[joeylw]

I am looking now for a pair of headphones for my wife. She loves the sound of my Audio-Technica ATH-M50 a lot, but she only wants to spend $100. She loved the looks of my brother's Beats Solos, but she hated the way they sounded. She just laughed at the thought of carrying my Panasonic RP-HTF600-S around at all, saying they were ugly and don't even fold. Inner-ears and earbuds are out as well. She doesn't like the feel of anything inside her ears at all. Up until now she has been using cheap $5 no-name headphones.
 
She listens to Country, Rap, and mostly Pop.

 

[JK1]

Will she say the Sony V6 is ugly? How about the Creative Aurvana Live? How about the JVC HAM750? or HAS600?

 

[joeylw]

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Will she say the Sony V6 is ugly? How about the Creative Aurvana Live? How about the JVC HAM750? or HAS600?

 
They have to at least be foldable. I don't think the CAL! are( I bought a pair of those in December for someone), not sure about the Sony V6. The JVCs look OK though. How do they sound?

 

[JK1]

The JVC HAM750 has quite a bit of bass as does the HAS600. Does she want a bassy headphone or a neutral one? I'm surprised he CAL doesn't fold. I thought it folded like the JVC HAS600. I guess it doesn't. Oh well. The Sony V6 is a classic headphone used by pros.

 

[IIIIIIIIIIIIIII]

Check out the px100 or px200 from Sennheiser.

 

[joeylw]

She wouldn't mind having some decent bass, considering the music she listens to. As long as the bass doesn't destroy the rest of the sound (like the Beats Solos do).

 

[JK1]

The Sony V6 has deep bass, however it is not exaggerarated. The JVC headphones I mentioned have exaggerated bass.
The Sennheiser PX100-ii is a good choice at around $41. The original PX100 is very hard to find. The Koss Sportapro folds into a compact size. Imo the PX100(and probably the PX100-ii) sounds better than the Sportapro. The Sportapro is basically the same as the Portapro however it looks different and is cheaper. How about the Koss KSC75 with earclips rather than a headband? It is only $15. The lack of a headband though decreases the bass.

 

[a_recording]

My favourite pick would be the JAYS V-Jays. They are simple and fold up small, and sound better then Porta Pro's. Very rich, and really amazingly bassy sound considering their size. Great value too from mymemory.co.uk
 
 

 

[joeylw]

The Sony MDRV6 actually do fold up, which is good. But after looking at them I know she would object to the bulky coiled cord.