tedtropy
100+ Head-Fier
- Joined
- May 1, 2006
- Posts
- 178
- Likes
- 10
This is my first post on the forum. I'm also reasonably new to the world of the ultra-amateur-audiophile so let me apologize in advance for anything blatantly moronic that may follow...
I've done abit of searching here and elsewhere concerning reasonably priced closed full-size headphones that I intend (mainly) for watching TVs, movies, video games while I'm at home. I live in a fairly large apartment complex, so it's not always practical for me to listen to things at the volume I prefer and/or outside ambient noise prevents it from being as enjoyable as it could. Time and again, the choice seems to boil down to the HD 280s when it comes to something within a modest budget. Now to provide abit of my headphoning history, I was introduced to the world of Sennheiser via my PX-100s, which I adore. Granted, my only source of reference is a past filled with crap pack-in 'phones and my once beloved Koss KSC-55s, but I love the sound and reasonable amount of bass produced by them. I'm no basshead, per say, but I enjoy the tone of whatever it is the 100s is outputting. Part of my fear is that the 280s would be so different from that type of bass as to put me off on them.
If I'm willing to spend somewhere in the $150 (maybe $200) range for a set of closed cans, with an emphasis on isolation, am I likely to do any better than the 280s? Any help is much appreciated and sorry if I meandered abit Thanks.
I've done abit of searching here and elsewhere concerning reasonably priced closed full-size headphones that I intend (mainly) for watching TVs, movies, video games while I'm at home. I live in a fairly large apartment complex, so it's not always practical for me to listen to things at the volume I prefer and/or outside ambient noise prevents it from being as enjoyable as it could. Time and again, the choice seems to boil down to the HD 280s when it comes to something within a modest budget. Now to provide abit of my headphoning history, I was introduced to the world of Sennheiser via my PX-100s, which I adore. Granted, my only source of reference is a past filled with crap pack-in 'phones and my once beloved Koss KSC-55s, but I love the sound and reasonable amount of bass produced by them. I'm no basshead, per say, but I enjoy the tone of whatever it is the 100s is outputting. Part of my fear is that the 280s would be so different from that type of bass as to put me off on them.
If I'm willing to spend somewhere in the $150 (maybe $200) range for a set of closed cans, with an emphasis on isolation, am I likely to do any better than the 280s? Any help is much appreciated and sorry if I meandered abit Thanks.