ravissimo
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Hello good folks of head-fi.org,
I've frequently wandered the forums in search of great advice on different sets of headphones, mostly ones that I can't afford, but I am now in need of particular advice concerning three headphones that I've come to know are amazing.
I haven't tried any of these headphones, the Grado SR60s, SR80s or the Sennheiser HD280 Pros, but I've heard they're all good. I've also read that the Grado's are great for rock music and that the Sennheiser HD280s are typical cans suggested for particularly classical but otherwise an all around good set of phones.
While I listen to modern rock/punk/pop rock (foo fighters, fuel, live, stone temple pilots, matchbox twenty, all-american rejects, 30 seconds to mars, finch, default, etc.) about 85-90% of the time, Every now and then I like to listen to some hip-hop or pop stuff (black eyed peas, eminem, some other random stuff), and so it's important to me to have an affordable set of cans that can play everything beautifully (given the price constraint).
So question, do the Grado SR60s and SR80s only sound good for rock music? would they have the oomph to play some other types of music? Would the Sennheisers play everything more evenly? I would MUCH rather buy a set of phones that plays everything well, as opposed to play one genre of music really well, and everything else horribly. that's my main concern..
I'm leaning towards the HD280s just because i have the px100s, the cx300 IEMs, and the senn HD212 Pro, and I guess I like all of them (except the 212s aren't that great). Anyway, any help would be appreciated.
Any other suggestions around the $75-100 mark? I'm looking for closed over the head cans similar to the sr60s and hd280s. Which ones should I get? Thank you in advance!
EDIT: After reading a couple other posts, i thought I should add 'what i'm looking for'...
I always prefer an even response that doesn't over-inflate bass, so even when listening to hip-hop stuff, I like the bass to be tight and driven, not blaring, distorted bass that sounds like crap. I like my lows, mids, highs clearly separated out, and I like the treble to be clean and sparkly. So While I like rock very much, I like the clear treble that comes with pop rock as opposed to the 'arena' rock sound, where guitar trumps all. thank you again.
I've frequently wandered the forums in search of great advice on different sets of headphones, mostly ones that I can't afford, but I am now in need of particular advice concerning three headphones that I've come to know are amazing.
I haven't tried any of these headphones, the Grado SR60s, SR80s or the Sennheiser HD280 Pros, but I've heard they're all good. I've also read that the Grado's are great for rock music and that the Sennheiser HD280s are typical cans suggested for particularly classical but otherwise an all around good set of phones.
While I listen to modern rock/punk/pop rock (foo fighters, fuel, live, stone temple pilots, matchbox twenty, all-american rejects, 30 seconds to mars, finch, default, etc.) about 85-90% of the time, Every now and then I like to listen to some hip-hop or pop stuff (black eyed peas, eminem, some other random stuff), and so it's important to me to have an affordable set of cans that can play everything beautifully (given the price constraint).
So question, do the Grado SR60s and SR80s only sound good for rock music? would they have the oomph to play some other types of music? Would the Sennheisers play everything more evenly? I would MUCH rather buy a set of phones that plays everything well, as opposed to play one genre of music really well, and everything else horribly. that's my main concern..
I'm leaning towards the HD280s just because i have the px100s, the cx300 IEMs, and the senn HD212 Pro, and I guess I like all of them (except the 212s aren't that great). Anyway, any help would be appreciated.
Any other suggestions around the $75-100 mark? I'm looking for closed over the head cans similar to the sr60s and hd280s. Which ones should I get? Thank you in advance!
EDIT: After reading a couple other posts, i thought I should add 'what i'm looking for'...
I always prefer an even response that doesn't over-inflate bass, so even when listening to hip-hop stuff, I like the bass to be tight and driven, not blaring, distorted bass that sounds like crap. I like my lows, mids, highs clearly separated out, and I like the treble to be clean and sparkly. So While I like rock very much, I like the clear treble that comes with pop rock as opposed to the 'arena' rock sound, where guitar trumps all. thank you again.