Hi Head Fi Community,
Let me first congratulate this forum on being such an extensive storehouse of knowledge and info for the audiophile community. I have been reading these forums incessantly for the past few weeks trying to decide what my first pair of 'audiophile' headphones should be.
I have always been gifted in ear headphones before those - Bose and Sennheisers, which have either had flimsy builds or I have been rough on them because I always lose one buds functionality in about three months or so. I've been determined to buy a sturdy pair of over ears closed headphones and thats how I stumbled on your neck of the woods and wow, has it been an enlightening few weeks.
After a lot of consideration, I have decided on the Audio Technica ATH M50 (coiled) ... considering the overwhelming reviews of the product. I hope to evolve as an audiophile over time and explore new products and techniques but I suspect I'll be pleased with my first buy. I paid 119$ on ebay (proaudiostar being the seller), which is a much better price than the 160$ currently on amazon. I had a tough time deciding between the straight or coiled pair but the coiled prevailed because i don't envision having to walk too far from my phones while i have them on and the 11' cable with the S was a deal breaker.
Well, just want to register to thank you all. Can't wait for it to arrive. \m/
Good choice on the coiled cable, I never liked straight cables
