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Your receiver does not have treble adjustment?  That's essentially what Tyll did with his phone.

 

Beyond that the Sampson is $60.  That's the same price as the KRK KNS 6400 here:

 

http://www.hellomusic.com/

 

Get the 6400 while the price holds.

But the folks around you on the street are also more aware of you, LOL...

They really are quite well regarded around here. They get compared to beats because they are a "basshead can". Personally if found the bass a little too much, but if you mainly listen to beat driven music (eg every genre you listed) they are a great choice. I preferred the Logitech ue6000 in my listening tests but it will need batteries to get the same bass impact and its a touch less controlled with the active circuits on. Note also that I prefer a sterile studio sound, with a touch of eq to inject the "fun"
Why dont you tell us what you think of your 280s? What do they do well? Where could they use improvement

 

 

Well thats their problem, I dont care if they listen or not ;)
 

Edited by Urbex Girl - 2/17/13 at 12:49am

 

If it does have treble adjustmant, I don't know about it. It's an older dolby digital receiver. But I wouldn't want to have to mess with it every time I use headphones anyway. Then set it back again after. So do you think I should pass on the HD681 and HD668 then? And the KRK you mention says it's a closed design.

I'd save up more money.  At your budget point, you're just going to have to pick your poison.  The KRK is closed, but has a balanced sound signature and a very good sound stage for a closed can.

 

All these semi open cans are trying to be the AKG K 240 Studio--or something very close to it.  A real one costs between $60 and $100 at Amazon.  Unfortunately, it is currently near the high end of that range.  It was at the low end about a month or so ago.

Hi, I'm new here but I've had Shure SRH-840's since September, these are my first "hi-fi" headphones, but I decided on them after doing a lot of research. They are very good headphones from a well respected brand and I think that the "mid-bass hump" does not colour music excessively, but really makes vocal types of music sound great. The effect is maybe a bit more warm than neutral. I would not call these "bass monsters" and I feel they're a bit lacking with bass focused genres since they drop off in the audible sub-bass region. Since you listen to rock and punk I think you would be very happy with Shure headphones :)

 

As for Logitech UE 6000, be careful of letting a single review sway your judgement, read what as many people say as you can find. Logitech is mostly focused on consumers and gamers so I would be hesitant to buy their headphones without at least listening to them first.

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They actually don't sound like DJ headphones are are quite good. They are not warm sounding and don't sound anything like the beats (despise beats greatly!). The bass is like the best bass I've ever heard and theyre definily a well balanced headphone. Totally recommend them and they are quite better than the m-80. They don't have crazy bass quantity but man these things aren't muddy at all. Great mids.

Also, for $200, if you can save up, get the UE 6000. It has a detachable cable, remote on it, looks nice, and sounds awesome. It has a tad more bass than the k167. Here's a review:
http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/surprisingly-good-logitec-ue6000-and-ue9000

Hello again,

 

My new Audio Tehnica AD900x will be arriving within a week. I was wondering if the sound card Xonar DX will be enough for them, because I really do not have any more money to get anything better right now. Is an amp necessary for them?

 

Thank you very much.

Hi everyone

I'm thinking of branching into the world of closed, over ear headphones and am looking for some advice on isolation/leaking.

I recently bought some Shure se215 IEMs for portable use, however listening to my brother trying them out I found that sitting opposite him at a table I could hear quite a bit of what he was listening to - that tinny leak guaranteed to irritate people around you. I don't know if he just wasn't wearing them right but I really don't want to repeat this mistake when I buy some headphones.

Reason being that I'm a student, and I need to be able to use the headphones in a dead silent library, with other people studying around me. I've owned a pair of sennheiser ear buds for years and was safe in the knowledge that nobody around me could hear a sound from my ears, even if I cranked the volume right up. I NEED this to be the case with whatever headphones I buy!

I was considering the Beyer dt770/80ohms because from what I've read they're comfy, bassy, and I thought the isolation was meant to be pretty decent...it just might not be decent enough!

So, my budget is around £200, though I could stretch quite a bit further if necessary so don't pay too much attention to that. I'm happy to look into sound profiles/amps/price myself, what I'm after is a list of the most low leaking headphones people can think of!

Many thanks in advance x

Hi! Can someone give me a recommendation for a DAC suitable between usb/optical or coax devices and a nuforce HAP-100 and a pair of hd650s?

 

Are you willing to do a little bit of legwork to achieve it? My mod on the AKG K167 can give you exactly what you're looking for.

Yeah, I'm willing to put in as many (wo)man hours as required! I'm pretty technically minded...on the other hand I know absolutely nothing about headphones...how tricky was your mod to do? ...And what did you do?!

Also, out of curiosity, do you find the tiestos comfortable?

how are they comfort wise? can they be used for 6+ hours a day?

 

also do the 750's require an amp for computer use?

 

I'm looking at the 750's vs the DT770's for PC/gaming use using this, is this enough to power them adequately?

 

http://www.astrogaming.com/mixamp-pro-2013-edition

 

Edited by Nimitz87 - 2/17/13 at 7:01am