MattHock
New Head-Fier
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I put my 280s on tonight, only to be greeted by a shower of plastic as the right side of the top bar shattered into a dozen plasticy pieces (it's been developing major cracks for a couple weeks now, minor ones for a couple months). It's still holding together, barely, but it's not going to last too much longer.
So, I find myself in the position of needing new headphones. Normally, something like this, I'd do a bunch of research before deciding what to get, as I did with the 280s back in November when I got them, but I'm finding myself a bit lacking in the time to do as thorough a search this time
Hence, I decided to try consulting some experts, people who already have the time invested and would probably know off the top of their heads what I need
Especially amps - I know some about headphones from the previous searching, but I know next to nothing about headphone amplifiers.
Here's the deal: I'm looking to step things up a bit. I've been hovering around the $100 range - my first good set of headphones were some Sony MDR-V600s three and a half years back, then I went with the Seinnheiser 280 Pro (64 ohm due to not having an amp) because the sony headphones were starting to wear out. However, I decided I'm not going to mess around this time, and I'm shooting for the $300 range (I wish I could not mess around more then that, but alas, a poor college student does have limits, and my parents would kill me if they knew I was even considering this; though I might, if you were convincing enough, push that to $350
).
With that money, I'd like to get a small headphone amp and a decent set of headphones. Any recommendations for the best amp/headphone combo in that price range? For reference, this is getting hooked into a computer, a laptop with an Audigy 2 ZS Mobile card. Also, portability is a plus - I absolutely loved how well the Sony headphones folded up (and the likely reason the 280s broke is because they don't fold up as protectively and got bashed around in my bookbag, hence, I'd like to avoid getting another set of 280s). Same applies to the amp - I intend to carry this thing around with me on a daily basis, so battery powered is a must, and it needs to be fairly small.
So, I find myself in the position of needing new headphones. Normally, something like this, I'd do a bunch of research before deciding what to get, as I did with the 280s back in November when I got them, but I'm finding myself a bit lacking in the time to do as thorough a search this time
Here's the deal: I'm looking to step things up a bit. I've been hovering around the $100 range - my first good set of headphones were some Sony MDR-V600s three and a half years back, then I went with the Seinnheiser 280 Pro (64 ohm due to not having an amp) because the sony headphones were starting to wear out. However, I decided I'm not going to mess around this time, and I'm shooting for the $300 range (I wish I could not mess around more then that, but alas, a poor college student does have limits, and my parents would kill me if they knew I was even considering this; though I might, if you were convincing enough, push that to $350
With that money, I'd like to get a small headphone amp and a decent set of headphones. Any recommendations for the best amp/headphone combo in that price range? For reference, this is getting hooked into a computer, a laptop with an Audigy 2 ZS Mobile card. Also, portability is a plus - I absolutely loved how well the Sony headphones folded up (and the likely reason the 280s broke is because they don't fold up as protectively and got bashed around in my bookbag, hence, I'd like to avoid getting another set of 280s). Same applies to the amp - I intend to carry this thing around with me on a daily basis, so battery powered is a must, and it needs to be fairly small.