dreambench
New Head-Fier
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Hey everyone! It's my first post here and I need help with choosing my first decent headphones. I've been using a pair of cheap Philips headphones with a mic, so my standards are pretty low right now and anything is going to be an upgrade.
I usually listen to EDM, i.e Trance, Progressive, Electro House and hip-hop from time to time so emphasis on bass is important. I don't want something way too bassy tho, don't get me wrong, I'm one of those people for which bass is never enough, but I don't want all the other sounds destroyed while having tons of bass. I know I won't get a lot of everything for this price, so anything with decent bass response and average highs and mids is good. They also need to be over-the-ear and closed.
At first I was convinced I wanted XB500s, but since they are discontinued, it was literally impossible to find them in any shop in my country (Bulgaria) and ordering them from a foreign website which still has them would make them a bit too expensive for what they are worth.
I looked in a couple of threads on the Head-Fi forums with a similar title, but most of the models suggested that were under $100 are now $150+ on amazon and even more expensive in other websites and in my case there's almost no way I'll find a second hand, refurbished or some kind of a bargain, so I'm looking for something which is $100 MSRP or less.
I hope I was descriptive enough, I've been looking at headphones for the past 2 days and I've read reviews on some pairs that claim to have "Great, punchy bass", while others saying "Very weak and innacurate" for the same model, and it's been quite confusing.
Thanks!
I usually listen to EDM, i.e Trance, Progressive, Electro House and hip-hop from time to time so emphasis on bass is important. I don't want something way too bassy tho, don't get me wrong, I'm one of those people for which bass is never enough, but I don't want all the other sounds destroyed while having tons of bass. I know I won't get a lot of everything for this price, so anything with decent bass response and average highs and mids is good. They also need to be over-the-ear and closed.
At first I was convinced I wanted XB500s, but since they are discontinued, it was literally impossible to find them in any shop in my country (Bulgaria) and ordering them from a foreign website which still has them would make them a bit too expensive for what they are worth.
I looked in a couple of threads on the Head-Fi forums with a similar title, but most of the models suggested that were under $100 are now $150+ on amazon and even more expensive in other websites and in my case there's almost no way I'll find a second hand, refurbished or some kind of a bargain, so I'm looking for something which is $100 MSRP or less.
I hope I was descriptive enough, I've been looking at headphones for the past 2 days and I've read reviews on some pairs that claim to have "Great, punchy bass", while others saying "Very weak and innacurate" for the same model, and it's been quite confusing.
Thanks!
