Dkline
New Head-Fier
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I've been trying (and agonizing) over trying to find a good pair of over the ear closed back and durable headphones recently. I'm not extremely well-versed in the headphone audio world, but I do have a love for headphones. Years ago, I used almost nothing but Koss UR20's simply because they lasted forever. First pair, the cable went out, so I soldered in a new cable, then that one went out and I got another pair of Koss UR20's because they were just durable and; you guessed it, cable went out.
Fast forward 2 cable replacements later and I decided to look for some new cans. I found the Monoprice 8323, detachable cable! I looked up reviews for them and found this forum, and saw rave reviews, pulled the trigger. Hated the eapards - replaced them with some Turtle Beach cloth ones because my ears felt squished in the original pleather ones, and I loved the headphones, they sounded fantastic and the detachable cable made it so I never had to replace it. Then, the joint for the swiveling mechanism snapped. Tried to repair, repair seemed to work, and it snapped a couple days later, taking the wiring on the inside with it.
Now, I'm trying to find a new pair to replace the 8323's with. I've been looking for about 2 weeks now, but the pickings for a fairly budget headphone while remaining durable is difficult. Looking for something that's going to sound decent with a preferably detachable cable and be durable. While I take very good care of my headphones, I do use them a lot, I'm wearing headphones more often than not. My budget is probably about $60 dollars max right now, as I'm moving cross-country soon (US), and that's a fair bit of money. While I have a fairly wide range of music that I listen to, I mostly listen to classical, jazz, folk and soft rock, electronic, and occasionally classic rock/country. Though closed back is a must, as I'm in a fairly noisy environment at my house and at work as well. They don't need active noise cancellation, just closed back and isolation be average, like most closed back headphones.
I've been looking at the Sennheiser HD 439 (Detachable cable), and a few of the Superlux options for the detachable cables, as well as the JVC HARX 700 cans, while they don't have a detachable cable, I was thinking I could possibly zombify my old 8323's and pop in the 3.5mm jack from those into the HA RX 700 cans if the cable went out. Any cans I'm missing that could fit the bill of durable/decent sound quality? Thanks for any help, I've loved reading these forums thus far, and hope to get more into them once I get settled up north and start getting a wider collection of cans!
Edit: Note, I am a believer in the saying "You get what you pay for", usually. I'm not expecting a pair of miracle headphones that are built like a tank with superb sound quality, but something that's going to be okay and not break on me within 3~ months of extended use, though doing a detachable cable mod is something I'm fairly comfortable with doing as well myself if there's a pair without it
Fast forward 2 cable replacements later and I decided to look for some new cans. I found the Monoprice 8323, detachable cable! I looked up reviews for them and found this forum, and saw rave reviews, pulled the trigger. Hated the eapards - replaced them with some Turtle Beach cloth ones because my ears felt squished in the original pleather ones, and I loved the headphones, they sounded fantastic and the detachable cable made it so I never had to replace it. Then, the joint for the swiveling mechanism snapped. Tried to repair, repair seemed to work, and it snapped a couple days later, taking the wiring on the inside with it.
Now, I'm trying to find a new pair to replace the 8323's with. I've been looking for about 2 weeks now, but the pickings for a fairly budget headphone while remaining durable is difficult. Looking for something that's going to sound decent with a preferably detachable cable and be durable. While I take very good care of my headphones, I do use them a lot, I'm wearing headphones more often than not. My budget is probably about $60 dollars max right now, as I'm moving cross-country soon (US), and that's a fair bit of money. While I have a fairly wide range of music that I listen to, I mostly listen to classical, jazz, folk and soft rock, electronic, and occasionally classic rock/country. Though closed back is a must, as I'm in a fairly noisy environment at my house and at work as well. They don't need active noise cancellation, just closed back and isolation be average, like most closed back headphones.
I've been looking at the Sennheiser HD 439 (Detachable cable), and a few of the Superlux options for the detachable cables, as well as the JVC HARX 700 cans, while they don't have a detachable cable, I was thinking I could possibly zombify my old 8323's and pop in the 3.5mm jack from those into the HA RX 700 cans if the cable went out. Any cans I'm missing that could fit the bill of durable/decent sound quality? Thanks for any help, I've loved reading these forums thus far, and hope to get more into them once I get settled up north and start getting a wider collection of cans!
Edit: Note, I am a believer in the saying "You get what you pay for", usually. I'm not expecting a pair of miracle headphones that are built like a tank with superb sound quality, but something that's going to be okay and not break on me within 3~ months of extended use, though doing a detachable cable mod is something I'm fairly comfortable with doing as well myself if there's a pair without it