Prize78
New Head-Fier
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Hi all,
I have been trawling through other threads on this forum but couldn't seem to quite find what I was after.
For some reason, I appear to have been bitten by the headphone bug....no idea quite why, but there you go!
Basically, I'm after a 'starter' pair (an introduction to the whole headphone topic) of headphones that are closed back, and have a powerful sound. I have been to some shops and had a listen and found that some are louder than others at a given volume. I liked the sound of a fair few Sennheisers, but they didn't seem to go all that loud to me.....don't get me wrong, I don't want to deafen myself, but in the same breath, a bit of volume headroom would be nice. I liked the sound of some Sony's (think the model was mdr-xb950) and some Sony mdr 1A's. I read very favourable things about the Audio Technica ATH-m50's but have no heard them myself. Also, i'm in the UK, which could possibly affect availability and shipping etc, so that may perhaps be a consideration. I like to listen to a whole host of music from rap and hip hop, through to rock,....Queen, Pink Floyd etc, and a lot of current chart stuff. Budget is a max of £150GBP. So, what do you recommend, folks???
Thanks in advance.
I have been trawling through other threads on this forum but couldn't seem to quite find what I was after.
For some reason, I appear to have been bitten by the headphone bug....no idea quite why, but there you go!
Basically, I'm after a 'starter' pair (an introduction to the whole headphone topic) of headphones that are closed back, and have a powerful sound. I have been to some shops and had a listen and found that some are louder than others at a given volume. I liked the sound of a fair few Sennheisers, but they didn't seem to go all that loud to me.....don't get me wrong, I don't want to deafen myself, but in the same breath, a bit of volume headroom would be nice. I liked the sound of some Sony's (think the model was mdr-xb950) and some Sony mdr 1A's. I read very favourable things about the Audio Technica ATH-m50's but have no heard them myself. Also, i'm in the UK, which could possibly affect availability and shipping etc, so that may perhaps be a consideration. I like to listen to a whole host of music from rap and hip hop, through to rock,....Queen, Pink Floyd etc, and a lot of current chart stuff. Budget is a max of £150GBP. So, what do you recommend, folks???
Thanks in advance.