Satanier
New Head-Fier
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Well, not only did the recent posts get deleted, but all new accounts got deleted as well(don't think the admin realizes this. I just had to remake mine.)
I'll try to recreate my post:
I want a pair of headphones to use with 50% music, 50% gaming.
Budget is $100 max.
I listen to:
Rock - 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s - Everything from soft to vocal to metal
Some Techno
Some Hip Hop
Some Classical guitar /// Instrumental
I've narrowed my choices for a new pair down to three models:
Grado SR-60/80
Sennheiser HD-555
Audio Tehnica AD-700
I like clean highs, smooth bass but nothing boomy.
The phones need to be comfortable for 8+ hour sessions.
Here is the catch: I'm currently using a pair of 1974 Sennheiser HD-424s, which have been modified to be circumaural. I can wear these headphones for 10 hours at a time and they sound quite nice. The thing is they don't get very loud with my computer, and I'm getting some kind of light distortion on highs in certain tracks, I think because of the headphone output I'm using from my 5.1 computer speaker package. (I hear the same distortion on my cheapo phones)
I would want a huge improvement in sound quality over what I currently have if I was going to spend up to 100 dollars on a new pair. Would I be better off properly driving the pair I have now? I've heard something about amplification from speaker outs but I don't really understand what that means.
Any input would be great!
I'll try to recreate my post:
I want a pair of headphones to use with 50% music, 50% gaming.
Budget is $100 max.
I listen to:
Rock - 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s - Everything from soft to vocal to metal
Some Techno
Some Hip Hop
Some Classical guitar /// Instrumental
I've narrowed my choices for a new pair down to three models:
Grado SR-60/80
Sennheiser HD-555
Audio Tehnica AD-700
I like clean highs, smooth bass but nothing boomy.
The phones need to be comfortable for 8+ hour sessions.
Here is the catch: I'm currently using a pair of 1974 Sennheiser HD-424s, which have been modified to be circumaural. I can wear these headphones for 10 hours at a time and they sound quite nice. The thing is they don't get very loud with my computer, and I'm getting some kind of light distortion on highs in certain tracks, I think because of the headphone output I'm using from my 5.1 computer speaker package. (I hear the same distortion on my cheapo phones)
I would want a huge improvement in sound quality over what I currently have if I was going to spend up to 100 dollars on a new pair. Would I be better off properly driving the pair I have now? I've heard something about amplification from speaker outs but I don't really understand what that means.
Any input would be great!