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What 3 Sub-$500 Cans would you choose?

post #1 of 17
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This is in part for fun and in part to save my wallet some suffering, what 3 sub-$500 cans would you choose if it were the last 3 pairs you could ever buy and you wanted to cover all possible genres of music? beyersmile.png

 

post #2 of 17

I already have two of them, the Ultrasone Pro 900s for electronic and/or bassy music, and the Sennheiser HD-600 for mellow music.  For aggressive music I'd pick the Grado SR-325i/is (already have the SR-80i and plan to upgrade to the 325).  I listen to just about every conceivable genre out there, and maybe I have a blind spot, but I can't think of anything those three couldn't cover satisfactorily. 


Edited by LithoJazoSphere - 12/1/11 at 4:50pm
post #3 of 17

Heya,

 

Sennheiser HD600 - Covers everything.

 

Hifiman HE-300 - Covers everything.

 

Denon D5000 - Covers everything.

 

Fischer Audio FA-002W - Covers everything.

 

You could probably get by on any one of those for every genre and do fine and be happy with it so long as you stay off Head-Fi afterwards.

 

Very best,

post #4 of 17

DT880, AKG K702, HD650. Covers everything there is to be covered.

post #5 of 17
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Originally Posted by NinjaSquirt View Post

DT880, AKG K702, HD650. Covers everything there is to be covered.



I'm not sure I'd personally want to have only those available for drum and bass, dubstep, or hip-hop.

post #6 of 17

Pro2900 fantastic fun all rounder

HD600 the most flat headphone

W1000x (550$ amazon actually). the most romantic,lol.

post #7 of 17

T50rp (rastapants)

used D7000

Pro 900

 

you know what, the T50rp and the Pro 900 may be my last 2 cans evar.

post #8 of 17

HD600

SRH940 when closed headphones are needed

SE530 for outside the house

post #9 of 17
AD1000PRM < Home
DT150 < Cold
EX800ST < Outside
post #10 of 17

HD650, D5000, SR325i's. 

 

They have all my music genres covered. tongue.gif

post #11 of 17

HD600

Grado RS1i --used (cheating?!...probably) 

K501

 

post #12 of 17

Grado RS2

Sennheiser HD600

Id like to try to AKG K550 when it comes out

post #13 of 17

HD650 DT150 HF2

 

 

 

 

post #14 of 17

I haven't tried much so i would say the following.

 

Sennheiser hd 25 1 ii $200 does nothing wrong

 

Alessandro ms1 $99 Again does very little wrong

 

Shure srh840 $140 to much midbass but good nonetheless.

 

That's of what i tried. I ordered a pair of srh940 and if i'm not satisfied i might just stay satisfied with my hd 25 1 ii. I still am amazed at how good they are for my genres.

post #15 of 17

1. Sony SA5000

2. Beyerdynamic DT880/600

3. Sennheiser HD600

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