yamdan
New Head-Fier
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Howdy folks, after many cheap in-ear buds i've been ruining and running with, I decided to buy my first durable HIFI headphones and finally step up to the next level. My budget is around 250-300$
So I've been looking into buying a decent portable headphones, What I had in mind after a short online research i've made are:
Sennhiser HD25 aluminum edition (a little bit above budget)
Sennhiser amperior
Akg k545
I won't lie that I'm leaning towards on-ear headphones, but this AKG model looks rather interesting as well.
That said, listening to these headphones prior to purchasing is kind of difficult in my country as I don't know of such shops that allow this and have decent collections..
So I guess I'll have to make my choice basing on your suggestions and reviews..
The main genres in my music library are electric-and-acoustic blues, classic/southern-rock, hard rock etc.
The headphones will be plugged into my cowon z2 pmp which contain many flac music files.
In this opportunity , would some one just be kind enough to enlighten me and give a brief explanation of what is a headphone amp and is it necessary in my case in order to make the best of my headphones sound ?
I've came across with the terms ״dac, receiver, amp" which i was never really understood.
That said,
I'm not an audiophile yet, and I must say that I'm quite a novice when it comes to audio products and my knowledge is quite limited
From what I learned online, I understand that different headphones Emphasis different aspects of audio such of bass and treble, neutral etc.
So I've not gathered enough experience to decide whether I'm a bass
or a treble fan, and can't decide which one will suit better my music's taste,
though, electric guitars sit on the mids and treble mostly. (fix me if I'm wrong)
So considering that satisfying mids are important to me.
But, if you think about other models that might suit my needs, please feel free.
Hope my English was alright, I'm sure you'd be forgiving for a non native speaker
So I've been looking into buying a decent portable headphones, What I had in mind after a short online research i've made are:
Sennhiser HD25 aluminum edition (a little bit above budget)
Sennhiser amperior
Akg k545
I won't lie that I'm leaning towards on-ear headphones, but this AKG model looks rather interesting as well.
That said, listening to these headphones prior to purchasing is kind of difficult in my country as I don't know of such shops that allow this and have decent collections..
So I guess I'll have to make my choice basing on your suggestions and reviews..
The main genres in my music library are electric-and-acoustic blues, classic/southern-rock, hard rock etc.
The headphones will be plugged into my cowon z2 pmp which contain many flac music files.
In this opportunity , would some one just be kind enough to enlighten me and give a brief explanation of what is a headphone amp and is it necessary in my case in order to make the best of my headphones sound ?
I've came across with the terms ״dac, receiver, amp" which i was never really understood.
That said,
I'm not an audiophile yet, and I must say that I'm quite a novice when it comes to audio products and my knowledge is quite limited
From what I learned online, I understand that different headphones Emphasis different aspects of audio such of bass and treble, neutral etc.
So I've not gathered enough experience to decide whether I'm a bass
or a treble fan, and can't decide which one will suit better my music's taste,
though, electric guitars sit on the mids and treble mostly. (fix me if I'm wrong)
So considering that satisfying mids are important to me.
But, if you think about other models that might suit my needs, please feel free.
Hope my English was alright, I'm sure you'd be forgiving for a non native speaker