smarrad
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Yes, I'm another one looking for cans for up to around $200 (£100).
I'll be using them with my ipod, unamplified, while walking around the city and on the london underground (noisey) so I want something that will keep out at least a little bit of the background noise.
It's probably worth noting that i'm upgrading from stock standard ipod ear buds. The only other cans I've listened to are the Bose in the Apple store and the ES7's so I dont have much to guage - and after listening to my ipod earbuds, these all sounded great. However, everyone on here seems to believe you can get something that sounds better for the saem price (£99 for the tri-ports or ES7's). Help me!
Most of the music I listen to is Rock - Acoustic, Classic, Indie, Heavy Rock, Industrial, Metal - although I do listen to a little of everything.
So far I've gathered the following info:
The Audio Technica ATH-ES7 look great, don't require an amp but apparently don't have the best sound or isolation. If the comments on audio quality were a little more positive I'd have bought them already!
The ATH-A900 sound great but are apparently not something you would wear outside your house.
The Senns HD595 and HD555 apparently sound great but would work best with an amp - and they look a little bulky to be wearing around town.
The Denon D1000 have, according to reviews, very poor isolation.
I'm willing to wear something bigger than the ES7's but dont really want to be wearing a huge set of cans everywhere I go. I also want something that looks ok - i'll be wearing them whenever i'm out in public.
Anyone got any comments or suggestions?
I'll be using them with my ipod, unamplified, while walking around the city and on the london underground (noisey) so I want something that will keep out at least a little bit of the background noise.
It's probably worth noting that i'm upgrading from stock standard ipod ear buds. The only other cans I've listened to are the Bose in the Apple store and the ES7's so I dont have much to guage - and after listening to my ipod earbuds, these all sounded great. However, everyone on here seems to believe you can get something that sounds better for the saem price (£99 for the tri-ports or ES7's). Help me!
Most of the music I listen to is Rock - Acoustic, Classic, Indie, Heavy Rock, Industrial, Metal - although I do listen to a little of everything.
So far I've gathered the following info:
The Audio Technica ATH-ES7 look great, don't require an amp but apparently don't have the best sound or isolation. If the comments on audio quality were a little more positive I'd have bought them already!
The ATH-A900 sound great but are apparently not something you would wear outside your house.
The Senns HD595 and HD555 apparently sound great but would work best with an amp - and they look a little bulky to be wearing around town.
The Denon D1000 have, according to reviews, very poor isolation.
I'm willing to wear something bigger than the ES7's but dont really want to be wearing a huge set of cans everywhere I go. I also want something that looks ok - i'll be wearing them whenever i'm out in public.
Anyone got any comments or suggestions?