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earthbound14
Joined: 23 Jan 2007
Location: seoul
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 Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 12:57 am Post subject: good headphones: What would you pick? |
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Noise travels far too easily in my place and I need to buy headphones so I can listen to music and watch movies after 12 at home (I use earbud earphones when out riding).
I want a good quality pair (cordless would be nice) that won't cost a fortune. Less than 100,000, preferably 30,000.
I'm only listening to MP3s, but I do like to have a nice full sound. Any suggestions? |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 4:52 am Post subject: |
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| Type "headphone reviews" into google. Do a bit of reading. Then hit Yongsan. I think there's even a specialist headphone shop in I'Park Mall. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 8:31 am Post subject: |
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| There are some Skullcandy headphones that aren't bad for the price. Yes, check I-park mall at Yongsan station... 3rd or 4th floor around the side has a headphone shop. You can demo them all. |
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simIAN
Joined: 02 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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Audio Technica ATH-SJ3
They are very nice headphones, cost is around 30 000 won. They have great bass, and treble. The best part is that they go SUPER loud as well. I foolishly like my music very loud, and with these bad boys I can enjoy it that way for as long as my hearing hold out. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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| simIAN wrote: |
Audio Technica ATH-SJ3
They are very nice headphones, cost is around 30 000 won. They have great bass, and treble. The best part is that they go SUPER loud as well. I foolishly like my music very loud, and with these bad boys I can enjoy it that way for as long as my hearing hold out. |
I used to be that way, and now my hearing is not so good as it was. |
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Toju
Joined: 06 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Denon, 72k, from the Apple shop in COEX. Awesome sound, very comfortable and good sound-proofing too. Great purchase. |
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FMPJ
Joined: 03 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Second the Denons for that price range. |
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JustJohn
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 9:33 am Post subject: |
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If you want to actually know and understand your options:
1. Go to the full headphones forum on head fi. (http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f4/)
2. Read up. (Start with the stickies and the search function)
3. Make an informed purchase.
P.S.
They get a little snobby about cheap headphones over there, but they're often dead on. (Example: in the case of some 30 vs 50 dollar ones I ended up trying both and was amazed how crappy the cheaper ones sounded after I heard the better ones.) |
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Gaber
Joined: 23 Apr 2006
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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You might want to think about your priorities for your headphones. Music or movies?
Some headphones, like my Sony MDR-X400 (70,000) have a little button on each cup to change from music to movie use. Music mode is a little tighter with more controlled bass. Movie mode is full-on bass and everything turned up to 11. They also have 50mm drivers. Bigger than the usual 40mm or 30mm found in most headphones. Bigger sound. Higher volume.
Sony's new MDR-XB700 look like good computer, general use headphones. 50mm drivers!  |
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the bomb dot com
Joined: 21 Feb 2009
Location: Gwangmyeong
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| Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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It depends on personal preference.
I can't stand the earbuds that come with iPods, and instead like inner-ear or noise-canceling headphones, like Shure's. I've had two pairs (both now discontinued, though you can still find the e2c model in some places) and they've both been great.
Some people like big headphones that go around the ears, some like the Sony ones that wrap around the back of your head. It's really about what feels comfortable to you. |
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superacidjax
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
| Some headphones, like my Sony MDR-X400 (70,000) have a little button on each cup to change from music to movie use. They also have 50mm drivers. Bigger than the usual 40mm or 30mm found in most headphones. Bigger sound. Higher volume. |
I also recommend the Sonys. The driver size is the key you want at least 50mm. It isn't necessarily because the bigger drivers are louder, it's because they will distort less.
For my music work, I love my Allen & Heath XD-53 headphones, they have 53mm drivers, however they're a ways out of the price range.
But I've used the Sony MDR-V700DJ (they are silver in color) prior to my A&Hs and they were fantastic. Here's a product page with the details:
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MDRV700DJ/
They retail around $130, but you might be able to find some in the electronics markets (check in the CD shops) and be able to negotiate it down to your target price. I would highly, highly recommend the Sony 700s even if you have to spend a little more than you'd like. A few reasons, the first being quality -- I traveled all over the place as a DJ and beat the crap out of those headphones and they never broke. The sound quality is pro-grade, you could master an album with them if you had to. They are very comfortable, you can wear them all day and not get sore ears or a sore head.
They also have a flat frequency response, which means they don't color the sound by "enhancing" it with extra bass or whatever. I personally prefer headphones to do their job and not color the sound. For music production it's critical, but even for just iPod or movie watching it's important because it reproduces the sound as it was recorded. Besides, if you want to "enhance" anything, you can do it with your itunes EQ settings. Flat freq response is a requirement for me, but I still recommend it to most people because you can't "unenhance" the sound. Like eamo said, movies and music tend to sound differently. With a flat response everything sounds like its supposed to.
If you really don't want to spend the extra money for the MDR-v700dj model, you can go progressively down the line MDR-v600 being the next step lower.. still great by the way.
I can't comment on the Denon, I've never used them, although they make some half-decent DJ gear, so I suspect their headphones will be decent as well.
Anyway, do your own research, but I hope I added something to the discussion. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 3:22 am Post subject: |
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| Koss KSC75s are like pearls in the steaming pile of poo that are under-$30 headphones. They sound better than some $200 pairs. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 3:25 am Post subject: |
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| Koss KSC75s are like pearls in the steaming pile of poo that are under-$30 headphones. They sound better than some $200 pairs. |
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different
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