Psychlist1972
New Head-Fier
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I work from home, and wear headphones > 12 hours a day. I do a lot of teleconferencing, and need to be able to make out individual speakers on the line. This is challenging to impossible with headphones that are open. I had a pair of inexpensive noise cancelling phones in the past that worked reasonably well for the conferencing, but completely blew for everything else. I use a Samson C01U for my mic (I record a lot of video as part of my job) so I don't need a headset/mic combo.
I noodle around with creating electronica (ambient, some berlin school type stuff) with my synthesizers. I also listen to the same type of music (mostly electronica, some rock, some classical) on the same machine. I don't need to go nuts with bass, but I would like to have reasonable response down to very low drones (think the ambient "space" noise/drone in some movies)
Music, computer sounds, synths in my DAW etc. all currently come out through the DAC in my Novation x-station (previously through an e-mu 1616). I'm not sure if that's considered amplified in the head-fi world
I can't wear ear buds as they hurt almost immediately, no matter what size gel I use.
I have a relatively big head (see my avatar) and want the phones around my ears, not on them. Anything on my ears all day tends to either slide off or hurt. Plus, I enjoy the isolation of closed-back around-the-ear designs (I have a 4 year old and a 2 year old who are upstairs playing with/torturing mom while I work).
I did a ton of research here, and ended up discounting a number of my early selections. Right now, I'm partial to the Audio-technica A900s based on reviews/specs. I was sold on the Denon AHD2000s before that (despite the price), until I saw all the broken screw complaints. As a woodworker, I LOVE the look of all the woodies out there (especially the cherry cans), but the prices are a bit nuts.
So...looking for recommendations in the < $300 range, preferably around $200.
In a nutshell, I need something that is:
Any recommendations on others I should consider besides the A900?
Pete
I noodle around with creating electronica (ambient, some berlin school type stuff) with my synthesizers. I also listen to the same type of music (mostly electronica, some rock, some classical) on the same machine. I don't need to go nuts with bass, but I would like to have reasonable response down to very low drones (think the ambient "space" noise/drone in some movies)
Music, computer sounds, synths in my DAW etc. all currently come out through the DAC in my Novation x-station (previously through an e-mu 1616). I'm not sure if that's considered amplified in the head-fi world
I can't wear ear buds as they hurt almost immediately, no matter what size gel I use.
I have a relatively big head (see my avatar) and want the phones around my ears, not on them. Anything on my ears all day tends to either slide off or hurt. Plus, I enjoy the isolation of closed-back around-the-ear designs (I have a 4 year old and a 2 year old who are upstairs playing with/torturing mom while I work).
I did a ton of research here, and ended up discounting a number of my early selections. Right now, I'm partial to the Audio-technica A900s based on reviews/specs. I was sold on the Denon AHD2000s before that (despite the price), until I saw all the broken screw complaints. As a woodworker, I LOVE the look of all the woodies out there (especially the cherry cans), but the prices are a bit nuts.
So...looking for recommendations in the < $300 range, preferably around $200.
In a nutshell, I need something that is:
- Good at isolating a good bit of outside noise
- Around ear
- Good at letting me hear voices on conference calls (office communicator. Think skype/messenger)
- Good for electronica music
Any recommendations on others I should consider besides the A900?
Pete