darthdiddy
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I am planning on ordering The Beats By Dre tomorrow and I want to be sure that I am making the right $300.00 decision. I have been trying different headphones and I can't seem to come up with a better sounding solution for my needs. The Beats By Dre in my opinion make the music out my D2 come alive and I feel like I am sitting in front of a loudspeaker vs listening to something on my headphones. I listen to about 90% late 80's early 90's Hip-Hop and it seems like the Beats were built for that genre of music.
I walk to work everyday so portability is of the up most importance. The Beats are easily driven my D2 with extra headroom in the power department so that I don't need a portable amp. I guess a portable amp would not be totally out of the question for my needs but it would suck to have to lug around an extra piece of equipment in my jeans pocket. I have taken suggestions from this forum in the past and it has been a mixed bag for me at best.
I first bought some er6's years ago thanks to suggestions from this board and I hated them. I next bought some PortaPro's and some Sennheiser PX-200's which were adequate at the time but I eventually moved on. Next I tried the AKG-271 which could not be powered sufficiently by my Creative Zen or my Supermini amp so I decided to go back to IEM's and got a pair of Atrio M5's which are held in pretty hi regard here along with a D2. The Atrio's were ok I guess but they lacked synergy in my opinion with the D2 so I sold them to a friend. I decided to pick up some Superfi.EB's on a hunch even though they were pretty much despised here and I loved them. Unfortunately, my dog ate them literally and here I am back on the market again. I am open to headphone suggestions but please take the following things into consideration:
1. Must be portable
2. Easily driven by MP3 player
3. Sturdy construction
4. Somewhat Bass Heavy but no recessed highs.
Any thoughts?
I walk to work everyday so portability is of the up most importance. The Beats are easily driven my D2 with extra headroom in the power department so that I don't need a portable amp. I guess a portable amp would not be totally out of the question for my needs but it would suck to have to lug around an extra piece of equipment in my jeans pocket. I have taken suggestions from this forum in the past and it has been a mixed bag for me at best.
I first bought some er6's years ago thanks to suggestions from this board and I hated them. I next bought some PortaPro's and some Sennheiser PX-200's which were adequate at the time but I eventually moved on. Next I tried the AKG-271 which could not be powered sufficiently by my Creative Zen or my Supermini amp so I decided to go back to IEM's and got a pair of Atrio M5's which are held in pretty hi regard here along with a D2. The Atrio's were ok I guess but they lacked synergy in my opinion with the D2 so I sold them to a friend. I decided to pick up some Superfi.EB's on a hunch even though they were pretty much despised here and I loved them. Unfortunately, my dog ate them literally and here I am back on the market again. I am open to headphone suggestions but please take the following things into consideration:
1. Must be portable
2. Easily driven by MP3 player
3. Sturdy construction
4. Somewhat Bass Heavy but no recessed highs.
Any thoughts?