closed, durable, unamped and $100 or less - what's out there?

[Acix]

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Originally Posted by appar111 /img/forum/go_quote.gif The audiotechnica ATH-M50's? where have you seen them for $100 or under? I checked online and every place I could find had them for $159.

M-50 on ebay for $95-99 + free shipping.

 

[earthpeople]

The ES7s can be found for under $100 new

 

[KONAKONA]

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Originally Posted by CDBacklash /img/forum/go_quote.gif i own a 770, and it doesnt. Itll get by modestly on a number of portables. Ampsll clean up the bass a little, strengthen the mids a little and add more energy to the sound but itll sound 90+% out of a portable in the case of the 80 ohm. from a decent soundcard you can get 97% of the SQ its capable of IMO.

I tried a DT770 on a portable once, and I preferred my portapros to it.

 

[priest]

I suggest the HD280Pro.

 

[hvu]

I a pair of M50 and are rock solid headphones and more durable cans that Hd280 in my opinion.

 

[ourfpshero]

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Originally Posted by appar111 /img/forum/go_quote.gif those look almost exactly like the GMP 8.35's!

they use the same housing- dbi buys them from mb quart.

also- hd280 are NOT durable. they have a rep for the headband cracking. hd215 dont sound very good, i would stay away

 

[CDBacklash]

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Originally Posted by KONAKONA /img/forum/go_quote.gif I tried a DT770 on a portable once, and I preferred my portapros to it.

you dont like the 770 at all, though

 

[appar111]

I just scored a NIB set of DBI Pro 700's for $37 shipped on Ebay. Hopefully they'll be a good set for me-- these make the Beyer DT150's I used to have look shoddily built by comparison, and the DT150's were tanks!

 

[joincoolkidclub]

My KSC75 have survived just about everything I've thrown at them.
I do like the PortaPro sound signature a hair better, but your mileage may vary.

 

[appar111]

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Originally Posted by joincoolkidclub /img/forum/go_quote.gif My KSC75 have survived just about everything I've thrown at them. I do like the PortaPro sound signature a hair better, but your mileage may vary.

Yeah, the KSC75's can sound a little too crisp compared to the Portapros. Plus the PP's look cooler.

I'm getting tired of the rattling from stray hairs that get stick in the earpads (& touch the drivers) on the Koss' though, thanks to the fact that I have a cat in the house.