[spickerish]

Hi I'm new here and I know jack-crap bout headphones.
I would like to buy a pair of headphones. I already have a pair of ety er-6i in ears but I'm also thinking about buying a pair of headphones.
1. Do headphones drain youre iPod battery quicker than normal in-ears? I'm looking at a 50 ohm pair and a 32 ohm pair, I think ohm's have something to do with battery live, but I'm not sure.
2. Are the Skullcandy Gi or Skullcandy Ti's any good. A friend of mine has the gi's and he sais they are pretty good. But as said before I know nothing about headphones.
3. Is there anything you can recommend under 80 dollars. I don't want to spend too much since my ety's will be my main pair. I don't want too much bass, I would like it to be balanced, like the ety's. Noise isolation however, is very important to me. Are the skullcandys any good, and if so which one would you recommend.

 

[ClieOS]

1. Impedance rating has more to do with the sensitivity of the 'phone (low impedance -> louder sounding on the same ouput volume from your DAP). Say you set your ipod on 20% volume, a pair of 32ohms 'phone will sound louder than a pair of 50ohms 'phone. To get the same volume level from both the 32ohms and the 50homs 'phone, you will need to increase your ipod volume to more than 20% when using the 50ohms 'phone - and therfore it is why you battery drain faster (as volume is up now). Of course, if you rather listen to a dimmer 50ohms 'phone on 20% volume, both 'phones will drain about the same power (since you set the volume at a fixed 20%).

2) SkullCandy is generally considered to be some of the worst investment you can made in the headphone world... 'pretty good' is only if you never listen to a pair of better 'phone. Avoiding everything labeled SkullCandy and Bose is what most Head-fi'ers practice their whole life.

3) AKG K81DJ, Panasonic RP-HTX7 - both cheap and sound OK for their price.

 

[billybob_jcv]

If you like your ER-6i, why do you want headphones? What are you hoping to achieve with headphones that your in-ears can't do?

 

[ericj]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ClieOS /img/forum/go_quote.gif 1. Impedance rating has more to do with the sensitivity of the 'phone (low impedance -> louder sounding on the same ouput volume from your DAP). Say you set your ipod on 20% volume, a pair of 32ohms 'phone will sound louder than a pair of 50ohms 'phone. To get the same volume level from both the 32ohms and the 50homs 'phone, you will need to increase your ipod volume to more than 20% when using the 50ohms 'phone - and therfore it is why you battery drain faster (as volume is up now). Of course, if you rather listen to a dimmer 50ohms 'phone on 20% volume, both 'phones will drain about the same power (since you set the volume at a fixed 20%).

kinda sorta.

If the headphones both have the same db/mw rating, yeah, at the same perceived volume they will drain the battery equally as much.

A headphone with low impedance doesn't necessarily have high sensitivity, and some headphones will drain the battery quicker than others.

 

[ClieOS]

^^^ Listen to ericj, his wooden head is far more knowledgeable on all thing audio than I can ever be

 

[DKaz]

For under $100 I would suggest these:

The Denon AH-C700 are fantastic. They are on a huge sale at Amazon for $99.99 shipped (usually $200):

Denon AH-C700

The UE Super.fi 3's are great for IEM all around. They are bulky and have to be worn over the ear. $59.99 shipped

UE Super.fi 3

The UE Metro.fi 2's are great for bass heavy rock. They are not bulky like the Super.fi series and do not go over the ear. $49.99 shipped

UE Metro.fi 2

The Crossroads MylarOne X3i are great too. The build quality is not "super" strong like the three above, but they are much better then the V-Moda. $57 shipped

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