[ecosse_011172]

After a few years, my Audio Technica's are dying and need replaced, they have too much leakage ow anyway.
I'm looking for closed, supra aural headphones that are comfortable and have minimal leakage as I'll use them every day at work.
I listen mostly to rock/indie/pop music and like a fairly neutral to warm sound.
 
I've been looking around but everything I come across has too much leakage.
 
Thanks in advance.
 

 

[MalVeauX]

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After a few years, my Audio Technica's are dying and need replaced, they have too much leakage ow anyway.
I'm looking for closed, supra aural headphones that are comfortable and have minimal leakage as I'll use them every day at work.
I listen mostly to rock/indie/pop music and like a fairly neutral to warm sound.
 
I've been looking around but everything I come across has too much leakage.
 
Thanks in advance.
 

Budget?

Otherwise, prepare for $1000 in spending, like a D7000 with nice new DAC/AMP.
 
(Here's some budget friendly suggestions: HM5, FA002W, Q40, DT770, A900X, K550, D2000)
 
Very best,
 

 

[ecosse_011172]

Thanks a lot, I'll have a look at them.
Budget of around USD300 but I could be flexible (I'm in Europe anyway).

 

[PurpleAngel]

Audio Technica ATH-A900.
They have been slowly dropping in price this week.

 

[ecosse_011172]

Oh, another consideration is that my head is on the large size, e.g. I find my Sennheiser HD25-1 II's uncomfortable after wearing them for a while.
 
The AKG K550's look very interesting..

 

[PurpleAngel]

What source(s) are you currently plugging your ATH-A700s into?
The ATH-A700 are easy to drive headphones.
You might need to get a headphone amplifier, depending on what new headphones you get.

 

[ecosse_011172]

I use them mostly with my iPhone and have been considering a small headphone amplifier but have read so many mixed reports on how much of a difference in SQ it's likely to make unless the headphones are a bitch to drive. I'm open minded though.

 

[PurpleAngel]

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I use them mostly with my iPhone and have been considering a small headphone amplifier but have read so many mixed reports on how much of a difference in SQ it's likely to make unless the headphones are a bitch to drive. I'm open minded though.

Fiio E6 with Fiio "L" cable.
or cmoy (sold on eBay).
 
 
 

 

[CloakedMistborn]

I am upgrading from A700s to DT880s and was thinking about selling the A700s. They are only a few months old if you want to buy another pair of A700s. 

 

[ecosse_011172]

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I am upgrading from A700s to DT880s and was thinking about selling the A700s. They are only a few months old if you want to buy another pair of A700s. 

Thanks but I'd like to try something different with ideally less leakage.