brok
New Head-Fier
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Planning a gift for my wife, she is currently using some $10 cheapo over-the-ear for her MP3 player. We also have Sennheiser HD 497 at home (not loud enough with this player) and I'm using Westone IME so I know the sound of slightly better headphones.
The thing is my wife does not care about sound quality much, won't wear IMEs (dislikes the whole idea), the amplifier is out as well (won't use one, too many cables ), but her MP3 player isn't strong enough to driver "proper" headphones. Also sometimes surroundings can get noisy as we life under Heathrow landing path and we do open windows from time to time , especially in summer :/
So I'm looking right now at AKG 272, audio technica A700 and Sony NC500D and AKG 490NC (250GBP is max I want to go). Not insisting at noise cancellation, only including them because some of them apparently sound well enough when NC is on. Recommendations ?
The thing is my wife does not care about sound quality much, won't wear IMEs (dislikes the whole idea), the amplifier is out as well (won't use one, too many cables ), but her MP3 player isn't strong enough to driver "proper" headphones. Also sometimes surroundings can get noisy as we life under Heathrow landing path and we do open windows from time to time , especially in summer :/
So I'm looking right now at AKG 272, audio technica A700 and Sony NC500D and AKG 490NC (250GBP is max I want to go). Not insisting at noise cancellation, only including them because some of them apparently sound well enough when NC is on. Recommendations ?