Hi, first post here. I have been reading for weeks though.
Let me start by saying I know you guys probably get sick of the same old questions and there's a million posts with readily available info.
My problem is I am wanting headphones that are great for rock/metal/beastie boys/some trance/ambient type stuff but mostly for good old metal and gaming.
The more I read and the more phones I look at the more baffled by choices I have become. My budget is about $200 even though I started out with $100 budget lol.
They will be unamped for now but a nice amp in the future is not out of the question. They will be driven off a xfi xtreme music and onkyo recievers. Mostly the soundcard though on my PC.
I have heavily studied the rp-21's, rp-22x, A700's, A900's, the DT770's and just about anything up to $225.
The closest place I could go would be guitar center and they have some audio technicas and some beyerdynamics to even listen to any and thats a two and half hour round trip.
They will be bought from amazon since I have $200 in gift certificates their.
Any insight or advice/suggestions would be great, I just dont want to spend $200 and be dissapointed. Also as far as the beyers go which ones can i run unamped successfully? I see all different ohm reatings on those. Bass is a consideration, not huge basshead bass, but rich full defined bass that spans across more forms of music instead of a certain genre of music.
sorry for long post
Let me start by saying I know you guys probably get sick of the same old questions and there's a million posts with readily available info.
My problem is I am wanting headphones that are great for rock/metal/beastie boys/some trance/ambient type stuff but mostly for good old metal and gaming.
The more I read and the more phones I look at the more baffled by choices I have become. My budget is about $200 even though I started out with $100 budget lol.
They will be unamped for now but a nice amp in the future is not out of the question. They will be driven off a xfi xtreme music and onkyo recievers. Mostly the soundcard though on my PC.
I have heavily studied the rp-21's, rp-22x, A700's, A900's, the DT770's and just about anything up to $225.
The closest place I could go would be guitar center and they have some audio technicas and some beyerdynamics to even listen to any and thats a two and half hour round trip.
They will be bought from amazon since I have $200 in gift certificates their.
Any insight or advice/suggestions would be great, I just dont want to spend $200 and be dissapointed. Also as far as the beyers go which ones can i run unamped successfully? I see all different ohm reatings on those. Bass is a consideration, not huge basshead bass, but rich full defined bass that spans across more forms of music instead of a certain genre of music.
sorry for long post
