Windchoir
New Head-Fier
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Hello, Head-fiers!
I'm trying to choose nice small headphones for music while working at office and going outdoors when I don't want to use my in-ear-phones.
Preferences:
- Neutral sounding - at least without extra-bass or crazy highs. I used to listen to head-/earphones with tendency to middles and highs like AKG K601 (still at home), HifiMan Re-Zero, Yuin PK3, Sony XBA-1 (now on portative). It's not that I don't love bass but I like overall tonal balance and detalisation.
- Size - I'd like them to be on-ear, not over-ear. Big cans start pressing on my glasses and it hurts my head. Or maybe this was just a feature of AKG K511, K601 are good but large-sized headphones are too bulky for outdoors.
- No sound-leaking. The biggest concern is not to disturb my colleagues. Once I bought AKG K511 thinking they would suit me but it appeared that everybody outside heard what I was listening to) And they were not comfortable too, as I mentioned earlier.
- What music I'll listen to: experimental metal (avant-garde, post-black), dark metal, modern choral and academical music, dark folk, atmospheric rock.
- Source: Nokia 920 as a portable player and SoundBlaster Live at my work. Maybe I'll buy Fiio X5 later but not sure about it.
- Budget: only 100$, I'm afraid. Shipping from China is OK. But maybe there are some gems worth increasing the budget?
Usually I was interested in IEMs or big monitors so don't know much about small-/middle-sized headphones... I know there are AKG K450 and Beyerdynamic DTX300p but I've read they are quite unreliable.
Would be very appreciated for your help)
I'm trying to choose nice small headphones for music while working at office and going outdoors when I don't want to use my in-ear-phones.
Preferences:
- Neutral sounding - at least without extra-bass or crazy highs. I used to listen to head-/earphones with tendency to middles and highs like AKG K601 (still at home), HifiMan Re-Zero, Yuin PK3, Sony XBA-1 (now on portative). It's not that I don't love bass but I like overall tonal balance and detalisation.
- Size - I'd like them to be on-ear, not over-ear. Big cans start pressing on my glasses and it hurts my head. Or maybe this was just a feature of AKG K511, K601 are good but large-sized headphones are too bulky for outdoors.
- No sound-leaking. The biggest concern is not to disturb my colleagues. Once I bought AKG K511 thinking they would suit me but it appeared that everybody outside heard what I was listening to) And they were not comfortable too, as I mentioned earlier.
- What music I'll listen to: experimental metal (avant-garde, post-black), dark metal, modern choral and academical music, dark folk, atmospheric rock.
- Source: Nokia 920 as a portable player and SoundBlaster Live at my work. Maybe I'll buy Fiio X5 later but not sure about it.
- Budget: only 100$, I'm afraid. Shipping from China is OK. But maybe there are some gems worth increasing the budget?
Usually I was interested in IEMs or big monitors so don't know much about small-/middle-sized headphones... I know there are AKG K450 and Beyerdynamic DTX300p but I've read they are quite unreliable.
Would be very appreciated for your help)
