[atomic]

okay, okay! i'm ordering the fc7 from audiocubes and the k26p from musician's friend. i'll be sure to post my thoughts about each one and which one i decide to keep! (although my boyfriend's birthday is coming up and he just has sony walkman headphones... maybe i'll give him the one i don't want and get him started on this stuff too!

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thanks for all the advice!

 

[skitlets]

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Originally Posted by atomic okay, okay! i'm ordering the fc7 from audiocubes and the k26p from musician's friend. i'll be sure to post my thoughts about each one and which one i decide to keep! (although my boyfriend's birthday is coming up and he just has sony walkman headphones... maybe i'll give him the one i don't want and get him started on this stuff too! ) thanks for all the advice!

Lucky guy. I briefly listened to the fc7, but I'd love to hear what you think between the 2. Any chance you can throw in a pair of HD201s as well?

 

[bmorrison]

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Originally Posted by skitlets I briefly listened to the fc7, but I'd love to hear what you think between the 2. Any chance you can throw in a pair of HD201s as well?

I'm in the process of making a large (>10 items) headphone purchase for work. Rather than take the easy way out and buy all of one item, I went the Head-fi way and got a good cross-section of phones. Budget was a key factor, so I ended up going with k24p, k26p, HD201, MDR-XD200, and KSC-75. At home, I have the PX100 and PX200, so I'm set up nicely to do a budget-can shootout. Or I could add in the MDR-V6 and HD280, take out the k24p, KSC-75, and PX100, and do a <$100 closed-phone shootout. It would be fun to do both if I can find the time. Once all the phones arrive and are burned in, I'll see what I can do. Oh, haven't heard the FC7, unfortunately.

 

[philodox]

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Originally Posted by bmorrison Or I could add in the MDR-V6 and HD280... ...and do a <$100 closed-phone shootout.

Don't forget the K240 Studio if you do this.

 

[bmorrison]

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Originally Posted by philodox Don't forget the K240 Studio if you do this.

At the moment, I've only got a K141S. Been a couple years since I heard the K240S, but my memory is that the two are fairly similar. I could certainly include that as well.

 

[atomic]

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Lucky guy. I briefly listened to the fc7, but I'd love to hear what you think between the 2. Any chance you can throw in a pair of HD201s as well?

Well, skitlets, I thought about the 201's at first but realized I was really more interested in the foldable ones. I'm still curious about them and would like to listen to them sometime. How did you like the fc7?

 

[lini]

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Originally Posted by philodox Don't forget the K240 Studio if you do this.

Because semi-open is almost closed?

Grinnings from Hannover!

Manfred / lini

 

[philodox]

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Originally Posted by lini Because semi-open is almost closed?

Sorry, I didnt realize that he was only reviewing closed headphones... perhaps the KSC-75's are what threw me?

 

[lini]

Or perhaps it was the "take out the k24p, KSC-75, and PX100"-part you didn't quote...

Happy weekend greetings!

Manfred / lini

 

[philodox]

I didn't read the 'closed-phone' part... that is all. Personally I think that under $100 most of the closed headphones are pretty lacking. I think that at that price range open headphones are the only choice.

 

[lini]

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Originally Posted by philodox (...) Personally I think that under $100 most of the closed headphones are pretty lacking. (...)

I didn't have much luck there yet, either - sound quality of that Creative ATH-FC7 version seems pretty fair for the price, though, at least for portable applications.

Greetings from Hannover!

Manfred / lini

 

[pineapples10]

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Originally Posted by bmorrison I'm in the process of making a large (>10 items) headphone purchase for work. Rather than take the easy way out and buy all of one item, I went the Head-fi way and got a good cross-section of phones. Budget was a key factor, so I ended up going with k24p, k26p, HD201, MDR-XD200, and KSC-75. At home, I have the PX100 and PX200, so I'm set up nicely to do a budget-can shootout. Or I could add in the MDR-V6 and HD280, take out the k24p, KSC-75, and PX100, and do a <$100 closed-phone shootout. It would be fun to do both if I can find the time. Once all the phones arrive and are burned in, I'll see what I can do. Oh, haven't heard the FC7, unfortunately.

I've been wating for a <$100 closed portable comparison for a while now. Sounds like a good idea to me

 

[bmorrison]

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Originally Posted by pineapples10 I've been wating for a <$100 closed portable comparison for a while now. Sounds like a good idea to me

I'm still waiting for the ksc-75, but all the closed phones are here and should be broken in within a couple of days. I'll go ahead and do the closed headphone comparison first. I guess I hadn't read enough about the MDR-XD200 to realize that it is semi-closed. Still, maybe it's probably worth comparing them to the others in this group (V6, PX200, k26p, HD201, HD280, HP170), since some of them don't really isolate much anyway. And if I do that, maybe I'll include the K141 as well.

Wish I could get my hands on a DT231 and an FC7, just to be thorough.