[Seidhepriest]

The K-81 would be nice if it weren't for their outrageous bass. As it goes, they have excellent diaphragm travel, deep space, deep dynamics, but the bass is plain nauseating (with a headphone amp anyway).

Now, "portable" headphones aren't those that are foldable, "portable" is anything that doesn't require an AC/DC adapter and doesn't weigh 1 KG (or more). Has anyone ever seen someone fold their "portable" headphones anyway? Most of the time they just hang on the neck. CAL/Denon AH-D1001 are great street headphones. So, what this comes to. Please, more circumaurals in the review, and not just foldable. In short: if it can be powered by a player and is lightweight and comfortable, it's good for outdoors.

JVC HA-RX700 sounds interesting. Yamaha RH5MA sounds interesting (and cheapish).

 

[Seidhepriest]

To throw something else into the fray: there're two sets of Denon AH-P372, one stock, one recabled. The recabled set is plain awesome. There might be a review of both.

 

[ljokerl]

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Originally Posted by kshelton /img/forum/go_quote.gif Joker I got my HD25s yesterday and I am in love

Ah, excellent. They are stellar performers, are they not? I'll get to writing them up one of these days but everytime I go at it I end up just listening to them for an entire evening and nothing gets written

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Originally Posted by Seidhepriest /img/forum/go_quote.gif To throw something else into the fray: there're two sets of Denon AH-P372, one stock, one recabled. The recabled set is plain awesome. There might be a review of both.

Yes, I have a P372 on hand (courtesy of jant71). Review coming next week.

As for portability, The K81s need to lose the inner foam and a bass-light source to overcome the bass problem. Extra power just makes it worse. The HA-M750 and M-Audio Q40 give me bass headaches. The K81s do not.

As for portability, I've had two pairs of the HA-RX700 (stock and modded) and didn't even consider including them in the shootout. I guess I draw the line when a headphone is large/inconvenient enough that I wouldn't be bothered wearing it outside. Thick, long cords tick me off a bit and I do fold my headphones away when I get to class. Ever try sitting in place for two hours being choked by an M-Audio Q40? Not pleasant

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More updates coming soon.

 

[Seidhepriest]

AH-D1000 are unnoticeable on the neck

So the Q40 aren't that comfortable? And bassy?

The HA-RX700 do look monstrous, but the looks also suggest comfort.

The problem with K-81 is the grille tuning, maybe a new grille (holes, not squares) would help it. Perhaps extra holes. Anyway, they're not the most comfortable set out there.

Circumaural headphones are way more comfortable and have a fuller sound, so they're a logical choice.

 

[Seidhepriest]

K-81 were nauseatingly bassy out of Minibox-D with a Sony PCDP. Foamless. And they were playing bassless guitar ambient. After that last try they just gathered dust.

 

[ljokerl]

Went through and adjusted color balances on most of the pics. Also resized all of them and eliminated some unnecessary ones since I'm getting awfully close to the 35-per-post photo limit.

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Originally Posted by Seidhepriest /img/forum/go_quote.gif So the Q40 aren't that comfortable? And bassy?

Right

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Originally Posted by Seidhepriest /img/forum/go_quote.gif The HA-RX700 do look monstrous, but the looks also suggest comfort.

Comfy yes, but they get awful hot in there.

 

[ljokerl]

Updated with PX200-II, JVC HA-S700, and Philips SBC HP 430

 

[LQQK]

I use the PX100's allot,,,now I'm gonna have to get my hands on the PX200 II!

Thanks for the review ljokerl.

LQQK

 

[kshelton]

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Originally Posted by ljokerl /img/forum/go_quote.gif Ah, excellent. They are stellar performers, are they not? I'll get to writing them up one of these days but everytime I go at it I end up just listening to them for an entire evening and nothing gets written .

Yes I am very pleased with them, at first it was a lot of money for me to spend on headphones but now I am sold on this whole "audiophile" stuff...

 

[Seidhepriest]

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f103/d...review-465880/

Questions are welcome.

 

[vkvedam]

Outstanding effort ljokerl. It's not an easy feat to do such a thing. Helps out in advising my fellow mates. Thanks once again.

 

[Silenced]

great thread. Please check out the audio-technica sj5!

 

[Eagle_Driver]

I now have in my possession a pair of Sennheiser PX100-II headphones, which will eventually replace the original PX100 in the lineup once stock of the older model is cleared out. The PX100-II is definitely a small but worthwhile improvement over the original PX100: more neutral and less dark. (In other words, Sennheiser made an already good open portable headphone even better.)

Those who expect the new PX#00-II models to have a Y-cord hanging down from both earpieces may be slightly disappointed to find out that they have a single-sided cord hanging from the left earpiece instead.

 

[Azathoth]

Methinks the OP should review the Senn PX100-II, Jays V-Jays, AKG K420 and the AKG K450 next...

 

[ljokerl]

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Originally Posted by LQQK /img/forum/go_quote.gif Thanks for the review ljokerl.

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Originally Posted by vkvedam /img/forum/go_quote.gif Outstanding effort ljokerl. It's not an easy feat to do such a thing. Helps out in advising my fellow mates. Thanks once again.

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Originally Posted by Silenced /img/forum/go_quote.gif great thread. Please check out the audio-technica sj5!

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Originally Posted by Azathoth /img/forum/go_quote.gif Methinks the OP should review the Senn PX100-II, Jays V-Jays, AKG K420 and the AKG K450 next...

Thanks guys. More cans coming in the future.

For now updated with M-Audio Q40 and Audio-Technica ATH-ES7. Also split into two posts since I ran into 100k character cap.