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Hello folks i need some help in last couple of days i am tempted to buy some Closed back Over Ear headphones because i seek for something that actually can be blasted pretty high with not much leak at all .
Alternative to my lovable ISK HF-2010 i got them this year as my first budget Chi-fi Cans.
I adore pretty much everything about them since then, from their relatively neutral Sound signature with slight empasis on upper Treble and mid bass with natural non disturbing mids, also great comfort for longer sessions for movies/games they also i find as very detailed yet somehow relaxing to me on lower to medium volumes/on high they are almost Edgy monsters.
I listen to genres from electro house/big room/ trance/Rap/alternative hard rock/alternate metal/anime osts i watch quite a bit of anime and movies/yt videos and play various Beat em ups/ Actions Rpgs/shooters and much more. I am not like audiophile but i always had quite a bit more entusiasm about listening to my jams and details then average joe in my country with stock Apple/samsung earbuds and so on they must be suffering .
The headphones i am picking will be driven by Fiio Q1 most of the time so thats not a problem, i also have Xi fi Go Pro in situations when i need some of the effects it has and also it actually has wider soundstage somehwhat then Fiio and mic.
Budget is in range from 6000 to 9000 dinars which translates to like 58 dollars to 88 dollars but i can maybe even expand budget to 11000 dinars which is like 107 dollars but only if the candicate far outclasses the rest of the choises in most categories. I am only dealing with retail music stores unfortunaly ,because i live in Serbia the choises here are a bit more limited then in Us or bigger Eu countries but still
What sound style i seek , well these are the conditions... 1. They must rival Isk Hf2010 on most of things, if i am giving similiar budget with aim for alternative i espect them to compete not be completely just worse sidegrade with closed design as only ++
2. Would like them to have different style in reproduction not exactly mandatory for different frequency response but i prefer them to have as nice soundstage as possible and maybe more forward mids.
3.They must not be too dark / have a bit of sparkle, balance and good treble extension i both like Partially Agressive edgy signature but i also like bass to be there warming without drowning the rest that kind of sound is most relaxing to me .
4.They must not have too much Sub bass or monstrum levels of mid bass bump to not cause ear fatigue from Vibrations that happens occasionally with Asus cerberus v2 they are dancing on the edge of that but they are not old Beats Studio lvl of bloated just a bit tiring over time, which is phenomenal for Edm/electro house/explosions in action games /action movies when i just want too get that thumping feel in my body like i am in the middle of center speakers at concert.
5. Comfort well those Asus and ISK spoiled me i want something that does not compress the head to much if at all, so heavy clamping is big no for me, no matter how good the headphone sounds or materials they are built, also it would be nice if the model i choose is sturdy and not wired like fragile crap if you had first experince with 1 of these from the list below. Those 2 i have mentioned are built like tanks in my
opinion that is big + in my book.
Candidates for purchase but feel free to recommend me something else i will check if that particular model is available in my place.
Links below are just for reference for some of you if you can remember having some of these models so you can compare.
Isk Hp 980 i like these because i found somewhere that they are similiar in sound character to Akg K271 which sounds promising also removable cable i can get these for 57$
3. Superlux HD 669 similiar in price to other models, they share structure with samson but i heard and saw that most people agree on Pads being terribad and to much clamp even after strectch is that true for you ? If so that is to bad that would be deal breaker , they have detachable cable also.
4. Pro El Eikon H800 https://www.player.rs/studijske-slusalice/proel-eikon-h800/pro/10667
Price about 65 euro = about 70+ Dollars
Looks really nicely built, has same internals as these headphones according to this site Marantz MPH-3, Omnitronic SHP-900, PreSonus HD9,,Tascam TH-300X . All of these clones are based on Roland Rh 300 if i remember if that helps.
5. Last candidates group would be Shure Srh 440 , Audio Technica M30x, Audio Technica Avc500 which cost about 11 000 dinars which equals to 107 Dollars.
From those listed which are the most overall rounded to be rival to HF2010 while still doing something different from them in good way and which would you pick in your opinion ?
Appreciated any kind of help in advance guys thanks sorry i am completely terrible at keeping things short when it comes to description when i look for something, hopefully you will understand me.
Alternative to my lovable ISK HF-2010 i got them this year as my first budget Chi-fi Cans.
I adore pretty much everything about them since then, from their relatively neutral Sound signature with slight empasis on upper Treble and mid bass with natural non disturbing mids, also great comfort for longer sessions for movies/games they also i find as very detailed yet somehow relaxing to me on lower to medium volumes/on high they are almost Edgy monsters.
I listen to genres from electro house/big room/ trance/Rap/alternative hard rock/alternate metal/anime osts i watch quite a bit of anime and movies/yt videos and play various Beat em ups/ Actions Rpgs/shooters and much more. I am not like audiophile but i always had quite a bit more entusiasm about listening to my jams and details then average joe in my country with stock Apple/samsung earbuds and so on they must be suffering .
The headphones i am picking will be driven by Fiio Q1 most of the time so thats not a problem, i also have Xi fi Go Pro in situations when i need some of the effects it has and also it actually has wider soundstage somehwhat then Fiio and mic.
Budget is in range from 6000 to 9000 dinars which translates to like 58 dollars to 88 dollars but i can maybe even expand budget to 11000 dinars which is like 107 dollars but only if the candicate far outclasses the rest of the choises in most categories. I am only dealing with retail music stores unfortunaly ,because i live in Serbia the choises here are a bit more limited then in Us or bigger Eu countries but still
What sound style i seek , well these are the conditions... 1. They must rival Isk Hf2010 on most of things, if i am giving similiar budget with aim for alternative i espect them to compete not be completely just worse sidegrade with closed design as only ++
2. Would like them to have different style in reproduction not exactly mandatory for different frequency response but i prefer them to have as nice soundstage as possible and maybe more forward mids.
3.They must not be too dark / have a bit of sparkle, balance and good treble extension i both like Partially Agressive edgy signature but i also like bass to be there warming without drowning the rest that kind of sound is most relaxing to me .
4.They must not have too much Sub bass or monstrum levels of mid bass bump to not cause ear fatigue from Vibrations that happens occasionally with Asus cerberus v2 they are dancing on the edge of that but they are not old Beats Studio lvl of bloated just a bit tiring over time, which is phenomenal for Edm/electro house/explosions in action games /action movies when i just want too get that thumping feel in my body like i am in the middle of center speakers at concert.
5. Comfort well those Asus and ISK spoiled me i want something that does not compress the head to much if at all, so heavy clamping is big no for me, no matter how good the headphone sounds or materials they are built, also it would be nice if the model i choose is sturdy and not wired like fragile crap if you had first experince with 1 of these from the list below. Those 2 i have mentioned are built like tanks in my
opinion that is big + in my book.
Candidates for purchase but feel free to recommend me something else i will check if that particular model is available in my place.
Links below are just for reference for some of you if you can remember having some of these models so you can compare.
Isk Hp 980 i like these because i found somewhere that they are similiar in sound character to Akg K271 which sounds promising also removable cable i can get these for 57$
- https://www.swamp.net.au/studio-monitoring-headphones-closed-back
- Samson Sr950 i like these because they have velour pads and they also have those drivers like superlux 668b but retuned /polished partially. I can get these for also about 57-60$ . I would instantly pick these if they had removable cable i heard aloot of great stuff about Sound but not so much about Cable issues after year or two, few people said that internals are wired like fragile crap.
3. Superlux HD 669 similiar in price to other models, they share structure with samson but i heard and saw that most people agree on Pads being terribad and to much clamp even after strectch is that true for you ? If so that is to bad that would be deal breaker , they have detachable cable also.
4. Pro El Eikon H800 https://www.player.rs/studijske-slusalice/proel-eikon-h800/pro/10667
Price about 65 euro = about 70+ Dollars
Looks really nicely built, has same internals as these headphones according to this site Marantz MPH-3, Omnitronic SHP-900, PreSonus HD9,,Tascam TH-300X . All of these clones are based on Roland Rh 300 if i remember if that helps.
5. Last candidates group would be Shure Srh 440 , Audio Technica M30x, Audio Technica Avc500 which cost about 11 000 dinars which equals to 107 Dollars.
From those listed which are the most overall rounded to be rival to HF2010 while still doing something different from them in good way and which would you pick in your opinion ?
Appreciated any kind of help in advance guys thanks sorry i am completely terrible at keeping things short when it comes to description when i look for something, hopefully you will understand me.
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