[coyote65]

I want to buy a new pair of headphones, my old one was sony mdr-32 (and I like it), I wish to find another similar pair (small, supra-aural, one sided cable) with very good performance, usually used for portable hi-fi and for home amplifier, could you suggest me some model? another sony? sennheiser? or somethin else?
have somebody ever heard this model?

thanks all

 

[Earwax]

One sided cables are tough to find in small lightweight headphones, except in the street-style types. And the only one of those worth buying is the Koss KSC-55 neckband (same driver as the KSC-50 ear-clip).

 

[coyote65]

wow guys, is this a too difficult answer?

help me plz

 

[coyote65]

t y earwax, u posted few second before me.....

 

[Eagle_Driver]

Hey,

I replied to your question over at HeadWize. You see, the MDR-32 is a very old (by Walkman-replacement headphone standards) model, produced back in 1988 or 1989, whose line of succession led to the MDR-34 ( 1991-1994 ), MDR-35 ( 1994-1998 ) and now the MDR-301LP ( 1998-present ). None of the successor models to the MDR-32 sound all that great. And I also tried the next model down from the MDR-32, the MDR-022, and that model didn't sound good at all - very inefficient, and totally bass-less. But I've never seen an MDR-32 in person when it was in production; I was buying sub-$20 headphones at the time (I think the MDR-32 had sold for $24.95 or $29.95 at the time that it was produced).

 

[coyote65]

lol eagle, yes, I saw yo answer, I got yo answer, but I am confused, I dun know what model to buy, u said sony sounds bad, according to me my mdr32 souds good, then, or it was the last good sony headphone, or i never heard a true good one....

u know what I mean?

 

[Eagle_Driver]

Quote:

Originally posted by coyote65 lol eagle, yes, I saw yo answer, I got yo answer, but I am confused, I dun know what model to buy, u said sony sounds bad, according to me my mdr32 souds good, then, or it was the last good sony headphone, or i never heard a true good one.... u know what I mean?

It's highly likely that you've never heard a true good pair of headphones.

 

[coyote65]

gotit

what about sennheiser hd 56?

 

[Eagle_Driver]

HD 56? Forget about it. That 'phone, too, doesn't sound all that much better than the freebie headphones that came packaged with Walkman players over here where I'm at.

With a single cord, the Koss KSC-55 sounds best of the cheap headphones. But where you're at (in Italy, apparently), unfortunately, Koss headphones are way overpriced: If you can even find the KSC-55, it'll cost significantly more $$$ than what you had paid for your Sony MDR-32, and it'll cost you more $$$ than the price that you've seen the HD 56 selling for.

 

[coyote65]

eagle>thanks, u're so kind.
Yes, I'm from italy.
So, accordin to u, if I buy sony mdr 301lp I'll have the same sound of my old mdr32?
Koss here r diffcult to find.

thanks again.

 

[Chefguru]

get a grado sr-80 or sr-125! But Im not so sure how much that will cost you seeing that your far away from the usa.

 

[Earwax]

Grado? Those have a double cord don't they? and not so small.

Sennheiser PX-100 would at least be small (double cord though) or Senn 280 with a single cord, but kinda big.

 

[Eagle_Driver]

I suspect that those Grados (SR-80 and SR-125) will cost the equivalent of $150 to $230 USD over there.

 

[MegaMeee]

but i wonder if allessandro has free shipping to italy as well with their ms1's

perhaps sennheiser px100's (or px200's if you need to block out outside noise) would suit you best if you can find them locally?

 

[coyote65]

what about ultrasone HFI-15G?
did someone try this?

thanks all