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Help me save a friend from beats!!

post #1 of 34
10/29/11 at 2:59pm
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Head-Fi, I need some help! I was on the bus with a friend the other day, and he asked my about my E11 and what it was, and after I told him about how it makes it sound better, he mentioned he was going to get beats soon. I am obviously appalled, so he asks me what better headphones for $200-300 he could get. I am here because I need help on what headphones he should get. They will most likely be unamped, and they have to look at least decent. I was looking at the Denon D1100's for him, but I was wondering what else he could get. Remember, there is just about a 0% chance that he will want an amp. He listens to mainly rap and R&B, and I would assume likes large bas quantity.

tl;dr: Friend is buying beats, what is better straight out of iPod?

Thanks!


Edited by feteru - 10/29/11 at 3:00pm
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post #2 of 34
10/29/11 at 6:34pm
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Please help me out with this! Is there anything besides the D1100 that would be good?

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post #3 of 34
10/29/11 at 6:40pm

Look at the list here: http://www.head-fi.org/t/573826/the-basshead-club

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post #4 of 34
10/29/11 at 6:54pm

Hi Feteru,

 

I just wrote a review on the AKG Q460s. Definitely better than Beats, but not for all ears or all types of music. It's possibly also worth checking out the Beyer-Dynamic T50ps which I heard the other day, but they'd had no burn-in so I can't really comment on the oveall quality - impressive build and design though and the sound seemed quite nice out of the box despite a slightly subdued top-end.

 

Check out passionforsound.wordpress.com for my blog notes on the Q460s and also my $300 headphones "at a glance"

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post #5 of 34
10/29/11 at 8:29pm

Denon AH-2000's, and tell him he can get used AH-5000's for $300.

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post #6 of 34
10/29/11 at 8:54pm

There's also the Ultrasone Pro 900 that's a little bit above $300

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post #7 of 34
10/29/11 at 9:00pm

Audio-technica m50?

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post #8 of 34
10/29/11 at 9:03pm

Ultrasone 580

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post #9 of 34
10/29/11 at 9:59pm

Some good suggestions in the list. The Ultrasone's mentioned above are great (HFI 580s or Pro 900s or 750s), but a bit bulkier. How important is size and portability?

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post #10 of 34
10/29/11 at 10:04pm

...Phiaton MS400s, maybe, if looks are a factor here?

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post #11 of 34
10/29/11 at 11:00pm
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Wow, Thank you guys so much! I will show these to him when I next see him, and hopefully he will like at least one of them, since every one of those is better than beats(like most things).

Thanks a lot, and I may just convert this guy into a head-fi'er! 

 

P.S: And now I've caught the upgrade bug looking at all these nice headphones smily_headphones1.gif

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post #12 of 34
10/29/11 at 11:53pm

I wouldn't save a friend from Monster by suggesting some Ultrasone headphones. I've listened to the HF780 and thought it was horrible.

 

From what I know, I'd add to other suggestions :

- wait for the Philips Fidelio L1, which could be good, and isn't much bulkier (and has a remote).

- buy a pair of Audio Technica ES10, but they're quite above budget, even imported from Japan.

 

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post #13 of 34
10/30/11 at 12:05am

Skullcandy Aviators pwn'd the Solo HD in the low end during a short A/B listening I did. They also look good IMO so that could be a good alternative. 

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post #14 of 34
10/30/11 at 12:06am

No real point in recommending a headphone that no one has heard, especially yourself.

 

Never mind from one manufacturer that used to be known as the pinnacle of quality in the 1950's

but now is generally renowned for 'so so' quality and mass production above everything

else.

 

They could be good these Fidelios ~ they could also be complete trash. Watch this space.

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post #15 of 34
10/30/11 at 12:13am

Dude, somebody get this guy some HD 650.

 

And watch his unsuspecting tail-rump get blown away permanently. He'll be converted to head-fi.

 

They're around 330$ online.


Edited by Hennyo - 10/30/11 at 12:14am
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