[zachary80]

I currently have the Sennheiser hd-497s, and am looking to find some better headphones by the end of summer. I am thinking price range is $300 and below; I do not want to be upgrading again in another 6 months. I am been reccomended the ety4p 's. Closed is prefered. What would you guys recommend?

Also, I am looking for a set of headphones for exercising, under $50. Open. I have heard the Sennheiser MX-500's are really good for this. Any other recommendations?

 

[miroslav]

Untill you are advised by some big cats from this jungle, I might suggest you to try a search on Ultrasone HFI650, both Trackmaster and DVD Edition. Closed, built tough, excellent sound.

 

[MusicLover]

I'd go for the er4p's. They're basically the best closed headphones out there.

 

[MERTON]

ms2's!!! get the ms2's , baby!!! oh yeah!!! they'll make a mess in yer pants!!! in a good way, baby!!! you'll like it, baby!!!! oh yes you will!!! ............................. BABY!!!

 

[pbirkett]

I'll be boring and predictable and say DT770 all the way

 

[MusicLover]

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Originally posted by MERTON ms2's!!! get the ms2's , baby!!! oh yeah!!! they'll make a mess in yer pants!!! in a good way, baby!!! you'll like it, baby!!!! oh yes you will!!! ............................. BABY!!!

Talk about enthusiastic with headphones.

 

[zachary80]

ms2's? what are they?

I should have said unamped; but if I can get a decent amp+headphones for $350 or less thats fine.

I know you need an amp for the DT770s, can you reccomend a portable one for me?

 

[MusicJunkie]

Get the ER4P. You'll never be sorry you did.

MJ

 

[Tom M]

I like the beyer dt-250/80 It's closed, comfortable and seem to have a fairly flat frequency responce with just a slight rolling off at the very upper end. I don't like the coiled cord but other than that the dt250's are a decent headphone. They will cost you about 169 usd at headroom but you might be about to get them cheaper somewhere else. Look around for a good price and give them a try.

 

[zachary80]

I found a local dealer that has both the er4ps and the beyers; hopefully I can try them out there and order them online later, if I prefer them over the Beyer's.

 

[tom hankins]

MS2's are Alessandro Music 2's. They are Grado 325's that are refined I guess would be the word, to a more neutral presentation. They go for 299.00 new. They are not closed though. Do you have an amp?

 

[jpelg]

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Originally posted by zachary80 I found a local dealer that has both the er4ps and the beyers; hopefully I can try them out there and order them online later.

 

[williamgoody]

Quote:

Originally posted by zachary80 I found a local dealer that has both the er4ps and the beyers; hopefully I can try them out there and order them online later.

 

[MacDEF]

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Originally posted by zachary80 I found a local dealer that has both the er4ps and the beyers; hopefully I can try them out there and order them online later.

If you take advantage of a dealer's time and hospitality, you should support that dealer by buying the product from them. That's all I'm going to say.

 

[zachary80]

If I like the beyers over the erp4's, I am going to buy the beyer's locally. I have not even been in there yet, they might not even sell them there (I believe it is a studio or something).

If they already have the headphones open, it costs them nothing.

If they were just $10 more than buying them online, I would buy them locally. But at $290, so I just say no.

Lets say you walk in to bestbuy, and see a nice plasma tv that looks great there and is selling for $2200, but you know that you can get it at circuit city for $2000. are you going to say, "hey I saw it at best buy so I am going to buy it there"? Probably not. That's why most companies try to have competitive prices or at least price-match.

And no, I do not have an amp. Quote:

I should have said unamped; but if I can get a decent amp+headphones for $350 or less thats fine.