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Sony MDR-E888 Headphone Equivalent

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I was looking for a headphone mainly for jrock and soundtracks, so i posted in the "Buying headpohones? Seeking guidance? .......... " thread. 

I got recommended the Sony MDR-E888 earbuds. So  i checked them out and they seem to have some sort of legendary status for enjoyment attatched to them:)

I was wondering if there was a headphone that has the same sound signature but in a headphone but is still portable enough to walk around with in the city centre and streets. Here is the post and response from the original thread.

 

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Originally Posted by jcamui420 View Post

Hi. I'm looking for good portable closed headphones for that i can find for about £100 / $150 or less. The genres i listen to are as follows:

 

J-Rock : Bands like Gackt, Abingdon Boys School, Miyavi, Dir en Grey, The Gazette etc

 

Lighter JRock : Bands like Asian Kung-fu Generation, The Pillows, Yui, NICO touches the Walls, FLOW, SID

 

 JPop/Jrock stuff like Yui, Ikimono Gakari, Sukima Switch, etc

Usually most bands that have done Anime Openings and endings aswell.

 

Anime Soundracks and Video Game soundtracks : Stuff like Fullmetal Alchemist, Sengoku Basara OST, Naruto Ost, Cowboy Bebop OST, Grave of Fireflies OST, Final Fantasy Soundtracks, Guilty Gear XX Ost etc.

 

Basically anything Japanese!! :P

 

I created a thread before and got recommended Audio Technica's like ATH-M50 and iBasso T3 for portable amp.

 

I think Audio Technica's would be good because they supposedly colour the mids which is most japanese music i've heard. Although apparently the ATH-M50s do lack a bit in mids so i was wondering if anyone else had any other suggestions. Also i'm not sure if they are portable enough to walk around with outside.

 

Looking at other threads for Jrock and JPop, the headphones reccommended were ATH-ES7 and Koss HP100 DJ. I've also read that Roland something 300 and Shure SH840 were better than ATH-M50 , although i'm not sure for JRock and other japanese music as japanese music is more vocally focused than western rock and metal.

 

I would like the headphones to be portable but i don't mind full size aslong as they aren't too huge to wear in public and walk with. The headphones i currently have now are Sony MDR-V150. They are ok , its just the bass is all mushy and there isn't much seperation or soundstage.

 

Most of my music collection is in 320 kbps with some flac files, but since finding out about this site and rockbox and plan to update my collection to mostly FLAC and buy an iPod 80Gb 5.5G and Rockbox it :)

 

I hope this is enough information. 

Thanks

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Originally Posted by kiteki View Post

 


Where did you discover NICO touches the walls?  I like that band.

 

Anyway the best stuff for your tastes is the Sony MDR-E888 or the Hifiman RE0, those are my top picks for J-rock.
 

For portable closed headphones the only one I heard that did really well with J-rock was the Fostex T-5, haven't really heard many portable headphones though.

 

You could check out the Sony ZX700 as well.

 

I can sell my Fostex T-5 if you're interested in it.

 

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anyone?

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I don't have much experience with headphones but i've been trying to find an IEM for J-pop for a while and came across some threads on headphones as well. it seems that a lot of Audio Technica headphones is good for J-pop/rock music like the AD1000, AD2000, ATH ESW9, ATHESW10 etc.

 

Ikimonogakari is one of my favourite J-artists as wellnormal_smile%20.gif.

 

Good Luck.

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The Sony E-888 has a bio-cellulose diaphragm. These were also used in the Sony MDR-CD1000 and MDR-CD3000 headphones. Those were discontinued long ago. You might be able to find these for sale used here or on Ebay. The CD1000 is much cheaper, but also much harder to find. The MDR-CD1000 sounds great. I used to own one.

 

The Creative Aurvana live also uses a biocellulose diaphragm. Its drivers are only 40mm compared to the 50mm drivers on the CD1000 and CD3000. The sound quality on the Sonys is probably better, however the CAL is easily available for around $70.

 

http://www.head-fi.org/t/568694/biocellulose-and-its-use-in-headphones-earphones-referring-the-recent-iem-example-vsonic-gr-07-r07

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