[TerraEpon]

I've been using Senheisser HD-201s for a while at work (because the HD-555s I use at home are open, and thus bug others -_-), and I just stepped on them and broke them (they are VERY shoddily made...).

I need a replacement, mainly that's comfy, closed, and not expensive. I saw a couple of recommendations, but I'm especially weary about comfort issues. So I'm open to good recommendations. Being a 'secondary' set of phones, I don't want to pay too much, and I'm only concerned about sound quality to the point that I can hear the music still sounding like itself, as it were.

So....thoughts? I know you're all a great big help, so...


-Joshua

 

[stewtheking]

Not to pick holes, but you STEPPED ON your headphones, which unsurprisingly broke, and you are saying that means they are shoddily made? I think you expect a wee bit much from your gear...

 

[redrich2000]

The Beyer DT-231 sounds considerably better than the HD201. Its not circum aural but I find it very comfortable. It is cheap and closed.

 

[TerraEpon]

Well $60 may be a bit much, and I much prefer having the whole pad around the ear (I assume this is what you mean by 'circum aural'). But thanks for the answer anyway.


-Joshua

 

[kejar31]

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Originally Posted by TerraEpon /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well $60 may be a bit much, and I much prefer having the whole pad around the ear (I assume this is what you mean by 'circum aural'). But thanks for the answer anyway. -Joshua

why not just re-perches the HD-201's because you are not going to get much better closed circumaural headphones under 50.00.

 

[krmathis]

Few 'phone would survive being stepped on, and hence break.
Guess they are all VERY shoddily made...

 

[azncookiecutter]

Old-school Sony V6s. Not to say I've personally stepped on them, but they're built like a tank. Add a pair of Beyer earpads, comfy too.

 

[TerraEpon]

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Originally Posted by krmathis /img/forum/go_quote.gif Few 'phone would survive being stepped on, and hence break. Guess they are all VERY shoddily made...

Ah well it was more that I stepped on em from the side...plus they already had a part broken (that just seemed to come off) that I had to tape down. The HD-555s seem so much more /sturdy/, though and granted, cost $100 more...

As far as not buying HD-201s again, I just might, but the main issue was that they are on the quiet side, and I figured I'd see if there were other options first.

-Joshua