mikeloxlong
New Head-Fier
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so...here's my first thread. I figure I should stop hijacking other people's threads.
I'm in search for the ultimate headphones for the office. I know I've written these somewhere before and it's playing like a damn broken record but here I am again.
I initially ordered the AD700 and JVC HA900. I ended up keeping the JVC due to bass and isolation. I listen to a lot of different kinds of music except country music so I initially wanted impact and bass vs. sound stage. Now, I want both and it seems that I needed to go deeper into my wallet/bank account to get close.
Office headphones by my definition is a pair of affordable headphones that offer not necessarily the best but at least better than average of all worlds (sound stage + bass) and it has to be closed for isolation at a reasonable price. I've researched this forum up and down for a few weeks now and keep coming up with new headphones to check out almost every friggin day. I hate this!
I hope that this thread can help other people in the same position. Not all of us can necessarily afford a $300 headphone + $300 amp + $n = too much to be just laying around in the office. I thought that maybe $150 is the sweet spot for price and decent closed performance with $200 stretching it.
So onto the list!
ATH-A900
AKG K271 MKII
ATH-M50
DT 770 / 80
Denon AHD1001
Anything out of that bunch that is the clear cut winner? Any particular set that I've overlooked? I'd like to add that I will mostly be using my laptop with a Mini3 amp for these headphones which, after training myself to hear the difference, I can proudly say that I notice them now. Unamped, from the laptop, just not full, flatter and somewhat lifeless; even EQed. Amped, has some volume in both dB-wise and perceived fullness and warmth.
ok, I gotta stop.
I'm in search for the ultimate headphones for the office. I know I've written these somewhere before and it's playing like a damn broken record but here I am again.
I initially ordered the AD700 and JVC HA900. I ended up keeping the JVC due to bass and isolation. I listen to a lot of different kinds of music except country music so I initially wanted impact and bass vs. sound stage. Now, I want both and it seems that I needed to go deeper into my wallet/bank account to get close.
Office headphones by my definition is a pair of affordable headphones that offer not necessarily the best but at least better than average of all worlds (sound stage + bass) and it has to be closed for isolation at a reasonable price. I've researched this forum up and down for a few weeks now and keep coming up with new headphones to check out almost every friggin day. I hate this!
I hope that this thread can help other people in the same position. Not all of us can necessarily afford a $300 headphone + $300 amp + $n = too much to be just laying around in the office. I thought that maybe $150 is the sweet spot for price and decent closed performance with $200 stretching it.
So onto the list!
ATH-A900
AKG K271 MKII
ATH-M50
DT 770 / 80
Denon AHD1001
Anything out of that bunch that is the clear cut winner? Any particular set that I've overlooked? I'd like to add that I will mostly be using my laptop with a Mini3 amp for these headphones which, after training myself to hear the difference, I can proudly say that I notice them now. Unamped, from the laptop, just not full, flatter and somewhat lifeless; even EQed. Amped, has some volume in both dB-wise and perceived fullness and warmth.
ok, I gotta stop.