have an opinion on WESC headphones in general? Thanks for any opinions. For reference: http://wesc.com/product/45353

On February 22 2012 03:21 KiDYoMi wrote:


Just from visiting their website, my general opinion is NOT POSITIVE.

I wouldn't recommend buying headphones from a clothing company.

On February 22 2012 07:18 silent_marauder24 wrote:


Ya I would assume so, a lot of reviews aren't very favourable. Although with her style > function but ill try to persuade her.

On February 21 2012 21:51 T.O.P. wrote:

Try doing a A/B test with Foobar. I can tell the difference 100% of the time on certain electronic tracks comparing FLAC and LameMP3. Even then, the difference is extremely small. You're not gonna have a worse experience listening to a properly encoded MP3. Songs like ballads, I can't tell the difference at all. On the other hand, I encoded FLACs into AAC using Neroaac at the max bitrate 400Kbps. I can't tell the difference at all. So I just encode all my FLACs into AAC for portable use.

On February 25 2012 16:09 Livelovedie wrote:
Can anyone recommend headphones for me? My parents want me to pretty much choose the headphones they are going to get me for my birthday coming up and I would assume they would want to spend around 100 dollars give or take. The headphones would primarily be for listening to music (not sure if it matters what I listen to but I listen to post-hardcore mostly and some techno). I would prefer the headphones to be on ear design because comfort will be a big factor because of the amount of time I listen to music in one sitting. The headphones do not have to include a microphone with them.

On February 26 2012 11:34 Goldfish wrote:
What are some good quality (that is, they last longer than a year; I tried several under $50 they usually wear and break within months) open air headphones that do "not" fully surround the ear? (Basically the earpad doesn't cover the entire ear.)

For example, a style of headset like this click.

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The reason why I want something that doesn't cover the entire ear is because:

1. Wearing long time during hot days may make my ears too warm.

2. I wear glasses, so that means the headphones usually cover the handle part of the glasses. It hurts after long usage.

Any suggestions? Sadly I can't seem to find anyones where no one complains that it breaks after a few months. I'd like ones that last at least a year and are comfortable to wear + don't surround the entire ear.

Thanks in advance for any help .