Vergex2
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Over a year ago, I was limping with a damaged HD 555 + X-Fi Prelude. I still have the setup now - and after the third time in three days that my Prelude died on me (forces a restart, which is tiresome and obtrusive), I've decided that I really do need a replacement now. Then, I couldn't decide on something better, and didn't have a great budget, but now, I have a slightly better situation to work with.
While I do watch videos, chat and play games (FPS, RTS), music is obviously at the forefront, and I think it'd be fair that at this price range any phones should be able to do all that exceptionally well. However, despite my minute playlist, a massive variety of genres are covered (pretty much everything that comes to mind after a minute of brainstorming. Classical, metal, pop & electronica, are the four most prevalent, but I have plenty of 'strange stuff' and 'outliers') so there can be no particularly glaring weaknesses. My source isn't perfect, but most of my music is relatively modern (2000s) and have decent production values - so only a bit of leeway there is required. However, I do have a small contingent of more underground music, with lesser production, and it would hurt considerably the setup were particularly unforgiving.
(I do not want multiple phones/amps etc. I don't want to use one phone for a certain genre of music and such - I simply don't have the opportunity, as my playlists are all shuffled. Soothing arias could shift into death metal instantly, so I do not want to ever switch my components)
$1,000 (USD/CAD, though I live in Canada, and I prefer to not have to Ebay everything. However, I would be hardly surprised that most electronics stores do not specific audiophile phones that would be mentioned. Less that $1,000 of course, is all the better.) must cover the entire setup (Headphones + anything else required, Amps, sound card, whatever). I'd prefer something easy to set up, as I'm not a fan of complex DIY projects that I have no experience with, especially at this price point. Note that I would most likely never mod my equipment, so do not factor in such a variable. I do that because I invariably have terrible luck with the condition of my belongings, so excellent build quality is a must.
Basically, all I require is a rounded, simple, stable & sturdy setup. Though I'd prefer open, circumaural cans (and comfort does matter, of course. I can keep my HD 555s on for hours on end, even while I'm not playing anything), that doesn't matter as much as the aforementioned points. I'll be mostly using it at home (portability doesn't matter) - I just prefer headphones due to small things, such as the fact that they bleed ever so slightly less than actual speakers.
Note that I love my current setup, and if it weren't for my own callousness I wouldn't have issues. But then again, I wouldn't have another great chance to hurt my wallet.
Thank you very much in advance.
While I do watch videos, chat and play games (FPS, RTS), music is obviously at the forefront, and I think it'd be fair that at this price range any phones should be able to do all that exceptionally well. However, despite my minute playlist, a massive variety of genres are covered (pretty much everything that comes to mind after a minute of brainstorming. Classical, metal, pop & electronica, are the four most prevalent, but I have plenty of 'strange stuff' and 'outliers') so there can be no particularly glaring weaknesses. My source isn't perfect, but most of my music is relatively modern (2000s) and have decent production values - so only a bit of leeway there is required. However, I do have a small contingent of more underground music, with lesser production, and it would hurt considerably the setup were particularly unforgiving.
(I do not want multiple phones/amps etc. I don't want to use one phone for a certain genre of music and such - I simply don't have the opportunity, as my playlists are all shuffled. Soothing arias could shift into death metal instantly, so I do not want to ever switch my components)
$1,000 (USD/CAD, though I live in Canada, and I prefer to not have to Ebay everything. However, I would be hardly surprised that most electronics stores do not specific audiophile phones that would be mentioned. Less that $1,000 of course, is all the better.) must cover the entire setup (Headphones + anything else required, Amps, sound card, whatever). I'd prefer something easy to set up, as I'm not a fan of complex DIY projects that I have no experience with, especially at this price point. Note that I would most likely never mod my equipment, so do not factor in such a variable. I do that because I invariably have terrible luck with the condition of my belongings, so excellent build quality is a must.
Basically, all I require is a rounded, simple, stable & sturdy setup. Though I'd prefer open, circumaural cans (and comfort does matter, of course. I can keep my HD 555s on for hours on end, even while I'm not playing anything), that doesn't matter as much as the aforementioned points. I'll be mostly using it at home (portability doesn't matter) - I just prefer headphones due to small things, such as the fact that they bleed ever so slightly less than actual speakers.
Note that I love my current setup, and if it weren't for my own callousness I wouldn't have issues. But then again, I wouldn't have another great chance to hurt my wallet.
Thank you very much in advance.
