planetluvver
New Head-Fier
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I have recently joined the Head-Fi community, and have already benefited from the knowledgeable members here, by obtaining a Sansa Fuze with 8G at a good price.
So now, I will ask for help with my phones. I was planning on spending about $50. On Black Friday, I found a pair of Sennheiser PMX 70 headphones for about $25 at Circuit City. I was also considering the Jbuds 2, after reading the review here on Head-Fi.
I will be wearing these while on the bus, so leaking is an issue, also I plan to wear them around the house, while gardening, and while walking for fitness. I prefer to hear some ambient sound, for safety. Unless, that is leaking both in and out amount to the same thing. Also, I think that I have a rather small ear size, since I wore the smallest tips of the earphones that came with one of the RCA player that I tried out (returned for not supporting Vorbis format.) My source will be a Sansa Fuze.
I am 49 years old and female (not sure how this affects hearing, but it might), and I expect that I have a bit of hearing loss. However, I also think that my listening has suffered more from inattentiveness than any other cause. But paying attention to the SQ of my listening will go a long way here!
I do not know if listening preferences enter in at this price range, but I listen a wide variety of music. I would like to listen to more classical music than I currently do. Most of my listening would be in the folk and classical genres. I tend to pay most attention to the clarity of vocals in vocal music. In classical music, I would want to be able to separate the instruments from one another. Also, I would like to hear the nuances of classical and acoustic guitar solo music.
So far, the Sennheiser are working well for me, except that I am concerned about how I will carry these headphones while I am out and about, and not wearing them, because of the headband. I do like the way that the headband holds the earbuds at an angle. I can hear ambient sound so well that I am considering that I might wear these while bicycling, which is something that I haven't really considered at all, for safety reasons. I don't particularly care for the green color, but color is a very minor consideration to me. One other thing that I don't like is that the wire is located on the left side, while my PC earphone jack is located on the right side of my laptop. However, for a right-handed person, the left side placement will be better, and is not an issue while using my Fuze. The vocal sounded a bit weirs yesterday, but that has cleared up. I didn't think burning in the phones would apply to my tin ears, but I guess that isn't entirely true.
So now, I will ask for help with my phones. I was planning on spending about $50. On Black Friday, I found a pair of Sennheiser PMX 70 headphones for about $25 at Circuit City. I was also considering the Jbuds 2, after reading the review here on Head-Fi.
I will be wearing these while on the bus, so leaking is an issue, also I plan to wear them around the house, while gardening, and while walking for fitness. I prefer to hear some ambient sound, for safety. Unless, that is leaking both in and out amount to the same thing. Also, I think that I have a rather small ear size, since I wore the smallest tips of the earphones that came with one of the RCA player that I tried out (returned for not supporting Vorbis format.) My source will be a Sansa Fuze.
I am 49 years old and female (not sure how this affects hearing, but it might), and I expect that I have a bit of hearing loss. However, I also think that my listening has suffered more from inattentiveness than any other cause. But paying attention to the SQ of my listening will go a long way here!
I do not know if listening preferences enter in at this price range, but I listen a wide variety of music. I would like to listen to more classical music than I currently do. Most of my listening would be in the folk and classical genres. I tend to pay most attention to the clarity of vocals in vocal music. In classical music, I would want to be able to separate the instruments from one another. Also, I would like to hear the nuances of classical and acoustic guitar solo music.
So far, the Sennheiser are working well for me, except that I am concerned about how I will carry these headphones while I am out and about, and not wearing them, because of the headband. I do like the way that the headband holds the earbuds at an angle. I can hear ambient sound so well that I am considering that I might wear these while bicycling, which is something that I haven't really considered at all, for safety reasons. I don't particularly care for the green color, but color is a very minor consideration to me. One other thing that I don't like is that the wire is located on the left side, while my PC earphone jack is located on the right side of my laptop. However, for a right-handed person, the left side placement will be better, and is not an issue while using my Fuze. The vocal sounded a bit weirs yesterday, but that has cleared up. I didn't think burning in the phones would apply to my tin ears, but I guess that isn't entirely true.