paradime
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Hello all,
New to the forum and I'm hoping that people can give me some insight.
My "situation" so to speak:
My sister got me the Studio Beats by Dre for Christmas. I liked the sound, but the leakage was terrible. You could hear everything I listened pretty clearly. This is a problem because basically I only use headphones when I travel. Sometimes on a computer, but 95% on an airplane. So we returned them.
Now, I'm looking for new headphones for my sister to buy me. It's taken me a while because (1) I'm lazy and (2) every time I Google for reviews, I feel overwhelmed.
WHAT I WANT:
1) Closed ear, I think they're called? Basically I do not want earbuds under any circumstance. Hate those.
2) Little or no noise leakage.
3) Good sound (obviously). I mean the bottom line is I listen to mostly hip hop, so bass is somewhat important. I mean it's not the only thing, but good bass is something I'd like. Does that mean crappy everything else? No, it doesn't. But hopefully there's a happy medium somewhere. Basically, I'd love a set of cans that were good for hip hop. I know the Beats can't be my only option, right? I listen to high quality mp3's off my iPod, if that matters any.
4) Price: She spent $300 on those, so that'd be the max.
Thanks all. As you can tell, I don't know what I'm doing here, and I'm by no means an audiophile or anything. Just a random guy looking for some headphone insight.
New to the forum and I'm hoping that people can give me some insight.
My "situation" so to speak:
My sister got me the Studio Beats by Dre for Christmas. I liked the sound, but the leakage was terrible. You could hear everything I listened pretty clearly. This is a problem because basically I only use headphones when I travel. Sometimes on a computer, but 95% on an airplane. So we returned them.
Now, I'm looking for new headphones for my sister to buy me. It's taken me a while because (1) I'm lazy and (2) every time I Google for reviews, I feel overwhelmed.
WHAT I WANT:
1) Closed ear, I think they're called? Basically I do not want earbuds under any circumstance. Hate those.
2) Little or no noise leakage.
3) Good sound (obviously). I mean the bottom line is I listen to mostly hip hop, so bass is somewhat important. I mean it's not the only thing, but good bass is something I'd like. Does that mean crappy everything else? No, it doesn't. But hopefully there's a happy medium somewhere. Basically, I'd love a set of cans that were good for hip hop. I know the Beats can't be my only option, right? I listen to high quality mp3's off my iPod, if that matters any.
4) Price: She spent $300 on those, so that'd be the max.
Thanks all. As you can tell, I don't know what I'm doing here, and I'm by no means an audiophile or anything. Just a random guy looking for some headphone insight.