ac500
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Edit: Disregard what I said about not wanting an amp below. I am now planning on getting an amp and am currently leaning towards getting an HD 650 + Audio-GD NFB-12.
Edit 2: I have just purchased a brand new HD 650 and Audio-GD NFB-12. Waiting for them to arrive in the mail now
Right now I have Sennheiser HD 280 Pro (~$150 at the time) headphones. When I got these I was amazed at how much better music sounds, compared to my previous cheap headphones. I think I'm ready to upgrade, because I really enjoy quality sound.
What I'm looking for is comfortable headphones that, most importantly, put out extremely high quality sound.
My only complaint about my HD 280 Pro is this: They're completely closed, so for extended listening my ears get tired/hot. Open/closed doesn't matter much ultimately I guess, all I care about is that they're comfortable for extended listening.
For example, I don't know why, but it seems to fatigue my ears after a while. I don't know if this is unavoidable with high quality sound, but I'd imagine different headphones have different 'personalities'. I heard that, for example, the HD 650 is sort of more "mellow", but I am not an "audiophile" so I'm not sure exactly what that means for headphones with unmodified sound output (like no bass boost).
I'm willing to pay up to $500 total, but only if it's something that will last me for a very long time.
Also, I don't have any special sound card and don't want one, because I can't install a sound card in my laptop/ipod/etc. for example. The most important thing here is I don't want to be "tethered" to my desktop computer. I have my laptop in a different room, for example, and I want to be able to listen on that as well.
P.S. Also, I listen to a variety of music: Classical, r&b, pop, etc., if that matters at all.
Thanks!
Edit 2: I have just purchased a brand new HD 650 and Audio-GD NFB-12. Waiting for them to arrive in the mail now
Right now I have Sennheiser HD 280 Pro (~$150 at the time) headphones. When I got these I was amazed at how much better music sounds, compared to my previous cheap headphones. I think I'm ready to upgrade, because I really enjoy quality sound.
What I'm looking for is comfortable headphones that, most importantly, put out extremely high quality sound.
My only complaint about my HD 280 Pro is this: They're completely closed, so for extended listening my ears get tired/hot. Open/closed doesn't matter much ultimately I guess, all I care about is that they're comfortable for extended listening.
For example, I don't know why, but it seems to fatigue my ears after a while. I don't know if this is unavoidable with high quality sound, but I'd imagine different headphones have different 'personalities'. I heard that, for example, the HD 650 is sort of more "mellow", but I am not an "audiophile" so I'm not sure exactly what that means for headphones with unmodified sound output (like no bass boost).
I'm willing to pay up to $500 total, but only if it's something that will last me for a very long time.
Also, I don't have any special sound card and don't want one, because I can't install a sound card in my laptop/ipod/etc. for example. The most important thing here is I don't want to be "tethered" to my desktop computer. I have my laptop in a different room, for example, and I want to be able to listen on that as well.
P.S. Also, I listen to a variety of music: Classical, r&b, pop, etc., if that matters at all.
Thanks!