JohnD
New Head-Fier
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I don't have any chance to test headphones in our small town, but next week I am going to New York city and planning to spend few hours. So I want to define a short list for a tryout.
Budget for open headphones only: $300 or so.
Genres: classical music, classical opera (I prefer voices from dramatic soprano and down), jazz (mainly vocal), vocal blues and close – gospel, soul. Other genres – about never.
I look for tragedy and drive in music.
Source: lossless formats (wav).
Amplifier, etc.: will buy after headphones, I think that headphones will define the path.
So I will take with me: St. Matthew Passion (Bach), Symphony #40 (Mozart), where I look for the second part to sound as perfect as the first, Aretha Franklin, Jessye Norman, "Evening" from "Count Basie at Newport" (I hate other versions), "Hit the Road Jack" by Ray Charles, "Old Fashion Morphine" by Jodie Holland.
I want as much quality from these records as I can get.
Thanks in advance.
Budget for open headphones only: $300 or so.
Genres: classical music, classical opera (I prefer voices from dramatic soprano and down), jazz (mainly vocal), vocal blues and close – gospel, soul. Other genres – about never.
I look for tragedy and drive in music.
Source: lossless formats (wav).
Amplifier, etc.: will buy after headphones, I think that headphones will define the path.
So I will take with me: St. Matthew Passion (Bach), Symphony #40 (Mozart), where I look for the second part to sound as perfect as the first, Aretha Franklin, Jessye Norman, "Evening" from "Count Basie at Newport" (I hate other versions), "Hit the Road Jack" by Ray Charles, "Old Fashion Morphine" by Jodie Holland.
I want as much quality from these records as I can get.
Thanks in advance.