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post #16 of 21
12/27/11 at 11:52pm
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The Shure SRH840 are up there in price right now, cheapest I could find is $166.



they were ~$140 last i checked. wow. well we can play the 1 week waiting game :)

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post #17 of 21
12/28/11 at 12:00am

The website Bountii is great for finding the lowest prices

Also Techbargins.

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post #18 of 21
12/28/11 at 12:02am
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Originally Posted by PurpleAngel View Post

The website Bountii is great for finding the lowest prices

Also Techbargins.



after experience from buying from these low price stores...and having to return an item a couple months after using manu warrantly.....amazon and other easy retailers are the only ones i will ever buy from again/

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post #19 of 21
12/28/11 at 1:48am
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Thanks everyone for the help.

 

I have narrowed my options down to the 840s, AKG k271s and the ATH-A900

 

I tried the 840s at a local guitar center and enjoyed the sound sig, but the clamping power was a bit much. I am going to revisit them. Anyone have an opinion on the k271s?

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post #20 of 21
12/28/11 at 9:50am

You can stretch most headphones overnight to bring down the clamping pressure. I haven't heard the K271's, but a lot of people say they have potential, yet it's hard to make them sound good because they need to be paired with an amp just right for them. If you don't have an amp and don't want to buy one, they probably aren't a good option.

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post #21 of 21
12/28/11 at 10:33am
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Originally Posted by Jgott44 View Post

Thanks everyone for the help.

 

I have narrowed my options down to the 840s, AKG k271s and the ATH-A900

 

I tried the 840s at a local guitar center and enjoyed the sound sig, but the clamping power was a bit much. I am going to revisit them. Anyone have an opinion on the k271s?



like the guy said below. you can reduce clamping easily. but the 840 clamps? wow. i have the 440's and while it has a little less, it still clamps similarly from what i hear. and my 440's don't clamp at all compared to the HFI 580's. im sure the AKG and ATH's clamp much more than the SRH 840's. it's best to test them out. but yes. the SRH 840's are extremely popular monitor headphones on head fi. the AKG's are a little less heard about. but none the less. the AKG and the SRH's are fine series of headphones. i don't know much about the ATH series other than the M50's and a little on the M40's

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