AaronDude
New Head-Fier
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Yeah, so I'm looking for some new headphones. I already own several and buy a new set every several months it seems usually after reading reviews on amazon. I'm hoping this time I actually get one that really suites me. Anywho right now I'm looking for those old over the head headphones. I don't really care if they cover the whole ear or just rest on the ear. I'm looking in the 15-25 maybe 30 dollar price range. I will use them for travel and use with an MP3 player and also hook them to my TV when needed so I can watch a movie or play videogames without disturbing others.
I already have noise canceling audio technica headphones although I believe they are refurbished because I had to send the ones I purchased into AT a couple weeks after I got them about two years ago. They smell like smoke and the ear pads looked heavily used(I remember from when I got them), and to me anyway, don't even sound as good as 20 dollar sony earbuds i've purchased. My MP3 player also can't put out enough juice for it even with the noise canceling on. I keep trying to find a use for them but they just don't sound that great to me. I'm kind of a germaphobe and when wearing those all I can think about is where they might of been. I also wear glasses whenever I'm awake but I can take a little pain from headphones.
Up until recently I thought nothing would beat my creative aurvana earbuds but the Audio Technica CKM50 and Sony MDR EX30 seem to sound the best to me right now. The EX30s seem to take more juice though, and it can be pretty quiet with classical music that's been recorded at a lower volume. Those are all of course earbuds but I'm looking for headphones that sound more like the MDR EX30s. I care more about the mid range and highs and the ex30s seem to do that great and still have natural sounding bass. Actually I think the aurvanas have the best mid range but it's a little too much because I can't hear the other stuff. I thought the aurvanas were the best even with the quiter ear until I started using the ATH CKM50s a couple months ago. I guess I got a defective aurvana headphone set when I bought them a year ago but I never returned them. Those audio technica earbuds changed my taste a bit and I had to get them because they were on sale on amazon. I'm beginning to think I'm not getting more when I pay more. Those expensive ATH ANC7s are just not 110 dollar impressive.
So what would be a good low cost set of headphones that I may like? I've been looking at the Sony MDR V-150s and the Sennheiser HD 202s. I've never tried sennheiser and if the Sony v 150s sound anything like the sony earbuds I got now I would just love them. Should I just go for the sony? I love all my sony stuff. I'm concerned about the sound though and if my MP3 player would be able to power them. Then of course there's the Sennheisers but I don't know if that would look cool with my PS3. Ideas? thoughts? insults?
I already have noise canceling audio technica headphones although I believe they are refurbished because I had to send the ones I purchased into AT a couple weeks after I got them about two years ago. They smell like smoke and the ear pads looked heavily used(I remember from when I got them), and to me anyway, don't even sound as good as 20 dollar sony earbuds i've purchased. My MP3 player also can't put out enough juice for it even with the noise canceling on. I keep trying to find a use for them but they just don't sound that great to me. I'm kind of a germaphobe and when wearing those all I can think about is where they might of been. I also wear glasses whenever I'm awake but I can take a little pain from headphones.
Up until recently I thought nothing would beat my creative aurvana earbuds but the Audio Technica CKM50 and Sony MDR EX30 seem to sound the best to me right now. The EX30s seem to take more juice though, and it can be pretty quiet with classical music that's been recorded at a lower volume. Those are all of course earbuds but I'm looking for headphones that sound more like the MDR EX30s. I care more about the mid range and highs and the ex30s seem to do that great and still have natural sounding bass. Actually I think the aurvanas have the best mid range but it's a little too much because I can't hear the other stuff. I thought the aurvanas were the best even with the quiter ear until I started using the ATH CKM50s a couple months ago. I guess I got a defective aurvana headphone set when I bought them a year ago but I never returned them. Those audio technica earbuds changed my taste a bit and I had to get them because they were on sale on amazon. I'm beginning to think I'm not getting more when I pay more. Those expensive ATH ANC7s are just not 110 dollar impressive.
So what would be a good low cost set of headphones that I may like? I've been looking at the Sony MDR V-150s and the Sennheiser HD 202s. I've never tried sennheiser and if the Sony v 150s sound anything like the sony earbuds I got now I would just love them. Should I just go for the sony? I love all my sony stuff. I'm concerned about the sound though and if my MP3 player would be able to power them. Then of course there's the Sennheisers but I don't know if that would look cool with my PS3. Ideas? thoughts? insults?