[cydonia]

I have a sony rh1 that I will be using to listen to music in my dorm. I would like a good headphone that would complement this well, something that wouldn't be overkill for this unit. Mostly I will be listening to jazz and rock so something that is versatile would be nice. Please recommend a good headphone thank you.

 

[riceboy]

What would your price range be? Open, closed, or in the ear?

 

[cydonia]

price range is 200-500 and closed.

 

[riceboy]

Although I haven't tried them, I heard that the Sennheiser HD 280 Pro are pretty good closed headphones. Wish I could recommend more closed ones to you. I'd be interested to hear what you end up getting. Good luck

 

[cydonia]

can you also recommend some open ones?

 

[riceboy]

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Originally Posted by cydonia /img/forum/go_quote.gif can you also recommend some open ones?

For rock and jazz combo, I think you would like the Grado SR 225. They sounded great for those two genres IMHO. I had them connected to my HR Microstack, but they did sound good just connected straight to my Ipod. I didn't listen to the other Grado lineup, but I'm hoping too soon. The only thing about the Grados is that some people feel they are uncomfortable. IMO, I didn't think they were uncomfortable, but that just me

. I'm sure more people will throw you suggestions.

 

[Xsparc7]

Jazz and Rock? Try the MS-2i

 

[facelvega]

I'll second the SR-225 and MS-2i for open options. For closed in the same price range, $200-300, how about an Audio Technica A900 or Denon AH-D2000? This leaves a potential remainder from your maximum budget to grab a portable amp. (I just googled around and found a review saying the headphone out is a bit weaker than that of a rio karma, which means that for anything needing more power than an IEM, you'll hear some improvement with a good amp. Check Skylab's epic comparison thread in the amp forum for advice in that direction.

 

[cydonia]

sorry for the late update but after some real back and forth and research about the phones that you guys recommended I decided to go with grado sr225. Can you guys also recommend a good amp to go with this? Thank you all for the help!