prelic
New Head-Fier
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Hey all,
I know there's a million threads about recommendations, so I'm sorry that I'm making another, but I know exactly what I want in terms of characteristics, just need some of that vast Head-Fi knowledge to make a recommendation. If this is against the rules, feel free to remove.
Anyway, I've had a bunch of pairs of IEMs, currently Ultimate Ears 500vi, which I like very much despite their disappointingly quiet and sometimes inconsistent sound. I wear them at work as a software dev. for 8+ hours a day, and I'm ready to pick up a pair of over-ears, partly for their sound quality and partly because I've never owned a good pair of over-ears. The majority of my listening is punk, metalcore, and hip-hop, no amp (yet). My priorities are, in order from most to least desired:
-Comfort
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-Sound quality/stage (sound quality reasonably suited to my tastes; I really enjoy a full, close sound-stage)
-Looks
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-Size (half for looks, half for endurance/comfort, so I guess the smaller the better)
-Sound leakage (prefer closed-back, but open-minded (eh? eh? hah))
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-Cost (I'd like to stay under/around $250)
I've done a little bit of research myself, and was about to pull the trigger on some ATH-M50s, but decided to come here first because I'm thinking they may be a little large, not as comfortable as I'd like, and I've read on here that they're just generally over-rated.
Anyway, thanks in advance for any help you can provide, I really appreciate it, and I apologize again for the recommendation thread!
I know there's a million threads about recommendations, so I'm sorry that I'm making another, but I know exactly what I want in terms of characteristics, just need some of that vast Head-Fi knowledge to make a recommendation. If this is against the rules, feel free to remove.
Anyway, I've had a bunch of pairs of IEMs, currently Ultimate Ears 500vi, which I like very much despite their disappointingly quiet and sometimes inconsistent sound. I wear them at work as a software dev. for 8+ hours a day, and I'm ready to pick up a pair of over-ears, partly for their sound quality and partly because I've never owned a good pair of over-ears. The majority of my listening is punk, metalcore, and hip-hop, no amp (yet). My priorities are, in order from most to least desired:
-Comfort
-
-
-Sound quality/stage (sound quality reasonably suited to my tastes; I really enjoy a full, close sound-stage)
-Looks
-
-Size (half for looks, half for endurance/comfort, so I guess the smaller the better)
-Sound leakage (prefer closed-back, but open-minded (eh? eh? hah))
-
-Cost (I'd like to stay under/around $250)
I've done a little bit of research myself, and was about to pull the trigger on some ATH-M50s, but decided to come here first because I'm thinking they may be a little large, not as comfortable as I'd like, and I've read on here that they're just generally over-rated.
Anyway, thanks in advance for any help you can provide, I really appreciate it, and I apologize again for the recommendation thread!
