iftwb
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Hi all, first post here at Head-Fi! I've been reading and swooping around the forums a lot and haven't really posted before. But I've heard a lot of great things about Head-Fi.
I basically need a recommendation for headphones that suit my criteria. My criteria, expectations or needs are as follows:
- I will mainly use them for music and movies, but mostly music and the occasional gaming. Music genres I like:
: RnB
: Hip-Hop
: House
: Trance
: You can imperatively see that I'm into music that has a focus on bass.
- I expect them to be easily driven without any dedicated headphone amplifier
- I expect them to be easily driven by my iPhone when I would like to use the headphone on public transport
- I expect them to work well with my ASUS Xonar Essence STX
- I want a headphone that has fast, loud, tight bass
I have several in mind that I am interested in as stated in the title of this thread:
- Audio Technica ATH-AD900
- Audio Technica ATH-A900
Why I have selected these?
I guess they deliver to my needs above. Considering they're known to be easily driven (35-40ohms range), have a good (decent?) sound stage suited to my music genres, and finally they can be driven by the onboard headphone amplifier on my ASUS Xonar Essence STX.
I have several dilemmas and hence, my questions are as follows:
1. Given that I'm aware that the AD900 is an open headphone and the A900 is a closed headphone, which would be better suited to my needs?
2. The AD900 (open) only has a 'power handling' of 700W where as the A900 (closed) has 2000W of 'power handling'. What does this mean? Does it mean the A900 can go louder? =S
3. Do you have any other recommendations from Beyerdynamics, Sennheiser, etc that are directly comparable to these models? Comparable in sound quality, sound stage, bass performance etc and price?
4. I was originally going to grab a set of HD650s, DT990s or K702s, but I've been told that the STX (despite stating having the ability to power up to 600ohms cans), just won't deliver the full potential of these cans. Therefore the premium price you pay for these won't be worth it unless you look into can amps. Is this true?
I basically need a recommendation for headphones that suit my criteria. My criteria, expectations or needs are as follows:
- I will mainly use them for music and movies, but mostly music and the occasional gaming. Music genres I like:
: RnB
: Hip-Hop
: House
: Trance
: You can imperatively see that I'm into music that has a focus on bass.
- I expect them to be easily driven without any dedicated headphone amplifier
- I expect them to be easily driven by my iPhone when I would like to use the headphone on public transport
- I expect them to work well with my ASUS Xonar Essence STX
- I want a headphone that has fast, loud, tight bass
I have several in mind that I am interested in as stated in the title of this thread:
- Audio Technica ATH-AD900
- Audio Technica ATH-A900
Why I have selected these?
I guess they deliver to my needs above. Considering they're known to be easily driven (35-40ohms range), have a good (decent?) sound stage suited to my music genres, and finally they can be driven by the onboard headphone amplifier on my ASUS Xonar Essence STX.
I have several dilemmas and hence, my questions are as follows:
1. Given that I'm aware that the AD900 is an open headphone and the A900 is a closed headphone, which would be better suited to my needs?
2. The AD900 (open) only has a 'power handling' of 700W where as the A900 (closed) has 2000W of 'power handling'. What does this mean? Does it mean the A900 can go louder? =S
3. Do you have any other recommendations from Beyerdynamics, Sennheiser, etc that are directly comparable to these models? Comparable in sound quality, sound stage, bass performance etc and price?
4. I was originally going to grab a set of HD650s, DT990s or K702s, but I've been told that the STX (despite stating having the ability to power up to 600ohms cans), just won't deliver the full potential of these cans. Therefore the premium price you pay for these won't be worth it unless you look into can amps. Is this true?