slowpogo
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I have enjoyed my Grado SR80s, but I'm ready to make a jump to something a little better. I'm thinking in the $150-250 range, used or new.
My main issue is that I see so many headphones pigeonholed as "great for jazz/classical but not for rock" (eg. Senn. HD600) or vice versa. I listen to all of that stuff. If I really, really had to choose headphones that leaned one way or the other, I'd prefer the classical side, but I really want something that sounds good with both lighter/acoustic stuff and rock.
I'm not a basshead. I like the bass to have some fullness and impact, but I'm not into electronica or metal or anything. More like indie/alternative rock (Radiohead, Shins, etc.). I like jazz, mainly small group 50's-60's stuff (Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Bill Evans etc.) For classical I mostly listen to orchestral, but some chamber and solo piano.
They would be used mostly at home, with a PIMETA with discrete buffers and a computer w/ pro audio sound card. The fidelity is quite good and detailed, and on the rich side. I may occasionally use the headphones for watching DVDs, but not a lot. I do not plan on using them without a dedicated headphone amp.
I do some home recording, so I may use them for mixing/monitoring occasionally. This is not a huge priority, so I'm not looking for super flat freq. response or anything...but hopefully, not something radically colored either, if I'm making sense. Something that could conceivably be used to mix in a pinch, with some correcting EQ if necessary.
Maybe this is all asking too much for a single pair of headphones, I don't know, but any suggestions are appreciated...thanks guys
My main issue is that I see so many headphones pigeonholed as "great for jazz/classical but not for rock" (eg. Senn. HD600) or vice versa. I listen to all of that stuff. If I really, really had to choose headphones that leaned one way or the other, I'd prefer the classical side, but I really want something that sounds good with both lighter/acoustic stuff and rock.
I'm not a basshead. I like the bass to have some fullness and impact, but I'm not into electronica or metal or anything. More like indie/alternative rock (Radiohead, Shins, etc.). I like jazz, mainly small group 50's-60's stuff (Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Bill Evans etc.) For classical I mostly listen to orchestral, but some chamber and solo piano.
They would be used mostly at home, with a PIMETA with discrete buffers and a computer w/ pro audio sound card. The fidelity is quite good and detailed, and on the rich side. I may occasionally use the headphones for watching DVDs, but not a lot. I do not plan on using them without a dedicated headphone amp.
I do some home recording, so I may use them for mixing/monitoring occasionally. This is not a huge priority, so I'm not looking for super flat freq. response or anything...but hopefully, not something radically colored either, if I'm making sense. Something that could conceivably be used to mix in a pinch, with some correcting EQ if necessary.
Maybe this is all asking too much for a single pair of headphones, I don't know, but any suggestions are appreciated...thanks guys
