[arj154]

Hi

I want to buy a decent pair of headphones and i was just wondering which would be the best out of these 2? I mostly listen to rock (anything from indie to metal) and a bit of game soundtracks from time to time. I will mainly be using these for travel so they need to be durable but i want good sound quality. I have had the sony ex71s but i want to try something that can really give great quality. I will mainly be using them on my ipod and psp so is it worth ripping my music in 320kbps mp3 or should i just stick to 192kbps? I have a budget of £40-50 ($80-100)

 

[scytheavatar]

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Originally Posted by arj154 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hi I want to buy a decent pair of headphones and i was just wondering which would be the best out of these 2? I mostly listen to rock (anything from indie to metal) and a bit of game soundtracks from time to time. I will mainly be using these for travel so they need to be durable but i want good sound quality. I have had the sony ex71s but i want to try something that can really give great quality. I will mainly be using them on my ipod and psp so is it worth ripping my music in 320kbps mp3 or should i just stick to 192kbps? I have a budget of £40-50 ($80-100)

You should get the Denon C551 instead. It's easily better than those 2.

 

[chinesekiwi]

Or the Head-Direct RE2's. They are light on bass however but have better treble than the c551's. Both the Denon c551's and Head-Direct RE2's are better than ones you mentioned.

So it's:

More good bass, ok treble = Denon c551's
Light on bass, great treble (highs) = Head-Direct RE2's.

You can buy the RE2's @ http://www.head-direct.com
They're $99 (53 pounds) (since the rebate is only for North American customers)
(Fang should really start paying me for how much I promote them on here )

Also since mp3 is the only option to encode them to be compatible with the iPod and PSP, go 320kbps mp3.

 

[arj154]

o ok, tbh im not sure if i want to spend $100 on headphones unless there available on amazon.co.uk as i have a £10 ($20) voucher. Also i would prefer if it was more between the UE metro.fi and the cx500. Are the UE metro.fi 2s not good at all? I've heard some good things about them.

 

[ljcii]

If cx-500 sounds similar to cx-400 and if you want something cheaper i recommend ah-c351 if you can equalize.

I haven't seen much about metrofi 2.