pianoplayer88key
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I would like sealed cans (I may be willing to try in-ear but I want to be able to try it to make sure it seals well, is comfortable, and sounds good (for the price I'm willing to pay).) if possible, for maximum possible isolation from outside sound.
Also I would like something that has a fairly wide range frequency response, also I don't want too-harsh highs but I want the crispness in the cymbals, and I also want a good low-end bass (for example resonant at around the 20 to 30 Hz range, not the 60 to 150 Hz range that the bass boost on some devices seems to use.)
I don't want to spend more than about $100 to $120, with $150 being my absolute maximum limit.
Several months ago I tried a Bose Triport headphone and liked the bass on it but the highs were a bit recesssed in my opinion. I wasn't ready to buy at the time, but I'm closer to it now. It may be another month or two though.
I've never tried one yet but I've heard good things (and not-so-good tings) about the Sennheiser HD-280 Pro's. That's another unit I'm looking into getting, but is there anything better for a comparable price?
I would prefer a straight cord, or if it's coiled, I would like a replaceable cord so I could put a straight cord (preferably with an inline volume control so that I can quickly turn down the volume if necessary when I plug it into a powerful source so I don't blow my eardrums out) in it. What's the advantage of a coiled cord versus a straight cord, btw? I might sometimes be stretching it to its limit, but also would have times when I would want it taking up not much space.
I would like it to be comfortable (for example I would like to be able to wear it for extended periods of time in warm or hot moderately humid weather without having my ears sweat (btw I'm talking about cans here btw not in-ear models)) and be able to stay on my head in pretty much all situations unless I choose to take it off.
I would like a long cord so I can run it across the room, but one problem I have is having the cord catch on things or sometimes people trip over it. Since I can't afford a $1,073,741,824 wireless setup (probably a sufficient amount to convince the FCC to give me a license to set up a transmitter that covers a 500 mile radius with a clear hi-fidelity signal, and set up a transmitter and antenna for said wireless system), what would you recommend that's corded, or is it possible to get a wireless setup for $150 that goes at LEAST 350 to 400 feet with a clear signal then slowly drops off from there, with the headphones sounding like $100 to $120 phones?
I see a lot of talk on this forum and on headphone.com and headwize.org (not sure if I have both URL's correct) about using a headphone amp. Because of a limited budget, I do not plan to use a headphone amp, and purchasing one is not planned even in the distant future. Most likely any amp I buy in the future will either be put in my car (when I get one) or be one that is run on AC power.
I did say I wanted good isolation on these phones (so I wouldn't have to crank them up nearly so loud to get a good signal to noise ratio without blowing out my eardrums in a house with the vacuum cleaner, dishwasher, washing machine, dryer, etc running, or outside with a lawn mower, leaf blower, or weed-eater (in which case I'm operating them) running), but I would also like them to be able to be easily driven on portable devices so if I wanted to crank up the sound and share it with others (btw hopefully the seal is good enough so that I'd have to take the headphones off to do this) nearby I could do it without distorting them.
Some devices I will be driving the phones off of include, but are not limited to: Panasonic RQ-SW10 and RQ-SW20 Shockwave radio/cassette player, Sony D-NS921F MP3 CD Player, Pogo RipFlash+ MP3 Player/Recorder, Sony SRF-42 AM Stereo/FM Stereo radio (btw the SRF-42 can pretty much drive almost ANYTHING to ear-splitting levels but it's the other things I'm concerned about).
I may have already mentioned frequency response but I would like a fairly wide range. Using cheap headphones and computer software I estimate my hearing range is somewhere around 12 Hz or so up to around 16kHz. I wonder if I would be able to extend my range to something like 2 Hz or 4 Hz up to 18 or even 20 kHz with a good pair of headphones? If I can't get much more high end than 16 kHz, I would still like to be able to take advantage of what's there, but I do want to have a deep low-end.
Here are a few examples of some of the music I would be listening to:
http://68.105.108.90:1180/stephen/pi...piano_9f_1991/ - A very small sampling of some of the religious-with-vocals music I would be listening to. In many cases the recordings would be poorer quality than these here.
Radio Disney clips - this is examples of the type of pop/rock I would be listening to with it. I recorded these with the aforementioned SRF-42 off of AM 1110 in the Los Angeles, CA, area, in stereo. Frequency response tops out at 10kHz.
piano solo clips with low bass - many of the short clips here are fair quality with notes extending as low as 27 Hz. In the middle somewhere there are several short clips that are poor quality - overdriven AND very poor low frequency response, but with notes that go down as low as around 16Hz if not a bit lower. I want something that sounds good on those low notes (assuming I'm listening to better quality recordings).
So... what would you guys recommend? Should I try out a Sennheiser HD-280 Pro, or a Bose Triport, or is there something else that better meets the above criteria for a comparable or lower price?
Oh, btw, first cans I had were the Sony MDR-CD360. At the time I was somewhat happy with them but now am looking for a major improvement (they've been disfunctional for at least a couple years now or somewhere around there.)
Right now (temporarily at least, to get me by) I have a $30 Panasonic RP-HT355, but I'm looking for something better.
Also I would like something that has a fairly wide range frequency response, also I don't want too-harsh highs but I want the crispness in the cymbals, and I also want a good low-end bass (for example resonant at around the 20 to 30 Hz range, not the 60 to 150 Hz range that the bass boost on some devices seems to use.)
I don't want to spend more than about $100 to $120, with $150 being my absolute maximum limit.
Several months ago I tried a Bose Triport headphone and liked the bass on it but the highs were a bit recesssed in my opinion. I wasn't ready to buy at the time, but I'm closer to it now. It may be another month or two though.
I've never tried one yet but I've heard good things (and not-so-good tings) about the Sennheiser HD-280 Pro's. That's another unit I'm looking into getting, but is there anything better for a comparable price?
I would prefer a straight cord, or if it's coiled, I would like a replaceable cord so I could put a straight cord (preferably with an inline volume control so that I can quickly turn down the volume if necessary when I plug it into a powerful source so I don't blow my eardrums out) in it. What's the advantage of a coiled cord versus a straight cord, btw? I might sometimes be stretching it to its limit, but also would have times when I would want it taking up not much space.
I would like it to be comfortable (for example I would like to be able to wear it for extended periods of time in warm or hot moderately humid weather without having my ears sweat (btw I'm talking about cans here btw not in-ear models)) and be able to stay on my head in pretty much all situations unless I choose to take it off.
I would like a long cord so I can run it across the room, but one problem I have is having the cord catch on things or sometimes people trip over it. Since I can't afford a $1,073,741,824 wireless setup (probably a sufficient amount to convince the FCC to give me a license to set up a transmitter that covers a 500 mile radius with a clear hi-fidelity signal, and set up a transmitter and antenna for said wireless system), what would you recommend that's corded, or is it possible to get a wireless setup for $150 that goes at LEAST 350 to 400 feet with a clear signal then slowly drops off from there, with the headphones sounding like $100 to $120 phones?
I see a lot of talk on this forum and on headphone.com and headwize.org (not sure if I have both URL's correct) about using a headphone amp. Because of a limited budget, I do not plan to use a headphone amp, and purchasing one is not planned even in the distant future. Most likely any amp I buy in the future will either be put in my car (when I get one) or be one that is run on AC power.
I did say I wanted good isolation on these phones (so I wouldn't have to crank them up nearly so loud to get a good signal to noise ratio without blowing out my eardrums in a house with the vacuum cleaner, dishwasher, washing machine, dryer, etc running, or outside with a lawn mower, leaf blower, or weed-eater (in which case I'm operating them) running), but I would also like them to be able to be easily driven on portable devices so if I wanted to crank up the sound and share it with others (btw hopefully the seal is good enough so that I'd have to take the headphones off to do this) nearby I could do it without distorting them.
Some devices I will be driving the phones off of include, but are not limited to: Panasonic RQ-SW10 and RQ-SW20 Shockwave radio/cassette player, Sony D-NS921F MP3 CD Player, Pogo RipFlash+ MP3 Player/Recorder, Sony SRF-42 AM Stereo/FM Stereo radio (btw the SRF-42 can pretty much drive almost ANYTHING to ear-splitting levels but it's the other things I'm concerned about).
I may have already mentioned frequency response but I would like a fairly wide range. Using cheap headphones and computer software I estimate my hearing range is somewhere around 12 Hz or so up to around 16kHz. I wonder if I would be able to extend my range to something like 2 Hz or 4 Hz up to 18 or even 20 kHz with a good pair of headphones? If I can't get much more high end than 16 kHz, I would still like to be able to take advantage of what's there, but I do want to have a deep low-end.
Here are a few examples of some of the music I would be listening to:
http://68.105.108.90:1180/stephen/pi...piano_9f_1991/ - A very small sampling of some of the religious-with-vocals music I would be listening to. In many cases the recordings would be poorer quality than these here.
Radio Disney clips - this is examples of the type of pop/rock I would be listening to with it. I recorded these with the aforementioned SRF-42 off of AM 1110 in the Los Angeles, CA, area, in stereo. Frequency response tops out at 10kHz.
piano solo clips with low bass - many of the short clips here are fair quality with notes extending as low as 27 Hz. In the middle somewhere there are several short clips that are poor quality - overdriven AND very poor low frequency response, but with notes that go down as low as around 16Hz if not a bit lower. I want something that sounds good on those low notes (assuming I'm listening to better quality recordings).
So... what would you guys recommend? Should I try out a Sennheiser HD-280 Pro, or a Bose Triport, or is there something else that better meets the above criteria for a comparable or lower price?
Oh, btw, first cans I had were the Sony MDR-CD360. At the time I was somewhat happy with them but now am looking for a major improvement (they've been disfunctional for at least a couple years now or somewhere around there.)
Right now (temporarily at least, to get me by) I have a $30 Panasonic RP-HT355, but I'm looking for something better.