~$200 budget cans for newage, instrument and acoustic

[luciferzexii]

hi guys,
nice day everyone!!!
im looking for portable cans or iem with isolation due to sometimes of outdoor listening.
looking forward into those type of music above... please give me some recommendation!!!
sound: clear, detailed, smooth high or mid or both bass should be punchy not bloat...(im not basshead)...
btw.. what type of db response graph should i looking for to get this type of signature? V-shape?
source would be htc phone with lossless music: flac, wav or 500kpbs.
another would be laptop with ud-100 tiny dac and fiio e6 and a creative blaster something... i forget already...
considering to get amp as well should i get fiio e12? or save more to get the jds labs amp?
thank you!!

 

[cel4145]

If you want some good portable, on ear headphones, the Beyerdynamic DT-1350 are very nice. Innerfidelity also posted a great review of the new Onkyo ES-FC300 and ES-HF300--haven't heard those yet. Getting a pair by UPS tomorrow

 

[fabio-fi]

If you want some good portable, on ear headphones, the Beyerdynamic DT-1350 are very nice. Innerfidelity also posted a great review of the new Onkyo ES-FC300 and ES-HF300--haven't heard those yet. Getting a pair by UPS tomorrow

 
I second the DT1350 recommendation. 

 

[luciferzexii]

yeah, thank you for your recommendation.. i red review about that cans.... sound really tempted to get.... how is it compared to the new onkyo new cans hf300... btw i red they review on dt 1350, some said its sound fit with rock music... is it true?

 

[luciferzexii]

btw... i would able to extend it till $300 budget max... so would it be ideal to get okay budget cans with amp or go all out for cans?... thanks

 

[cel4145]

DT 1350s are fine with rock. I liked them a lot, but decided that I wasn't going to travel enough to justify keeping them.

If you are a big rock music fan, with a $300 budget, you could get the DT1350s and then also try a pair of Grado SR80i for home use when you don't need isolation (they are open headphones). Grados are FUN for rock

BTW: both of these headphones are easy to drive and wouldn't need an amp.

 

[czcsfb]

for $300 or less, try HF300 + Fiio E12 or Audio Technica ATH-WS99 + Fiio E12.
 
I recommend ATH-WS99 and have to admit it gives a lot of fun to my ears even comparing to my KEF M500 which imo is the best sounding headphones in the price range.

 

[cel4145]

If you wanted to stay within your original budget with a portable, I just got the Onkyo ES-FC300 I mentioned above. Definitely a good portable headphone for $150 and sound very good with rock.

 

[luciferzexii]

oh sorry for making confusion.... my main grene of music are vocal and instrument, newage... i said rock earlier because i thought the dt 1350 is best with rock music... sorry about that