Bob007
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Hi everybody,
I would like to have some advices concerning headphones choice.
I like to make compilations from my favorite artists (classic rock mostly), from various CDs.
And I try to find the best sounding ones (best masterings). But sometimes it's hard to tell which ones they are.
I'm looking for headphones (+ amp + soundcard, why not; for the while I have almost nothing exept a ac97 and a mdr-v6 that I don't like at all mostly because it's harsh, thin and not that detailed; futhermore, I have the impression that it's gonna render me deaf; I fear the day when I'm gonna find it neutral) which could help me for this.
So it should be able to make me hear a lot of details (hiss, etc..) which could reveal the source of the recording (vinyl, 1st generation tapes, 4th gen tapes, etc...).
It should be neutral (balanced and uncolored), so I could tell which ones are flat transfers, which ones have eq applied, etc....
I would prefer a closed one for leackage pb. I know that speakers would be better but they leak even much more.
For the price, let's say 1000$ for the whole chain (from pc to my ears).
I'm considering:
DT 250 250; it seems well balanced but not very detailed
K271s; seems detailed but colored.
k701 recabled; seems perfect but not closed, and I don't know which are the best cables.
hd580,hd600; seems perfect but not closed.
er4s (or altec im716); seems neutral but a bit thin and I'm not sure about iem.
Denon D2000; most seems to like them but I have no idea if it should fit the criterias.
hd25-1; seems good but not completely neutral
and others...
It my first post and it's already a question. Sorry for that. And thanks in advance for the recommandations.
I would like to have some advices concerning headphones choice.
I like to make compilations from my favorite artists (classic rock mostly), from various CDs.
And I try to find the best sounding ones (best masterings). But sometimes it's hard to tell which ones they are.
I'm looking for headphones (+ amp + soundcard, why not; for the while I have almost nothing exept a ac97 and a mdr-v6 that I don't like at all mostly because it's harsh, thin and not that detailed; futhermore, I have the impression that it's gonna render me deaf; I fear the day when I'm gonna find it neutral) which could help me for this.
So it should be able to make me hear a lot of details (hiss, etc..) which could reveal the source of the recording (vinyl, 1st generation tapes, 4th gen tapes, etc...).
It should be neutral (balanced and uncolored), so I could tell which ones are flat transfers, which ones have eq applied, etc....
I would prefer a closed one for leackage pb. I know that speakers would be better but they leak even much more.
For the price, let's say 1000$ for the whole chain (from pc to my ears).
I'm considering:
DT 250 250; it seems well balanced but not very detailed
K271s; seems detailed but colored.
k701 recabled; seems perfect but not closed, and I don't know which are the best cables.
hd580,hd600; seems perfect but not closed.
er4s (or altec im716); seems neutral but a bit thin and I'm not sure about iem.
Denon D2000; most seems to like them but I have no idea if it should fit the criterias.
hd25-1; seems good but not completely neutral
and others...
It my first post and it's already a question. Sorry for that. And thanks in advance for the recommandations.