Perpetualpoet
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Hello everyone!
I'm a professional percussionist and teacher. I teach percussion ensemble and computer music. I decided recently that I needed to make the plunge into some high quality headphones. I tested the following headphones with nearly every type of music. I'll type a summary below not as a review, but so you can see my tastes.
Beats HD solo (just cause my students made such a big deal out of them) - Comfortable and nice bass (too much actually), but female vocals were muted and guitar was muddy. Returned
Bose OE2 - The most comfortable on-ears on the planet! Excellent bass, but the highs were very dull. I like my High Hats shimmery! Returned
V-Moda M-80 - I liked these A LOT. But they just weren't comfortable for me. I didn't like the foam material nor the pressure on my glasses legs that go behind my ear. But my god they are awesome sounding, especially for rock/pop/electronic. V-moda did a really great job here. I'd wait until the M-100 but I do listen to a good amount of marimba solos though and the bass notes are a little muddy for the sound profile on these babies.
On a sidenote, I had my students try all of the above and even though they were totally brainwashed by beats marketing, after they took a listen every single student said the M-80's were the best headphones they've ever heard. Making one convert at a time....
Sennheiser 558 - Acoustically this is exactly what i was looking for! I like hearing all the details and these certainly deliver. The highs were really nice and the bass was clear. Not only are they comfortable, but I discovered that I really like open headphones because I don't feel so closed off to society and I can hear my wife talking to me
So i'm pretty much sold on the 558's but I have a few issues. Firstly the proprietary cord is a big negative. I saw on these forums that I can slice my own or order a custom splice to a 1/8in which I suppose I'm ok with. But I'd have preferred a normal 1/8 to 1/8. Anyhow not a huge deal....
Secondly these are non collapsable and come with no case. I'm going to be toting these things around a lot in my bookbag and I don't want them to get damaged.
So my question is, would you
A. recommend another headphone with a similar sound (open, detailed etc.) that has a normal cord, is collapsable (or at least has a case)
OR B. could you recommend a good case for these badboys and suggest that I just buy the custom cable
Thanks guys and gals, You're the best!
I'm a professional percussionist and teacher. I teach percussion ensemble and computer music. I decided recently that I needed to make the plunge into some high quality headphones. I tested the following headphones with nearly every type of music. I'll type a summary below not as a review, but so you can see my tastes.
Beats HD solo (just cause my students made such a big deal out of them) - Comfortable and nice bass (too much actually), but female vocals were muted and guitar was muddy. Returned
Bose OE2 - The most comfortable on-ears on the planet! Excellent bass, but the highs were very dull. I like my High Hats shimmery! Returned
V-Moda M-80 - I liked these A LOT. But they just weren't comfortable for me. I didn't like the foam material nor the pressure on my glasses legs that go behind my ear. But my god they are awesome sounding, especially for rock/pop/electronic. V-moda did a really great job here. I'd wait until the M-100 but I do listen to a good amount of marimba solos though and the bass notes are a little muddy for the sound profile on these babies.
On a sidenote, I had my students try all of the above and even though they were totally brainwashed by beats marketing, after they took a listen every single student said the M-80's were the best headphones they've ever heard. Making one convert at a time....
Sennheiser 558 - Acoustically this is exactly what i was looking for! I like hearing all the details and these certainly deliver. The highs were really nice and the bass was clear. Not only are they comfortable, but I discovered that I really like open headphones because I don't feel so closed off to society and I can hear my wife talking to me
So i'm pretty much sold on the 558's but I have a few issues. Firstly the proprietary cord is a big negative. I saw on these forums that I can slice my own or order a custom splice to a 1/8in which I suppose I'm ok with. But I'd have preferred a normal 1/8 to 1/8. Anyhow not a huge deal....
Secondly these are non collapsable and come with no case. I'm going to be toting these things around a lot in my bookbag and I don't want them to get damaged.
So my question is, would you
A. recommend another headphone with a similar sound (open, detailed etc.) that has a normal cord, is collapsable (or at least has a case)
OR B. could you recommend a good case for these badboys and suggest that I just buy the custom cable
Thanks guys and gals, You're the best!
