gogi-goji
New Head-Fier
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Guess what? I'm a new member here looking for headphone reccomendations (I bet you've never heard that before
).
In short, I'm looking for headphones to use while drumming. Now here's the long version:
Just a few weeks ago, I started learning to play the drums, and I quickly realized that the amount of sound created while playing in my basement was very loud. I like to play along to music (so I can at least pertend I'm pro), but I do not have any headphones to play along with, only speakers. This is an issue, as the volume levels required to hear music through my stereo while drumming can reach the point of pain. Not good. My goal is to dampen the sound of my drumset greatly, to the point where I can listen to music at a reasonable level through headphones of some sort, while still being able to hear my drums.
I'm going to venture that I'd prefer some kind of circumaural headphones over IEMs. This mostly comes from the only thing close to IEMs that I've every owned, Skullcandy Ink'd buds (for the record, I never really liked their sound, it seemed kind of flabby, if that makes sense). With these Ink'd buds, I found that I constantly had to keep pushing them back into my ears with the medium sized inserts (they kept loosing their seal), the "fat" inserts never really fit in my ears, and the "skinny" inserts provided no seal for me. I'm not sure if this experience would repeat itself with "real" IEMs, but it certainly has me leaning away from them. I've also wanted to own a pair of big over-ear headphones for a while, but I can certainly hold off if I can be convinced that IEMs are the way to go. But just so you know, I am slightly biased against IEMs from the get-go.
Those Ink'd buds that I mentioned before (sadly) were my only headphones that I owned. And (again, sadly) they recently broke, and the left one popped apart for no apparent reason. I'm not exactly rolling in the dough, so whatever headphones I purchase for drumming will also likely be used for all my other headphone needs. They will be used around the house, on the computer, and on the bus. However, my primary requirement is for them to be great for drumming, so I can put up with many flaws in this department.
If required, I have an amp, but I'm really unsure of it's quality. I've never had a good pair of headphones to use with it, and it was designed to power some fairly large tower speakers (these unfortunately are no more, and ex-friend "accidentaly" kicked in the speakers). The label on them reads "JVC A-X30 Stereo Integrated Amplifier". They were originally my dad's, and are from the 80's, I believe. I have no idea how much use this amp would be to me.
As for my musical taste (if this matters), I have a somewhat ecclectic collection, about 2/3 of which is flac (I've never had a good pair of headphones, but I feel bad degrading the quality of my "masters", so I have high quality files available for whatever. I've mirrored this collection into ogg vorbis for use on my iPod). Most of my collection is modern rock, including the likes of the Foo Fighters, Muse, the Silversun Pickups, Mother Mother, the Kings of Leon, etc. I also have a very good dose of older rock there, too. Jazzy stuff (especially swing) is also present, as well as various ska, electronica, pop, and a little dose of classical.
I've rambled on for a while now, so I'll finish up. I'll say my absolute price limit is about $250 CAD, but I'd certainly wouldn't mind paying less
.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
In short, I'm looking for headphones to use while drumming. Now here's the long version:
Just a few weeks ago, I started learning to play the drums, and I quickly realized that the amount of sound created while playing in my basement was very loud. I like to play along to music (so I can at least pertend I'm pro), but I do not have any headphones to play along with, only speakers. This is an issue, as the volume levels required to hear music through my stereo while drumming can reach the point of pain. Not good. My goal is to dampen the sound of my drumset greatly, to the point where I can listen to music at a reasonable level through headphones of some sort, while still being able to hear my drums.
I'm going to venture that I'd prefer some kind of circumaural headphones over IEMs. This mostly comes from the only thing close to IEMs that I've every owned, Skullcandy Ink'd buds (for the record, I never really liked their sound, it seemed kind of flabby, if that makes sense). With these Ink'd buds, I found that I constantly had to keep pushing them back into my ears with the medium sized inserts (they kept loosing their seal), the "fat" inserts never really fit in my ears, and the "skinny" inserts provided no seal for me. I'm not sure if this experience would repeat itself with "real" IEMs, but it certainly has me leaning away from them. I've also wanted to own a pair of big over-ear headphones for a while, but I can certainly hold off if I can be convinced that IEMs are the way to go. But just so you know, I am slightly biased against IEMs from the get-go.
Those Ink'd buds that I mentioned before (sadly) were my only headphones that I owned. And (again, sadly) they recently broke, and the left one popped apart for no apparent reason. I'm not exactly rolling in the dough, so whatever headphones I purchase for drumming will also likely be used for all my other headphone needs. They will be used around the house, on the computer, and on the bus. However, my primary requirement is for them to be great for drumming, so I can put up with many flaws in this department.
If required, I have an amp, but I'm really unsure of it's quality. I've never had a good pair of headphones to use with it, and it was designed to power some fairly large tower speakers (these unfortunately are no more, and ex-friend "accidentaly" kicked in the speakers). The label on them reads "JVC A-X30 Stereo Integrated Amplifier". They were originally my dad's, and are from the 80's, I believe. I have no idea how much use this amp would be to me.
As for my musical taste (if this matters), I have a somewhat ecclectic collection, about 2/3 of which is flac (I've never had a good pair of headphones, but I feel bad degrading the quality of my "masters", so I have high quality files available for whatever. I've mirrored this collection into ogg vorbis for use on my iPod). Most of my collection is modern rock, including the likes of the Foo Fighters, Muse, the Silversun Pickups, Mother Mother, the Kings of Leon, etc. I also have a very good dose of older rock there, too. Jazzy stuff (especially swing) is also present, as well as various ska, electronica, pop, and a little dose of classical.
I've rambled on for a while now, so I'll finish up. I'll say my absolute price limit is about $250 CAD, but I'd certainly wouldn't mind paying less
Thanks in advance for any advice.