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Help looking for a new headset budget is $100 - $400

post #1 of 27
11/28/11 at 1:23pm
Thread Starter 

So I'm looking for a headphone that I can use when I'm at home. My budget isn't too high so I guess whatever is the "best" in the budget is fine.

 

A couple of things I'm looking for

 

- I play a lot of pop music (70%) the rest of the 30% is a mixture of different genres

 

- I like a large sound stage. I want to feel like I'm surround by the music.

 

- I wear glasses so I like it to be comfortable. I don't want massive pressure on my head

 

 

 

 

 

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post #2 of 27
11/28/11 at 1:28pm

Okay,

 

Firstly, you'll want an open back headphone to get a huge soundstage and secondly, you might need an amp.

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post #3 of 27
11/28/11 at 1:46pm
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I have an amp already (FIlO E7), question is which headphone should I get ? There's so many of them I'm sort of confused

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post #4 of 27
11/28/11 at 1:48pm

What genres do you listen to?

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post #5 of 27
11/28/11 at 1:54pm
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Breakdown

 

70% pop

30% mixed (Rock, Jazz, Rap, R&B, Classical)

 

 

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post #6 of 27
11/28/11 at 2:02pm
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Originally Posted by mrconfuse View Post

Breakdown

 

70% pop

30% mixed (Rock, Jazz, Rap, R&B, Classical)

 

 


On your Fiio E7:

 

Beyer DT990 PRO

Ultrasone PRO 650 or HFI 2400

Denon D2000 (D5000 used if you can get it)

Fischer Audio FA-002W's

 

Very best,

 

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post #7 of 27
11/28/11 at 2:07pm
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I see you listed the Ultrasone, what about the pro 550 or the HFI 780?

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post #8 of 27
11/28/11 at 2:10pm

Imo, you should really try before you buy them. For personal listening, I did not like any of the Ultrasone models.

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post #9 of 27
11/28/11 at 2:26pm
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hmm this may be tough as B&H does not have all the models available for demo...

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post #10 of 27
11/28/11 at 2:34pm

Pro2900 excellent all rounder, great mids, great bass, great high (sometimes sibilance with few songs) but maybe a little more than 400 $ and amp is not necessarily required.

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post #11 of 27
11/28/11 at 2:37pm
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and the sound stage? is it a good wide open sound stage? I don't want to feel like I'm standing 2 inches away from the singer/instruments

 

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post #12 of 27
11/28/11 at 2:41pm
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Originally Posted by mrconfuse View Post

and the sound stage? is it a good wide open sound stage? I don't want to feel like I'm standing 2 inches away from the singer/instruments

 


You have to get open back headphones for that.

 

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post #13 of 27
11/28/11 at 2:56pm
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You have to get open back headphones for that.

 


This is not accurate.

 

You should try a lot more closed headphones.

 

D 2k/5k, SRH940, FA-003/002W, A900, PRO 5/6/7/9 Ultrasones, etc are just examples of closed headphones with sound stages (not to be confused with the same term being used to describe separation of instruments) that are very similar, and equivalent to some, to open-air headphone's sound stages. Open air headphones also have variable sound stages themselves, some are not as wide as others, yet are open. So let's not lump it into a category with authority like it's black & white, when it really is not.

 

Very best,
 

 

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post #14 of 27
11/28/11 at 3:00pm
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Originally Posted by MalVeauX View Post


This is not accurate.

 

You should try a lot more closed headphones.

 

D 2k/5k, SRH940, FA-003/002W, A900, PRO 5/6/7/9 Ultrasones, etc are just examples of closed headphones with sound stages (not to be confused with the same term being used to describe separation of instruments) that are very similar, and equivalent to some, to open-air headphone's sound stages. Open air headphones also have variable sound stages themselves, some are not as wide as others, yet are open. So let's not lump it into a category with authority like it's black & white, when it really is not.

 

Very best,
 

 


Out of the headphones you mentioned, I've auditioned the Ultrasones and owned the SRH940. Soundstage in closed headphones vs open headphones aren't even debatable. Sound is subjective but out of all the closed headphones I've tried, none matches even semi-open ones. All of them are tested in a quiet and peaceful room.

 

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post #15 of 27
11/28/11 at 3:01pm

 

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and the sound stage? is it a good wide open sound stage? I don't want to feel like I'm standing 2 inches away from the singer/instruments

 

Not the best, but very good soudstage, pro2900 is an open headphone.

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