Evening everybody! Very new to this site, and very new to headphones in general. I've been living off of my car speakers and $20 panasonic IEM's for long enough, so it's time to invest in a great set of headphones. Hopefully y'all can help me out in picking which ones!
I'll be listening to 99% hip-hop with these headphones. The remaining 1% will of course be everything else (Techno, Dubstep, Trance, R&B...), but as long as it handles my hip-hop beautifully, I'll be happy. They will be used primarily for at-home listening, but I would also like them to be portable. Although they will be spending most of their time safe at home, I would like to have a pair of headphones to wear around walking, take outside while I enjoy the weather, etc.
Maybe it would be better to buy two pairs, one for strictly at-home use, and one that I can take around town with me in my backpack or something. You guys are the experts, so I'll let you decide!
I also understand that I'll be needing an amp for the quality of headphones I'm wanting to invest in. I know nothing about the quality of various portable amps, how they compare to stationary amps, etc., so I'm really not sure what I even need!
I don't have a set $ limit, but it would be nice to keep it under $400 for everything.
I do know that I really love my music, and I've probably been doing myself a great disservice all these years by listening to it through inferior audio equipment. Any advice will be greatly appreciated, thank-you!