HibyPrime
New Head-Fier
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It's taken awhile, but I'm actually ready to buy a set of decent phones now. I'm fairly sure that the HD555 are going to be what I want, but I would like a little bit of advice about this.
I mainly listen to forms of rock (just about every form), but also dabble in trance, pop, rap, hip hop, country, and rarely classical. Basically the headphones have to be all-rounders.
I had bought a pair of SR-80i's a few months back, and they definitely aren't for me. The high end was borderline painful. No insults to Grados, a lot of people seem to like that about them, but I'm just showing what kind of headphones I don't want.
I want to try them out before I buy them, to avoid making the same mistake twice. I'll be buying them from http://baybloorradio.com/ They are overpriced, but what isn't in Canada? I have a hard budget limit of $175 ($200 w/ tax), otherwise I have to spend even more time saving up lol
I plan to use them at home and out with an iPod, but I do plan on getting a set of lower end IEM's in the future for ipod use. I'll be running straight out of my computer, but if I find they don't preform well enough I'll probably pick up a headphone amp (I'll be looking for advice on that later, headphones first). I'm not entirely sure if I would prefer open or closed, as I've never had a decent pair of either.
So if anyone feels like it, go through that site and list a few models I should try out, that would be awesome! They have a wall of headphones in the store that are available for audition, and I couldn't possibly spend enough time with each one to give it a proper judgement. I'm going to head down there tomorrow afternoon.
Also, if theres a set you think I should try out that isn't listed there, mention it - it's possible they might have it in the store but not online (believe me, the wall of phones is pretty big lol).
I mainly listen to forms of rock (just about every form), but also dabble in trance, pop, rap, hip hop, country, and rarely classical. Basically the headphones have to be all-rounders.
I had bought a pair of SR-80i's a few months back, and they definitely aren't for me. The high end was borderline painful. No insults to Grados, a lot of people seem to like that about them, but I'm just showing what kind of headphones I don't want.
I want to try them out before I buy them, to avoid making the same mistake twice. I'll be buying them from http://baybloorradio.com/ They are overpriced, but what isn't in Canada? I have a hard budget limit of $175 ($200 w/ tax), otherwise I have to spend even more time saving up lol
I plan to use them at home and out with an iPod, but I do plan on getting a set of lower end IEM's in the future for ipod use. I'll be running straight out of my computer, but if I find they don't preform well enough I'll probably pick up a headphone amp (I'll be looking for advice on that later, headphones first). I'm not entirely sure if I would prefer open or closed, as I've never had a decent pair of either.
So if anyone feels like it, go through that site and list a few models I should try out, that would be awesome! They have a wall of headphones in the store that are available for audition, and I couldn't possibly spend enough time with each one to give it a proper judgement. I'm going to head down there tomorrow afternoon.
Also, if theres a set you think I should try out that isn't listed there, mention it - it's possible they might have it in the store but not online (believe me, the wall of phones is pretty big lol).