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Headphoneus Supremus
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Welcome to Head-fi. I won't say the second part; you'll hear it soon enough.
You've probably lurked long enough to know that we don't like Bose around here, and maybe you've noticed the name of a headphone or two that we seem to like. You've decided it's time to take the plunge and ask for our advice.
But wait, stop-- we already know what you're going to say. You want just one headphone: a jack-of-all-trades, with great bass response (though not too much) and a really open sound; you want it to be comfortable, ideally circumaural, but still portable and under no circumstances do you want to have to buy an amp. Isolation would be nice. And of course, it has to be under 50/100/200 bucks.
Hey, we sympathize: it's what almost all of us wanted when we first found this site. And you can have it, too, but only to a degree. Because very quickly you'll find that a headphone that doesn't fulfill all these things will beat the pants off the ones that do, and will specifically beat them at precisely the kind of music (games, movies) that you like. And though there are a lot of headphones that sound pretty good without a dedicated amp, even most of those sound a lot better with one. And it probably works better to have a different set of headphones for your mp3 player than for your computer or stereo, and maybe even different ones for different kinds of things you might listen to.
So you have a choice: first, you could just get yourself one of the usual recommendations at your price point and be happy. Chances are they'll be listed somewhere on the first page of threads. And trust us, the headphones you get will probably be better than any headphones you've had yet.
The second option is to let it become a bit of a hobby. Plan to listen to a bunch of different headphones, and be ready give amps a chance. Then think of what kind of music (games, movies) you like, where you'll listen to it (them), and take a look through the threads to see what's out there. Then, when you need some advice or have something to say, we'll be all ears. But be warned, and we'll keep on warning you, it can get a little addictive.
best, FV
You've probably lurked long enough to know that we don't like Bose around here, and maybe you've noticed the name of a headphone or two that we seem to like. You've decided it's time to take the plunge and ask for our advice.
But wait, stop-- we already know what you're going to say. You want just one headphone: a jack-of-all-trades, with great bass response (though not too much) and a really open sound; you want it to be comfortable, ideally circumaural, but still portable and under no circumstances do you want to have to buy an amp. Isolation would be nice. And of course, it has to be under 50/100/200 bucks.
Hey, we sympathize: it's what almost all of us wanted when we first found this site. And you can have it, too, but only to a degree. Because very quickly you'll find that a headphone that doesn't fulfill all these things will beat the pants off the ones that do, and will specifically beat them at precisely the kind of music (games, movies) that you like. And though there are a lot of headphones that sound pretty good without a dedicated amp, even most of those sound a lot better with one. And it probably works better to have a different set of headphones for your mp3 player than for your computer or stereo, and maybe even different ones for different kinds of things you might listen to.
So you have a choice: first, you could just get yourself one of the usual recommendations at your price point and be happy. Chances are they'll be listed somewhere on the first page of threads. And trust us, the headphones you get will probably be better than any headphones you've had yet.
The second option is to let it become a bit of a hobby. Plan to listen to a bunch of different headphones, and be ready give amps a chance. Then think of what kind of music (games, movies) you like, where you'll listen to it (them), and take a look through the threads to see what's out there. Then, when you need some advice or have something to say, we'll be all ears. But be warned, and we'll keep on warning you, it can get a little addictive.
best, FV