|
On July 09 2012 03:37 slytown wrote:Show nested quote +On July 08 2012 08:52 Cephalopadre wrote:Hey, anyone here own a Audio Technica ATH-ES10? I'm gathering as much info online before I spend $410 on Amazon. These cans are a bass heavy music focused portable, rather than for monitoring like with the ATH-M50. Below is the set within the Head-Fi.org "Headphone Buying Guide" under "Upper Mid-Range Headphones: $300-$500" 1 = No amp required to get full utility B = Bass heavy (1-B) Audio Technica ATH-ES10, $380-$430. Warm balanced sound overall with decent isolation. Strong hard hitting bass, neutral mids, smooth sparkling highs. http://www.head-fi.org/a/headphone-buying-guideHere is an article on them from Headfoniahttp://www.headfonia.com/audio-technica-es10/Here is a video showing them being displaying at a Toyko trade show. + Show Spoiler +Just wondering if any ES10 owners who read this could share their thoughts, thank you! Careful trying to buy "bass heavy" headphones. It's a marketing gimmick for losers who put subwoofers in their cars and listen to rap music that has no musicality. Hearing only a bass drum is not pleasant. I like my hip hop and trip hop, but people wanting to up their sound clearly are in the dark when submitting to the gimmick. Good bass is much better defined as tight and not bloated. You want the headphone to never cloud what the producer intended for you to hear, even though not all masters tracks sound good. Color in headphones (and in production) needs to be subtle. Many claim closed headphones are better for low-end specific recordings but I can't say I've ever picked a closed headphone over a solid open headphone performer. Sound stage, detail, and transparency are much better listening draws than bass. I have to say the best bass I ever heard was on the Hifiman HE-6; It's an open planar magnetic headphone that had a large soundstage and amazing detail. Blew me away. ![[image loading]](http://cdn.head-fi.org/4/44/448ac8dd_Edwood_HifiMan_HE-6-b_Prepro_01.jpg)
Thanks for your input. I'm just going to buy a Sennheiser HD 449 for on-the-go use for now, until I can afford some custom IEMS or another sure-fire closed set of cans.
|
i just bought akg k550 headphones, cant wait till they get here!!
anyone got any experience with these headphones? 
|
I use siberia v2 and i have a giant problem with my mic it just suddenly stopped working, i checked EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!! and every fix i could possible find but my mic just won't work... i use the 5- USB PnP sound device for it and the extension cord.... so.. when i tell it i want to listen to my mic it makes a little white noice but still no input sound through the mic... tried everything again 3 billion times and then i plugged the top mic jack stick (directly from the headset connected to the extention cord) out and plugged another headset mic in there instead and it works fine so i kind of ruled out software and settings errors.. the problem is that i did not do anything to my mic, one morning, after a night of gaming it just wouldn't work..
so now i have to sit with a second headset around my neck to use voice chat :_( please help anyone someone HEEEEEELP!!!!!
|
What are good cheap effective ear muffs?
|
On July 09 2012 03:37 slytown wrote:Show nested quote +On July 08 2012 08:52 Cephalopadre wrote:Hey, anyone here own a Audio Technica ATH-ES10? I'm gathering as much info online before I spend $410 on Amazon. These cans are a bass heavy music focused portable, rather than for monitoring like with the ATH-M50. Below is the set within the Head-Fi.org "Headphone Buying Guide" under "Upper Mid-Range Headphones: $300-$500" 1 = No amp required to get full utility B = Bass heavy (1-B) Audio Technica ATH-ES10, $380-$430. Warm balanced sound overall with decent isolation. Strong hard hitting bass, neutral mids, smooth sparkling highs. http://www.head-fi.org/a/headphone-buying-guideHere is an article on them from Headfoniahttp://www.headfonia.com/audio-technica-es10/Here is a video showing them being displaying at a Toyko trade show. + Show Spoiler +Just wondering if any ES10 owners who read this could share their thoughts, thank you! Careful trying to buy "bass heavy" headphones. It's a marketing gimmick for losers who put subwoofers in their cars and listen to rap music that has no musicality. Hearing only a bass drum is not pleasant. I like my hip hop and trip hop, but people wanting to up their sound clearly are in the dark when submitting to the gimmick. Good bass is much better defined as tight and not bloated. You want the headphone to never cloud what the producer intended for you to hear, even though not all masters tracks sound good. Color in headphones (and in production) needs to be subtle. Many claim closed headphones are better for low-end specific recordings but I can't say I've ever picked a closed headphone over a solid open headphone performer. Sound stage, detail, and transparency are much better listening draws than bass. I have to say the best bass I ever heard was on the Hifiman HE-6; It's an open planar magnetic headphone that had a large soundstage and amazing detail. Blew me away.
I mean to get a pair of Grado 225i or HD 559 for an open headphone for home-use. I have to admit I've never tried an open headphone, but I believe I want to listen to Zelda OSTs with clarity and breadth.
|
On July 10 2012 02:24 Cephalopadre wrote:Show nested quote +On July 09 2012 03:37 slytown wrote:On July 08 2012 08:52 Cephalopadre wrote:Hey, anyone here own a Audio Technica ATH-ES10? I'm gathering as much info online before I spend $410 on Amazon. These cans are a bass heavy music focused portable, rather than for monitoring like with the ATH-M50. Below is the set within the Head-Fi.org "Headphone Buying Guide" under "Upper Mid-Range Headphones: $300-$500" 1 = No amp required to get full utility B = Bass heavy (1-B) Audio Technica ATH-ES10, $380-$430. Warm balanced sound overall with decent isolation. Strong hard hitting bass, neutral mids, smooth sparkling highs. http://www.head-fi.org/a/headphone-buying-guideHere is an article on them from Headfoniahttp://www.headfonia.com/audio-technica-es10/Here is a video showing them being displaying at a Toyko trade show. + Show Spoiler +Just wondering if any ES10 owners who read this could share their thoughts, thank you! Careful trying to buy "bass heavy" headphones. It's a marketing gimmick for losers who put subwoofers in their cars and listen to rap music that has no musicality. Hearing only a bass drum is not pleasant. I like my hip hop and trip hop, but people wanting to up their sound clearly are in the dark when submitting to the gimmick. Good bass is much better defined as tight and not bloated. You want the headphone to never cloud what the producer intended for you to hear, even though not all masters tracks sound good. Color in headphones (and in production) needs to be subtle. Many claim closed headphones are better for low-end specific recordings but I can't say I've ever picked a closed headphone over a solid open headphone performer. Sound stage, detail, and transparency are much better listening draws than bass. I have to say the best bass I ever heard was on the Hifiman HE-6; It's an open planar magnetic headphone that had a large soundstage and amazing detail. Blew me away. I mean to get a pair of Grado 225i or HD 559 for an open headphone for home-use. I have to admit I've never tried an open headphone, but I believe I want to listen to Zelda OSTs with clarity and breadth.
I wouldn't say that's true all the time. Especially considering the fact that there are several R-10 models toted as bass heavy yet they are considered some of the best headphones made of all time.
The Grado SR225i are a headphone that applies to a certain genre. In that price range I would rather just get the HD598 from Sennheiser.
Personally I believe closed headphones allow for better bass due to their closed nature. The bass I heard from the LCD-2/3 on a short audition was incredibly amazing compared to the bass I heard from Hifimans and other top tier headphones such as the HD800.
|
My Grado Sr-80i are starting to get buzzing when I try to listen to music or are staticky when the wire moves. Am I listening to music too loud? Bad headphones? I really don't want to damage my next pair. I try to take care of them but sometimes you just accidentally yank the wire
|
On July 09 2012 17:23 zerino wrote:i just bought akg k550 headphones, cant wait till they get here!! anyone got any experience with these headphones?
plush feel and neutral sound. Bass is tight and not thumpy at all compared to other cheaper closed cans.
On July 10 2012 15:14 MattBarry wrote:
My Grado Sr-80i are starting to get buzzing when I try to listen to music or are staticky when the wire moves. Am I listening to music too loud? Bad headphones? I really don't want to damage my next pair. I try to take care of them but sometimes you just accidentally yank the wire
are they under warranty? if not, you may want to try replacing the cord yourself.
|
On July 10 2012 15:18 CorsairHero wrote:Show nested quote +On July 09 2012 17:23 zerino wrote:i just bought akg k550 headphones, cant wait till they get here!! anyone got any experience with these headphones? plush feel and neutral sound. Bass is tight and not thumpy at all compared to other cheaper closed cans. Show nested quote +On July 10 2012 15:14 MattBarry wrote:
My Grado Sr-80i are starting to get buzzing when I try to listen to music or are staticky when the wire moves. Am I listening to music too loud? Bad headphones? I really don't want to damage my next pair. I try to take care of them but sometimes you just accidentally yank the wire are they under warranty? if not, you may want to try replacing the cord yourself.
I'm not sure, I sure hope they are
|
My ATH-M50s just arrived. Bought them on the advice of this thread. Didn't have all that much to spend, but i'm loving them so far. Dub_Fx sounds like an entirely different artist with these babies.
My only criticism is that they sit much heavier than I was expecting. I know I was warned, but I wasn't entirely prepared for the massive difference between a $30 logitech pair and these. EDIT: That said, i'm getting used to it already.
|
On July 09 2012 23:53 NeoxInfinite wrote:
What are good cheap effective ear muffs?
Anyone?
|
|
|
![[image loading]](http://www.sennheisernordic.com/sennheiser/products.nsf/resources/9E96D547A897FF61C125778F003A9936/$File/HD_598_new_intro.jpg)
Aquired the Sennheiser HD598 a week ago after my Siberia v2 broke. These are open-ears which means the sound can be heard from people around you. They also dont heaten up ur ears. I can easily wear these for 12 hours and I dont feel any pain at all. I´ve set up these as 7.1 surround with my motherboard Realtek soundcard (intergrated). I would guess the soundquality would be even better with a proper soundcard, but they still sound very good. These are allround headphones which can be used for gaming or just chilling.
Comfort 10/10. Sound 8/10 (compared to siberia v2 and other low end shit)
Costs twice as much as Siberia v2 though, but its worth it since they wont randomly break and has much more quality overall.
|
Just got my Panasonic RP-HTF600-S due to the recommendations from Head-fi. Pretty cheap, but great sound qual for me. ^_^ Very enjoyable. Love it already. I think it's a decent first pair of headphones.
|
What is the best pair of headphones for around 300 bucks? I'm thinking about the Bose Noise cancelling ones os Beats by Dre. Anyone have opinions on these/ reccomendations?
|
On July 11 2012 08:58 RespectedPuddle wrote:
What is the best pair of headphones for around 300 bucks? I'm thinking about the Bose Noise cancelling ones os Beats by Dre. Anyone have opinions on these/ reccomendations?
I've heard to avoid both "Beats Audio by Dr. Dre" and Bose headphones, if you're serious about $150-$300 headphones.
|
|
|
Loving my Sennheiser PC360s
|
why do people say to avoid beats by dre and bose? I have bose desktop speakers and i love em
|
On July 09 2012 23:53 NeoxInfinite wrote:
What are good cheap effective ear muffs?
I'm looking for earmuffs but as well but not necessarily cheap ones.
Like I was saying in my earlier post
On July 07 2012 02:04 Ecailles wrote:
I know these are not really headphones, or at least I dont think they are because TLO had ear buds in under them but can anyone tell me what are/where I can get sound proof ear muffs like they ones they use in tourneys? TLO's at homestory cup were pretty sick
does anyone happen to know what ones TLO uses by chance?
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPT![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/RFiV4.jpg)
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/4x6sL.jpg)
