Great suggestions guys, it seems headphones are a bit more expensive there, but my friend mentioned that he would be willing to get something over ebay as well. Keep the suggestions coming, I'll be going over some of the choices with him over the next few days. Definitely something with a nice...

Hey everybody, one of my pals in Israel is looking for a pair of headphones meant for gaming on his pc and music on the go on his phone (Sony Xperia). He didn't know too much about audio quality yet, so I had to spend a few minutes persuading him not to get a pair of Beats and a Logitech G35...

Quote: Quote: Sorry, forgot to mention I wasn't playing strictly only BF3. I've tried out the Mass Effect 3 Demo, several games on Steam (Valve games, GTA, Skyrim, COD, demos, and a bunch of indie games in between) and I always find that DH skewers the accuracy, whereas regular stereo...

I seem to be a bit of a special case, but I just can't find myself to prefer Dolby Headphone on as opposed to off. I've toyed around with different sound settings rather tediously for the past week or so and have never been able to find any DH setting that felt anywhere near as lifelike or...

I really don't feel the need to post Beats sightings, since I probably see at least 10 pairs a day, but lately I've been seeing a bunch of Grados, and even two HD 25-1 II's today. It seems that in the past few months or weeks, in general, there have been a declining number of stock earphones/iBuds.

For some reason when I turn on Dolby Headphone, I get the opposite of what I expect and the positioning actually seems to be worse, playing mostly Battlefield 3. I've eventually started playing with it off, and I find that everything feels more pinpoint without it, and has the obvious benefit of...

IIRC Klipsch Image Ones can go on sale around ~$100 quite often, most of their headphones are known to be bass heavy.

Quote: He was right though, they definitely don't have the same quality sound!

  If it makes you feel any better, there's still a possibility that it was all marketing. I've seen him in one of his random videos wearing a pair of Sennheisers.   Edit: HD202 II's, kinda meh      

Like everyone said above, if you're willing to spend a decent amount of money on headphones, or anything, just get what you want so that you don't end up wanting it later. Just find ways to limit your spending on other things for about a week or so, and you'll be fine.

lol, I just came across that article while watching the Pro Bowl, not surprising to see how the comments section is looking :)

Been seeing a few M50s around campus (surprise, surprise lol) the past few weeks, although still nowhere near as many as Beats cans. One of my friends got Sennheiser HD448s, and he told me he didn't like them all that much because they were lacking bass, and that he would prefer a pair of...

This should get you some recommendations. http://www.head-fi.org/t/567149/my-200-and-under-bassheads-buyers-guide   Though the bass on the Beats sounds good to Head-Fi virgins, once you have something to compare them to, you'll begin to find that they are comparatively muddy.

The volume difference is representative of the impedance of the headphones. Generally people who aren't properly introduced to higher quality audio won't know that amplifiers are used to overcome this issue. The Beats Studios and Pros actually have built in amplifiers, but they are of somewhat...

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