GOOD headphones with 3.5mm connector

I've been looking for ages for headphones that has good reviews, comes with a 3.5mm plug, and looks okay. I settled for AKG 601 and thought they were perfect, but then I realized it doesn't have a 3.5mm plug and decided against buying them after all. I'm so lost so I can't but to ask from someone who knows a bit better. ^^;

I've been using Razer Carcharias so far, and it's been quite alright for me. I'm not much of an audiophile, although I'm highly disgusted by the quality drop when my Carcharias broke and I quickly grabbed Steelseries Siberia v2. And I'd like to point out that the Carcharias broke for the second time for the same reason, the cable stopped working just like that, otherwise I'd probably settle for the same thing.

I use my headphones for listening to music on my laptop, and sometimes playing around with FL Studio. Obviously my needs are limited as the connector requirement might tell, but I do care about the sound a lot. Good physical design is also somewhat important to me, doesn't have to be a piece of art but wearing bowling balls on my ears is just not a very attractive idea. Comfort is a contributor too, as I'm going to wear them through most of the day. This also means I'll prefer headphones that don't 'rest' on my ears, but rather go around them. (I don't know the terms) I'd prefer the quality of the bass, but it's not that important and I want an all around decent quality.

I've been looking at the Razer's soon upcoming Tiamat headset, but I'm not sure if it's as much of sound quality as sound advancity. (that's now a word)

I'd prefer something around 250-300€, but can consider anything between 200-400€ if there's something great there. Of course the cheaper the better, but I wouldn't trust anything below ~150€ to be that great of an upgrade.

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Originally Posted by Ra97oR 

Ever thought of using some 6.3 to 3.5 adaptors?

Do they work well? I mean I don't want to find out that my several hundred headphones start defecting because I'm not plugging it where it's supposed to. I mean of course it would drop the quality as opposed to an amp, but you know.

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Originally Posted by Gwarmi 

How about a cheap amp like the Fiio E9 to make your K601's

really sing?

 

They're designed to be powered by an amplifier ~ a laptop

out means you have not really heard them yet!

I'm not sure if the extra wire clutter and less desk space is worth what I need. :P And I'd like to be able to bring the headphones with me to places without as much hassle.

Oh wait, I think I worded that wrong. XD I haven't actually bought the K601, I was going to until I realized the connector problem.

I'd like to know what does the adapter actually do to the sound quality, because my main fear is that the headphones can't give equal quality to good headphones that were designed for the 3.5 plug.

I can only find a price of 750€ for the W1000X lol, and I think the 400€ is the hard cap for what I'm willing to pay at most anyway. I have a bazillion hobbies and music is only one of them. :)

Oh thank you, I'll look more into the K272. :)  K550 sounds really interesting, but I wouldn't want to wait very long with my Siberia lol. I'll want to hear a review or two too.

It doesn't have to be AKG though. :P But they do seem to have really nice options.

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Originally Posted by tomb 

The 3.5mm plug is not your problem.  There's no loss in quality with an adapter.  Rather, the real concern is the socket in the laptop.  It's impossible to make the spring connections inside a 3.5mm socket last forever.  The metal fatigues and loses spring tension because they're so small.  At the same time, the actual electrical contact area on the plug almost becomes a point source.   The plug is exposed and easy to keep clean, monitor for wear, etc., while the socket itself is impossible to do either.  Your concern over an adapter for the plug is mis-placed.

 

 

Oh really? :O I was so sure it was something about allowing the electricity to pass better or something and it would be impossible to get the same performance without it. Thank you, that kind of makes me reconsider the K601.