mellow
New Head-Fier
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Hello Guys,
I'm about to buy my first decent pair of headphones for home use (what I've had before is not even worth mentioning). I would like to get 'over the ear' sealed or open cans. I've done as much research on them as I could (or was able to understand) but I'm still very confused. My maximum budget is £170 (~$260) and as I mentioned already these are for home use (I might occasionally plug them into my mp3 player but that isn't too important for me). I listen to very wide variety of music (e.g. classical, jazz, d&b, ambient, vocal, progressive, R&B etc.) and I want a clear, smooth sound. I don't need any artificially enhanced bass, perfect isolation, extremely high volume and I don't mind some sound leakage. Basically I want the best sound I can get for the price.
I'm currently choosing between those:
Audio-Technica ATH M50(s) - I've read A LOT of reviews for this pair and everybody seems to be extremely happy with those. Howerver, some reviews mentioned that these are very good for studio use but not as good for home use (whatever the hell that means).
Audio-Technica ATH AD700 - I've read that these are lacking mids and highs but in overall are very good too.
Beyerdynamic DT770 PRO 80 OHM
Beyerdynamic DT990 PRO 250 OHM
Beyerdynamic DJX-1 - This pair is in my list based on good review I found on youtube by innerfidelity (that review suggest this pair over ATH M50). However, I found that multiple people are complaining over these not being durable enough.
I am not limited to this list and open to suggestions. Please help me get the best I can for the price.
P.S. Please forgive me if this post is in a wrong location or there's something else I've missed - I've only discovered this web-site a couple of days ago and not yet familiar with the community
Thank You
I'm about to buy my first decent pair of headphones for home use (what I've had before is not even worth mentioning). I would like to get 'over the ear' sealed or open cans. I've done as much research on them as I could (or was able to understand) but I'm still very confused. My maximum budget is £170 (~$260) and as I mentioned already these are for home use (I might occasionally plug them into my mp3 player but that isn't too important for me). I listen to very wide variety of music (e.g. classical, jazz, d&b, ambient, vocal, progressive, R&B etc.) and I want a clear, smooth sound. I don't need any artificially enhanced bass, perfect isolation, extremely high volume and I don't mind some sound leakage. Basically I want the best sound I can get for the price.
I'm currently choosing between those:
Audio-Technica ATH M50(s) - I've read A LOT of reviews for this pair and everybody seems to be extremely happy with those. Howerver, some reviews mentioned that these are very good for studio use but not as good for home use (whatever the hell that means).
Audio-Technica ATH AD700 - I've read that these are lacking mids and highs but in overall are very good too.
Beyerdynamic DT770 PRO 80 OHM
Beyerdynamic DT990 PRO 250 OHM
Beyerdynamic DJX-1 - This pair is in my list based on good review I found on youtube by innerfidelity (that review suggest this pair over ATH M50). However, I found that multiple people are complaining over these not being durable enough.
I am not limited to this list and open to suggestions. Please help me get the best I can for the price.
P.S. Please forgive me if this post is in a wrong location or there's something else I've missed - I've only discovered this web-site a couple of days ago and not yet familiar with the community
Thank You