eriatarka1
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Hello! I've been a short-term onlooker at head-fi but only now do I feel I could do with personally asking a question.
I would like to buy a set of headphones/earphones to replace my Sennheiser CX300 which finally gave up the ghost on me at the weekend. They had been worsening for a while and so (on the recommendation of plenty of head-fi members, and joker's IEM thread) I decided to pick up some Meelec M9s.
Despite the fact that the sound was definitely better in the M9s (you can't even hear the bass synth whoosh here with the CX300s - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qURHjSxeiY) I simply couldn't get a fit for more than 30 seconds at a time, which is utterly useless; I passed them on to my brother and stuck with the failing CX300s.
I would really like something which could clearly improve on the CX300s. I generally listen to rock/metal (modern not classic), but have an interest in most modern innovative music, so it needs to be capable for most genres. I don't listen to pre-20th century classical, mainstream pop or female vocalists.
My sources will be a laptop and a 6G iPod Classic 80Gb, but I'm fairly sure that I will end up buying a Fiio E5 to bypass the headphone jack (or an E7 to avoid my laptop's hiss/soundcard as well) - as a student I simply don't have the budget for anything better.
I've trialled a few sets (from my iPod, admittedly, with V2 VBR), but they had obvious flaws:
Grado SR60i - not enough bass extension or impact, and the treble was very harsh (I know that's probably not the right term but it describes how it felt to me)
Goldring NS1000 - boomy bass (even with Bass Reducer on) which made complex rock (Mars Volta) sound all blurred.
The headphone characteristics I'm after are very good instrument separation and speed for complex rock (I think I mean "airiness" but I'm not quite sure), and good bass extension for electronica. I'm not fussed about form factor (ie IEM/headphone) because I realise that with my budget I probably can't be too fussed.
Sorry that's such a lengthy first post but from hanging around I've seen that the key to getting a good answer is to provide details.
Cheers!
I would like to buy a set of headphones/earphones to replace my Sennheiser CX300 which finally gave up the ghost on me at the weekend. They had been worsening for a while and so (on the recommendation of plenty of head-fi members, and joker's IEM thread) I decided to pick up some Meelec M9s.
Despite the fact that the sound was definitely better in the M9s (you can't even hear the bass synth whoosh here with the CX300s - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qURHjSxeiY) I simply couldn't get a fit for more than 30 seconds at a time, which is utterly useless; I passed them on to my brother and stuck with the failing CX300s.
I would really like something which could clearly improve on the CX300s. I generally listen to rock/metal (modern not classic), but have an interest in most modern innovative music, so it needs to be capable for most genres. I don't listen to pre-20th century classical, mainstream pop or female vocalists.
My sources will be a laptop and a 6G iPod Classic 80Gb, but I'm fairly sure that I will end up buying a Fiio E5 to bypass the headphone jack (or an E7 to avoid my laptop's hiss/soundcard as well) - as a student I simply don't have the budget for anything better.
I've trialled a few sets (from my iPod, admittedly, with V2 VBR), but they had obvious flaws:
Grado SR60i - not enough bass extension or impact, and the treble was very harsh (I know that's probably not the right term but it describes how it felt to me)
Goldring NS1000 - boomy bass (even with Bass Reducer on) which made complex rock (Mars Volta) sound all blurred.
The headphone characteristics I'm after are very good instrument separation and speed for complex rock (I think I mean "airiness" but I'm not quite sure), and good bass extension for electronica. I'm not fussed about form factor (ie IEM/headphone) because I realise that with my budget I probably can't be too fussed.
Sorry that's such a lengthy first post but from hanging around I've seen that the key to getting a good answer is to provide details.
Cheers!