pospressure
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I'm sure the what should I buy questions get old and I really hate asking it but I'm buying the first components of my first set up right now. After months and months of lurking here I have my amazon and ebay tabs up and my debit card ready!
Long story long I'm buying blind and haven't listened to any of the options I've chosen but my eight year old Sony MDR-V300 headphones died and I can't stand the sounds of the GF's reality TV shows so I'm forced to take action now.
For various reasons except sound (the type of phone / price range) I've come to these two options which both list for 299 full price.
Option 1. AKG K271MK2 for $170 from Amazon.
Option 2. Audio Technica ATH-A700 $114 from Amazon. -it should be noted that the price difference in these two gives me enough leeway to also squeeze in the JDS CmoyBB off ebay for $69.99.
Thats it. Now if I get the AKG's I can and will get a cmoybb or caffeine if it comes back in stock ASAP as well as a Line out cable of some type but I'll have to wait a couple weeks.
Random info: I listen to various types of electronic, some rap, some rock/folk, some classic rock.
My computer with itunes will be my main source at some point but I'll need more equipment to make it sound decent so I'll likely use my iPod touch in the mean time.
Which reminds me of another random question. My motherboards on board sound is horrible with lots of popping and crackling that no amount if driver hunting has fixed (windows 7). If I purchased a DAC or USB DAC cable would it still matter what sounds card I was running?
OK thats it help push me over the fence, best bang for the buck.
listening to something is better than listening to nothing.......or the real housewives of anywhere.
Long story long I'm buying blind and haven't listened to any of the options I've chosen but my eight year old Sony MDR-V300 headphones died and I can't stand the sounds of the GF's reality TV shows so I'm forced to take action now.
For various reasons except sound (the type of phone / price range) I've come to these two options which both list for 299 full price.
Option 1. AKG K271MK2 for $170 from Amazon.
Option 2. Audio Technica ATH-A700 $114 from Amazon. -it should be noted that the price difference in these two gives me enough leeway to also squeeze in the JDS CmoyBB off ebay for $69.99.
Thats it. Now if I get the AKG's I can and will get a cmoybb or caffeine if it comes back in stock ASAP as well as a Line out cable of some type but I'll have to wait a couple weeks.
Random info: I listen to various types of electronic, some rap, some rock/folk, some classic rock.
My computer with itunes will be my main source at some point but I'll need more equipment to make it sound decent so I'll likely use my iPod touch in the mean time.
Which reminds me of another random question. My motherboards on board sound is horrible with lots of popping and crackling that no amount if driver hunting has fixed (windows 7). If I purchased a DAC or USB DAC cable would it still matter what sounds card I was running?
OK thats it help push me over the fence, best bang for the buck.
listening to something is better than listening to nothing.......or the real housewives of anywhere.