penfold1992
New Head-Fier
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Hello Head-Fi
As someone who has enjoyed music growing up, listening to hours of music at a time, I feel ashamed to say that I have never listed to my music with headphones that have costed more than $20. However, I now have a job and I have some money to spend on something a little more to enjoy my music. I understand that $120 is not that much for audiophile IEM's and there are definitely better headphones out there but I would rather save up some more money for some proper over ear headphones that would be much better for listening to music but I digress. I will try to share as much knowledge as I can to help you guys give me the best solution possible!
The IEM headphones will be mainly used at work, noise isolation needs to be good enough that I don't bother the people I sit by (however I am not sure that will be too much of a problem with IEM's). I work in a very quiet office where the majority of noise is generated by keyboard taps and the occasional cough.
I will be listening to music from my iPod Touch 5th Gen and also possibly from an Android phone (Nexus 4) and to reduce the amount of times I need to get my ipod out to change songs, I would like to be able to have inline controls of some sort.
My current pair of headphones are some Samsung branded headphones that were sold in a supermarket around the London Olympic games and they have the team GB logo on the ends of the IEM's. They have an inline controller and a microphone but I was unable to find out the official name for them or how much they were originally worth (my brother worked for the store and got a large discounted price).
I actually quite like these headphones, I have found them pretty good (but I am sure you audiophiles would tell me that they suck a lot...) and I personally really like the silicone tips rather than the rubbery sponge ones that can be found with some IEM's.
The best image I could find was this: now these are not the ones I own, but they look quite similar...
http://image.dhgate.com/albu_407255063_00-1.0x0/samsung-hs-130-in-ear-headphones-black-amp.jpg
I mostly like to listen to Rock/Metal/Post-Hardcore but I enjoy many many types of music, from classical to jazz to country. Here are some examples:
Four Year Strong - Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Hell (Pop-Punk / Melodic Hardcore)
Avenged Sevenfold - Afterlife (Heavy Metal)
A Day To Remember - Since U Been Gone (Post-Hardcore)
Jason Becker - Altitudes (Neo-Classical)
Guthrie Govan - Waves (Jazz Fusion)
I have seen some recommendations for the following headsets but I am not sure if they still hold up today, if there are better headphones or if you guys would recommend something else, id like to get some opinions
DUNU Detonators
SteelSeries In-Flux (I am not sure if the In-Flux Pro's are worth the extra cost or not?)
RHA MA750i
my price range is flexible, I am open to suggestions
Thank you and nice to meet you all!
As someone who has enjoyed music growing up, listening to hours of music at a time, I feel ashamed to say that I have never listed to my music with headphones that have costed more than $20. However, I now have a job and I have some money to spend on something a little more to enjoy my music. I understand that $120 is not that much for audiophile IEM's and there are definitely better headphones out there but I would rather save up some more money for some proper over ear headphones that would be much better for listening to music but I digress. I will try to share as much knowledge as I can to help you guys give me the best solution possible!
The IEM headphones will be mainly used at work, noise isolation needs to be good enough that I don't bother the people I sit by (however I am not sure that will be too much of a problem with IEM's). I work in a very quiet office where the majority of noise is generated by keyboard taps and the occasional cough.
I will be listening to music from my iPod Touch 5th Gen and also possibly from an Android phone (Nexus 4) and to reduce the amount of times I need to get my ipod out to change songs, I would like to be able to have inline controls of some sort.
My current pair of headphones are some Samsung branded headphones that were sold in a supermarket around the London Olympic games and they have the team GB logo on the ends of the IEM's. They have an inline controller and a microphone but I was unable to find out the official name for them or how much they were originally worth (my brother worked for the store and got a large discounted price).
I actually quite like these headphones, I have found them pretty good (but I am sure you audiophiles would tell me that they suck a lot...) and I personally really like the silicone tips rather than the rubbery sponge ones that can be found with some IEM's.
The best image I could find was this: now these are not the ones I own, but they look quite similar...
http://image.dhgate.com/albu_407255063_00-1.0x0/samsung-hs-130-in-ear-headphones-black-amp.jpg
I mostly like to listen to Rock/Metal/Post-Hardcore but I enjoy many many types of music, from classical to jazz to country. Here are some examples:
Four Year Strong - Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Hell (Pop-Punk / Melodic Hardcore)
Avenged Sevenfold - Afterlife (Heavy Metal)
A Day To Remember - Since U Been Gone (Post-Hardcore)
Jason Becker - Altitudes (Neo-Classical)
Guthrie Govan - Waves (Jazz Fusion)
I have seen some recommendations for the following headsets but I am not sure if they still hold up today, if there are better headphones or if you guys would recommend something else, id like to get some opinions
DUNU Detonators
SteelSeries In-Flux (I am not sure if the In-Flux Pro's are worth the extra cost or not?)
RHA MA750i
my price range is flexible, I am open to suggestions
Thank you and nice to meet you all!