[cmirza]

It seems everyone here is striving to get more detail from their headphones. So I'm wondering how many other people keep a pair of headphones around for when they're listening to Lo-Fi recordings, such as poorly recorded/mastered cds, mp3s, streaming music, radio, etc... There are times when you want good response across the frequency spectrum but you don't want them to be too resolving. I use my PortaPros for such purpose.

 

[F107plus5]

Oh Yeah!! Absolutely agree! Nothing worse than trying to type or concentrate on something and having the music get in the way!

I just hate it when that happens!!

When I want to listen to tunes and nothing else, I listen to my MS2i. At other times, like right now while I'm on the computer; a pair of KSC75s with a comparable sound to the MS2s is a great way to go since they sound great also, but don't draw me so intently into the music!

 

[kramer5150]

absolutely... SR60s fill that niche for me

 

[krmathis]

Yes, I sure do!
I have a pair of Grado SR80's for such use...

 

[wualta]

Hmm. sounds like they're damning the Grados with faint praise... But it's true-- when the source is lo-fi, you want a headphone that can ooze right on over all the potholes in the source material. You'd like something flat or flattish but also a bit underdamped, and rolled off smoothly at both ends of the spectrum beginning at about 120Hz on the low end at 10kHz on the high end.

I use my trusty Coby CV-130. But a Grado SR-60 will do as well.

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[Arainach]

I used to use my SR-60 for such purposes until I sold them. Then I used my HD-280, until I loaned them to the GF and realized that I'd never get them back. For now, if I have lower-bitrate stuff, I throw on the SR-225 + C-Pads. I normally prefer the sound and initimacy of the bowl pads, but for crap recordings, the muddiness, bit of soundstage, and flat-out comfort work great.

 

[Hermitt]

I like my RS-65s while i'm at the pc because I don't have to take them off when i get up to go do something. they are light, good overall sound tonality and when I want to watch a dvd or something on the pc, i can turn on the surround processor chip

 

[Binaural Fusion]

Yeah... when I absolutely need some Jimi I use my HD280s or the 'mallows. Mallows make a great workout phone with 128kb/s recordings.