[XenoX101]

So my friend wants to buy some headphones for home use that will sound better than what $100 would bring him in the speaker dept. Anyway he listens to rock pretty much all the time so I'm seeing if I can help him out.

What would you choose if you needed to buy a pair of full-size circum-aural headphones for listening to rock with a budget limit of $100?

Thanks guys.

 

[flamerz]

Open/Closed?

 

[lmilhan]

NM, you want circumaural...

 

[m3ta1head]

ATH-AD700 for around $105

 

[Meyvn]

Koss A/250 if he can find them.

 

[PaulRivers]

Of the cans I've personally tried, I can't find anything I like better than the AKG k81dj's.

 

[manchau]

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Originally Posted by PaulRivers Of the cans I've personally tried, I can't find anything I like better than the AKG k81dj's.

Mention all of the cans you heard, please.

 

[Jimothy]

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Originally Posted by Meyvn Koss A/250 if he can find them.

Ditto. Koss is only selling the A130 on ebay now, though. They seem to be well worth a try.

 

[Mercuttio]

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Originally Posted by PaulRivers Of the cans I've personally tried, I can't find anything I like better than the AKG k81dj's.

Aren't those more or less the kind that rest on your ears, as opposed to going around them?

 

[MrFaust]

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Originally Posted by Meyvn Koss A/250 if he can find them.

I have a pair of these, actually listening to Tool's 10,000 Days on them right now. I got lucky and managed to get these through the Koss distributor on eBay about a month ago for $40 shipped. I've been in the process of burning them in over the past week or so. They sound great for closed especially for that price.

 

[sonick]

I'm kinda lookin at the same thing, but closed for Rock. My current closed cans are the Eggos, which doesn't really have the best sound signature for rock.

Perhaps something with the Grado 'punch,' and better instrument seperation (a recent quibble I've had with my SR80s, in complicated portions of songs, all the instruments seem to meld together into an unrecognizable mass).

 

[PaulRivers]

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Originally Posted by manchau Mention all of the cans you heard, please.

Um...from my profile:
Koss KSC75, AKG K81DJ, Beyerdynamic 250-80, Sony MDR-7506

 

[skudmunky]

AKG k240Studio if you want full circumaural awesomeness.

 

[lmilhan]

BeyerDynamic DT250-80 used.

 

[sonick]

From the K81DJ thread:

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Originally Posted by sonick So, what's the consensus on this headphone, I'm at work and don't want to read through the entire thread... Are they good "rock" cans (classic rock, indie, alternative)?

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Originally Posted by Jahn Putting aside the KSC-35 and IEMs? Portably, the best. Examples - The Who - Live at Leeds? Awesome. The Decemberists? Excellent. Radiohead? Blast your ears off.

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Originally Posted by sonick My wallet hates you, Jahn