bjackson
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I know you guys just love giving the same advice over and over, so I thought I would ask for a recommendation on some headphones! haha
I made my own speakers over the past few months, and they just sound increadible, but the problem is that they are in my parents house since my apartment really can't support something this large.
(They have a ribbon tweeter, vifa 4" midrange, and two 10" Dayton Reference woofers, the entire array is tri-amplified with a few hundred watts avaiable to the woofers, 100 to the mids, and 30 to the very efficent tweeter)
However, I now go back to my apartment and listen to my cheap polk speakers and they are not doing it for me, not only that I can not turn up my system very loudly because I do not want to disturb the neighbors.
I have been thinking about DIY'ing some more speakers for my apartment, however I was thinking that headphones might be the way to go and I was wondering your thoughts. I have looked at the freq response charts for some 100-200 dollar cans, and I've been unimpressed. Above 10k it seems like there are lots of breakup nodes and distortion (atleast that's what I'd call it in a loudspeaker, but headphones are the same basic design, no?), so what would be a good recommendation for me.
I'd like something 250 maximum range, preferably less, that has good deep articulate bass, a very nice fluid midrange, and a treble that is restrained but not muted. I.e. I want the perfect audio experiance!
I listen to a lot of jazz, classical and romantic music, but also enjoy some rock and pop from time to time. I am willing (and probably will) make my own headphone amplifier, for I have seen some designs on the internet.
Thanks for the thoughts.
I made my own speakers over the past few months, and they just sound increadible, but the problem is that they are in my parents house since my apartment really can't support something this large.
(They have a ribbon tweeter, vifa 4" midrange, and two 10" Dayton Reference woofers, the entire array is tri-amplified with a few hundred watts avaiable to the woofers, 100 to the mids, and 30 to the very efficent tweeter)
However, I now go back to my apartment and listen to my cheap polk speakers and they are not doing it for me, not only that I can not turn up my system very loudly because I do not want to disturb the neighbors.
I have been thinking about DIY'ing some more speakers for my apartment, however I was thinking that headphones might be the way to go and I was wondering your thoughts. I have looked at the freq response charts for some 100-200 dollar cans, and I've been unimpressed. Above 10k it seems like there are lots of breakup nodes and distortion (atleast that's what I'd call it in a loudspeaker, but headphones are the same basic design, no?), so what would be a good recommendation for me.
I'd like something 250 maximum range, preferably less, that has good deep articulate bass, a very nice fluid midrange, and a treble that is restrained but not muted. I.e. I want the perfect audio experiance!
I listen to a lot of jazz, classical and romantic music, but also enjoy some rock and pop from time to time. I am willing (and probably will) make my own headphone amplifier, for I have seen some designs on the internet.
Thanks for the thoughts.