nightanole
100+ Head-Fier
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I work in electronics assembly and have my own bench with a pc. We had xm radio and 4 speakers to listen to for while but the language of alternative nation made management axe all rock and rap stations and basicly left us with country and elevator music. Needless to say we all headphoned up real quick. My weapon of choice was my koss portapros, others ended up with px100,rs110, and a set of sony v6's. Well my koss's got eaten by the cleaning lady's vacuum so im looking into another set. im a classic rock alternative guy and dont listen to trance nor heavy metal. I like my bass but its doesnt have to be subterranean.
Source: 128kbs streams from shoutcast stations and some cds ripped at 320kbs vbr
Amp: ibasso viper via usb port or ipod nano
budget:$150
Other requirements: Must be open backed as i have to hear "ding the test is done" and "hey i need you to do something" from management. Basically i need to hear my name called in a non shouting voice. These will only be on my head for 2 hours a time tops.
So far ive looked into Grado sr80 and 128's, and ATH-AD700. Im trying to balance my source to my phones (is 128kbs going to sound really bad if i get the hr595 and they dont mask anything) and i dont want to over buy and end up with a set that can hear the guy in the audience move in is chair, and also tell me "128kbs sounds like a phone conversation".
Source: 128kbs streams from shoutcast stations and some cds ripped at 320kbs vbr
Amp: ibasso viper via usb port or ipod nano
budget:$150
Other requirements: Must be open backed as i have to hear "ding the test is done" and "hey i need you to do something" from management. Basically i need to hear my name called in a non shouting voice. These will only be on my head for 2 hours a time tops.
So far ive looked into Grado sr80 and 128's, and ATH-AD700. Im trying to balance my source to my phones (is 128kbs going to sound really bad if i get the hr595 and they dont mask anything) and i dont want to over buy and end up with a set that can hear the guy in the audience move in is chair, and also tell me "128kbs sounds like a phone conversation".