SkitZ0
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I apologize in advance for the long reading to the lazy readers.
I just joined the forums literally two seconds ago because I have an addiction to expensive headphones, but I don't want to keep buying a pair, breaking them (though I haven't broken my current pair yet
), and then having to search for another pair of cans. I started wanting better headphones in high school because the bus ride to and from school would annoy the living hell out of me. I couldn't stand hearing a bunch of idiots arguing about the same stupid stuff over and over again, and yell like they're on a playground.
Just to share a bit of information on what I have and what I'm looking for, I currently own two headphones.
The first pair of headphones I bought recently (and by that, I mean September 2010) were a pair of cheap, $20 JVC "Stereo" Headphones from Walmart. At the time, I really enjoyed them. They were very loud and had a lot of bass....enough that I could feel it. But my 19th birthday rolled around and I picked up a pair of Audio Technica ATH-M40fs studiophones expecting them to be louder on my iPod Classic.
In short, they weren't, but I seriously can't believe how clear they are. These are my first pair of headphones that normally run over $100 MSRP (though I got them for $56), so I honestly had no clue what to expect when I bought them and the adapter, but I am pleased with the surprise I got. I've played some of my songs literally hundreds of times, according to iTunes, but hearing them through the Audio Technica's made me hear sounds I had NEVER heard before in any pair of cans I've used over the past three years.
But my current wants have changed. Though I do consider my hearing when I play my music loud (sorta), I still want to have cans that are as loud as the JVC's, but sound like the Audio Technica cans.
So what I'm really looking for is someone to help me understand the technical aspects of headphones and to guide me to a pair that may be suitable for what I want, if possible. In case you are reading this and are unaware of responses of my headphones, the JVCs' are 10Hz - 22K Hz and the Audio Technica's are 5Hz - 28K Hz. What I was thinking when I bought the M40's was they would have an insane bass response compared to the JVC's, even though the JVC's are louder.
What I'm thinking is, the JVC's are louder because the iPod Classic (and my Macbook) can actually provide enough juice to power the headphones, while they cannot for my M40's, but again, I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to the technical specs of headphones, so I have no concrete reasoning as to why one pair is louder than the other. I also don't understand why the JVC's have bass that make my ears vibrate, but the M40's don't have as much. It's not a bad thing, but sometimes I would love to hear a lot of bass.
But the main point of me wanting something else is, I'm looking for a set of cans that are as loud as the JVC's, but clear like the M40's (assuming such a set exists). They also need to have a 3.5mm (1/8") plug for my iPod, and can't allow a lot of sound-leakage since I tend to use them on shuttles and in class (when appropriate, of course 
) while I'm in college. In other words, they MUST be close-canned. I wish I could buy a pair of open cans (I saw some Sennheiser HD555's for a few bucks above $100....I cry because I can't get them :'( ), but I can't have that much sound-leakage since I love to play my music very loud, and I also want to block out the outside as much as possible.
One of the cans I have been looking at are the Ultrasone DJ1 cans that are about $120 on Amazon. Their response is about the same as my JVC's, so I worry that they'll sound just like them (a bit muddy and distort at high levels), so I'm hesitant to consider them my next pair of cans. I would greatly appreciate if anyone with any headphone knowledge at all could steer me in the right direction. Also, if possible, it would be great for them to be able to suffice as DJ headphones so I don't have to buy two pairs of cans at high prices.
Another question is (though I think I may have to make another thread about this somewhere else) how is the Numark NS7? I'm on the fence on whether or not I want to take a crack at DJ'ing because of the very-high price for the equipment I want, but I would love to hear from anyone that has used an NS7 and their thoughts of it.
I just joined the forums literally two seconds ago because I have an addiction to expensive headphones, but I don't want to keep buying a pair, breaking them (though I haven't broken my current pair yet
), and then having to search for another pair of cans. I started wanting better headphones in high school because the bus ride to and from school would annoy the living hell out of me. I couldn't stand hearing a bunch of idiots arguing about the same stupid stuff over and over again, and yell like they're on a playground.Just to share a bit of information on what I have and what I'm looking for, I currently own two headphones.
The first pair of headphones I bought recently (and by that, I mean September 2010) were a pair of cheap, $20 JVC "Stereo" Headphones from Walmart. At the time, I really enjoyed them. They were very loud and had a lot of bass....enough that I could feel it. But my 19th birthday rolled around and I picked up a pair of Audio Technica ATH-M40fs studiophones expecting them to be louder on my iPod Classic.
In short, they weren't, but I seriously can't believe how clear they are. These are my first pair of headphones that normally run over $100 MSRP (though I got them for $56
), so I honestly had no clue what to expect when I bought them and the adapter, but I am pleased with the surprise I got. I've played some of my songs literally hundreds of times, according to iTunes, but hearing them through the Audio Technica's made me hear sounds I had NEVER heard before in any pair of cans I've used over the past three years.But my current wants have changed. Though I do consider my hearing when I play my music loud (sorta
), I still want to have cans that are as loud as the JVC's, but sound like the Audio Technica cans. So what I'm really looking for is someone to help me understand the technical aspects of headphones and to guide me to a pair that may be suitable for what I want, if possible. In case you are reading this and are unaware of responses of my headphones, the JVCs' are 10Hz - 22K Hz and the Audio Technica's are 5Hz - 28K Hz. What I was thinking when I bought the M40's was they would have an insane bass response compared to the JVC's, even though the JVC's are louder.
What I'm thinking is, the JVC's are louder because the iPod Classic (and my Macbook) can actually provide enough juice to power the headphones, while they cannot for my M40's, but again, I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to the technical specs of headphones, so I have no concrete reasoning as to why one pair is louder than the other. I also don't understand why the JVC's have bass that make my ears vibrate, but the M40's don't have as much. It's not a bad thing, but sometimes I would love to hear a lot of bass.
But the main point of me wanting something else is, I'm looking for a set of cans that are as loud as the JVC's, but clear like the M40's (assuming such a set exists
). They also need to have a 3.5mm (1/8") plug for my iPod, and can't allow a lot of sound-leakage since I tend to use them on shuttles and in class (when appropriate, of course ) while I'm in college. In other words, they MUST be close-canned. I wish I could buy a pair of open cans (I saw some Sennheiser HD555's for a few bucks above $100....I cry because I can't get them :'( ), but I can't have that much sound-leakage since I love to play my music very loud, and I also want to block out the outside as much as possible.One of the cans I have been looking at are the Ultrasone DJ1 cans that are about $120 on Amazon. Their response is about the same as my JVC's, so I worry that they'll sound just like them (a bit muddy and distort at high levels), so I'm hesitant to consider them my next pair of cans. I would greatly appreciate if anyone with any headphone knowledge at all could steer me in the right direction. Also, if possible, it would be great for them to be able to suffice as DJ headphones so I don't have to buy two pairs of cans at high prices.
Another question is (though I think I may have to make another thread about this somewhere else) how is the Numark NS7? I'm on the fence on whether or not I want to take a crack at DJ'ing because of the very-high price for the equipment I want, but I would love to hear from anyone that has used an NS7 and their thoughts of it.
