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Will these fit my needs?

post #1 of 2
10/13/05 at 4:41pm
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I've been browsing the forums for a bit now, and researching like mad for the last few days...

I need headphones soon, but still not 100% sure as to which ones to get...

Uses/Needs:
- 99% electronica music (loads of trance - some with lots of vocals, a lot of techno and some house)
- I don't know all the terminology or how to describe my "taste", but I'd like everything to be heard as it was recorded
- bass: while it should be dominant, it should not drown or overpower mids/highs

I plan to keep these cans for a long time, and so I'm willing to spend a bit extra...right now I'm very tempted to get DT770/80+bloodwood recable+blackmax+screened w/ matching stand...cost=$670USD with shipping.

I probably wouldn't be able to afford an amp for a bit and run this off my a/v receiver or maybe a cheap amp if I could score one from the buy/sell section.

1) Would the above headphones meet my requirements
2) Would I be better off spending the $670USD on a different pair of cans or a cheaper set of cans+amp combo?

Any input is appreciated!
Thanks,
MaxTO
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post #2 of 2
10/13/05 at 5:00pm
That's an awful lot of money to spend on headphones alone (fancy modded ones at that), particularly when you don't even have an amp yet. (Kinda like buying a $1000+ shortwave receiver with nifty extras and trying to get away with a 10 ft random wire as an antenna.) For that kind of money you could probably buy unmodded DT770s, a decent amp (a $200..300 budget seems to buy something fairly nice, though you can get away with somewhat less when buying used), some refurb'd HD590s, and possibly DT990s as well - including the option of getting some money back by selling the cans you didn't like as much (after thorough break-in, please). We have some trance-heads around here, I'll let 'em chime in...
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