Best bang for buck purchase ever
Apr 20, 2009 at 4:05 PM Post #16 of 78
Quote:

Originally Posted by intoart /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I use mine with my Cambridge Audio 340C and 340A, which is a truly awesome system.


Interesting, i have the same system but i thinks using a good headphone will be a HUGE (or at least just huge) improvement,soon i will see what they worth against a compass.
 
Apr 20, 2009 at 4:11 PM Post #17 of 78
Quote:

Originally Posted by intoart /img/forum/go_quote.gif
It is clear from that statement that you are incapable of recognizing fantastic sound quality when you hear it. How sad for you!
frown.gif



LOL! The DT770's were the first headphone I purchased after finding head-fi but, through actually experiencing a multitude of other headphones(something you apparently know nothing about), I soon realized their extreme limitations mainly due to their clearly recessed midrange and uncontrolled one note flabby bass.

Incapable of recognizing fantastic sound quality you say? That's why I have moved on to currently own an RS-1, HP-1000 and an L3000.
 
Apr 20, 2009 at 4:15 PM Post #18 of 78
Quote:

Originally Posted by intoart /img/forum/go_quote.gif
It is clear from that statement that you are incapable of recognizing fantastic sound quality when you hear it. How sad for you!
frown.gif



What a completely frivolous statement! I wasn't impressed with them either... does that mean I have a deaf ear for sound quality? Of course not.

That's about as worthless a claim as me saying that you are incapable of recognizing good sound quality because you like the DT-770.

What? Ridiculous.
 
Apr 20, 2009 at 4:24 PM Post #20 of 78
AKG K81DJ objectivelly, PRO 900 subjectivelly
 
Apr 20, 2009 at 4:35 PM Post #21 of 78
Guys, intoart is completely and utterly impressed with the DT770Pro. Nothing at all wrong with that, and if he likes them better than what we consider better headphones, that's his perrogative.
$150 is the going rate for these so I wouldn't consider that to be a great deal personally.

My best bang-for-the-buck purchase was my Denon DVD-2900 SACD player that went for $999 back in 2003. I bought it for $153.09 on eBay two months ago. I unboxed it and the unit and the remote looked barely used.
 
Apr 20, 2009 at 4:46 PM Post #22 of 78
My personal favorite purchases: Klipsh Image, combo Pico, and EEE PC.

I got the half off Klipsch promo, so that came out to $130.

Edit: shout outs to my Sansa Clip and Head-Direct HE2, but I can't put them at the top, because the sound quality isn't quite there.
 
Apr 20, 2009 at 5:45 PM Post #23 of 78
Koss KSC75 for obvious reason
tongue.gif

JVC RX700 = I am glad I purchased this HP when it was still in stock even then I have to wait around 1 week.
 
Apr 20, 2009 at 7:12 PM Post #26 of 78
Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncle Erik /img/forum/go_quote.gif
1. Denon DL103 for about $120. Man, does this thing sound good! I'll probably stick with these forever, since I hate paying big bucks for wear items.

2. Used Beyerdynamic DT48 for about $60. Read the raving reviews of the select few of us who own these. A few of the superphones might better it, but these smoke pretty much everything in detail retrieval and accuracy.

3. Used Quad ESL-63 pair for $650. They roll off hard below 40Hz, but are stunning on everything above that.


A dt48 for $60? OMG
eek.gif
That's incredible bfb...
 
Apr 20, 2009 at 7:16 PM Post #28 of 78
Quote:

Originally Posted by REB /img/forum/go_quote.gif
A dt48 for $60? OMG
eek.gif
That's incredible bfb...


Not really. A a version sold for 86. Some one sold 2 DT 48 silvers for like 50.00.. I never get that lucky. Cost me 225.00..
 
Apr 20, 2009 at 7:25 PM Post #29 of 78
I hate to admit it but there is a huge element of 'quest-romance' in the never-ending audiophool consumerism fostered by the hi-fi hobby in general and Head Fi in particular (D@mn you, Head-Fi!). Why, all I had to do was get the M^3 Amp to enhance pc-replay, and, in the process of rediscovering and then subsequently resolving to re-rip the entire audio collection, I decided that I'd just have to buy some more used headphones to try it with. Four pairs in thirty days later. . . .

It's not the urge to conspicuous consumerism itself but the epic urgency of the particular purchase that ornaments the very best purchases. Among them, I fondly recall trying to find some good *very used* speakers to replace some nearly-new Aurum Cantus two-way bookshelf speakers I'd gotten passed on. The Aurums sounded detailed, but the ribbon tweeter just made it gutless, I thought. So I wanted big, classic two-way floorstanders. I swapped offers and anecdotes with a guy on Agon about getting his Aerial 7s; he ultimately decided that they were too expensive to ship. Dejectedly googling Craigslist, I found another pair in Silicon Valley. They were cheaper than the Agon pair but local pickup only: I'm in Bham, AL. Could I trust a long-distance Craigslist sale? The speakers were being sold by what seemed to be (and ended-up being) respectable high-end stereo contractors for well-groomed tech peoples--how could I know for sure? The Aerials had been fiercely scrawled over with markers by the tech-exec's prodigious progeny; did I mind?--the marks were reflected in the price. Could I source a local packer and shipper?--the boxes were long gone. I did it all over three long July weeks, and I confess that they were three of the best that I had in a long, wearisome, angst-ridden summer.

The Aerial 7s arrived and sounded like two-driver heaven. Can you doubt it? I still love 'em, but I know that their value is deeply invested with all the pleasant agonies that I put myself through to get 'em. Good thing too. Speakers are the last things that I would want to be tormented by the upgrade bug about.
 
Apr 20, 2009 at 7:44 PM Post #30 of 78
all my headphones cost the usual going rate when i bought them... i guess my fiio E3 was great bang for the buck even though i paid the same $8 as everyone else

my PFEs were great bang for the buck at the same $125.10 everyone else pays with the 10% off code

now if you extend the discussion to all audio related equipment... i paid $5 for a Peavey TNT100 bass amp that only needed a fuse replacement to get it working
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Users who are viewing this thread

Total: 3 (members: 0, guests: 3)
Back
Top