The Perfect Portable [a multiple choice poll]

[yliu]

This pool made me realise that I need somethung better than my current HD25 for portable.

Just recently I've been flying in an airplace for 9+hours and I fell asleep with my HD25 on. When I woke up, my ears were hurting very badly from the tight clamp of my HD25.

I also realized that the a lot of the details and lower end of the music is lost in the loud noise of the airplane, although whilentraveling in a car is much better.

So this lead me to save money for a B&W P5, but does anyone own both the HD25 and the P5? how do they compare isolation wise?

 

[JamesMcProgger]

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This pool made me realise that I need somethung better than my current HD25 for portable.

Just recently I've been flying in an airplace for 9+hours and I fell asleep with my HD25 on. When I woke up, my ears were hurting very badly from the tight clamp of my HD25.

I also realized that the a lot of the details and lower end of the music is lost in the loud noise of the airplane, although whilentraveling in a car is much better.

So this lead me to save money for a B&W P5, but does anyone own both the HD25 and the P5? how do they compare isolation wise?

read Joker's shootout, he has those two headphones added.
 
as for the clamp, they wears out. I have 2 HD25 and one has strong clamp, cant wear it for more than 1 hours to make pauses, the other one, the older is perfect, even more with velour pads, but then isolation and bass gets slightlydecreased with this pads.

 

[JamesMcProgger]

bump for the 1k votes

 

[mrtim6]

 
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Not necessarily, there are some closed headphones especially on-ear ones that have poor isolation. Close headphones don't automatically mean superb isolation. (Tronz post)

 
 
That is true Tronz, however if you try before you buy there are plenty of good closed cans at various budget levels which have good isolation. E.g. Sennheiser PCX450 up to the Ultrasone Ed 8 to name just two.

 

[JamesMcProgger]

the trend so far:
 
Comfort
Build Quality
Easy to drive
Closed back
Small
 
I dont think its gonna change.

 

[chrislangley4253]

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the trend so far:
 
Comfort
Build Quality
Easy to drive
Closed back
Small
 
I dont think its gonna change.

Prolly not. But, I still hold fast to using open headphones as portables. I can't stand not being able to hear what is going on around me.. The only time I'll used closed phones would be in a library or when I'm mowing grass. 

 

[shamrock134]

...double post

 

[shamrock134]

 
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I still hold fast to using open headphones as portables. I can't stand not being able to hear what is going on around me.

Spare a thought for those that don't want to hear your music. It'd be like those kids that have "choonz" blasting out of their tinny mobile phone speakers.

 

[chrislangley4253]

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Spare a thought for those that don't want to hear your music. It'd be like those kids that have "choonz" blasting out of their tinny mobile phone speakers.

How loud do you folks listen to your music? I never have to turn them up to compensate for my environment, and I don't ever have people complain. If I did find myself having to turn up my volume to try to drain out sound, I would be wearing a closed pair.. I guess I'm just lucky and not exposed to much environmental noise. Perhaps it will change someday.. If it did I would use it as an excuse to pick up some senn hd 25ii's or maybe some HF5's depending on which was more tempting at the time. I like closed headphones just fine, and the idea of them. I just think in general, for the money an open headphone is going to sound better.. And I see the closedness as being a drawback usually. I'd rather some sound leak in and a little out, then be mute to the world.. I'm totally in the minority here though

 

[shamrock134]

There'd be leakage at any volume though. I don't know what it's like in the US, but in the UK people won't say anything (stiff upper lip!) but will definitely be thinking to themselves "God I wish that **** would turn off that awful racket!"

 
Also, I just dislike other people hearing my music and judging me lol.

 

[chrislangley4253]

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There'd be leakage at any volume though. I don't know what it's like in the US, but in the UK people won't say anything (stiff upper lip!) but will definitely be thinking to themselves "God I wish that **** would turn off that awful racket!"

 
Also, I just dislike other people hearing my music and judging me lol.

You see, I only listen to good music
 
Nah, I'm sure it has bothered a few people. The extremely irritable type. I've had one guy tell me that I was going to go deaf, because he was a "sound engineer" but he apparently didn't know the difference between an open and closed headphone... "if I can hear the music at all when the headphones aren't on my ears, you are damaging your ears"  Yeah, I don't think so...

 

[JamesMcProgger]

A friendly bump to gather more votes.
 
I got the DT1350 and it doesnt meet at least 50% of my picky requirements. comfort will improve but they are still too picky in sound.

 

[ChipnDalebowl]

Hands down...something that doesn't need an amp of any type. If you need an amp, in my book its no longer portable because you got to carry that amp around too and extra wires.

 

[chrislangley4253]

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Hands down...something that doesn't need an amp of any type. If you need an amp, in my book its no longer portable because you got to carry that amp around too and extra wires.

I really feel the same way.. I just opened up a pair of PK3's. I think they are my new go to portables... Portability, is the most important in a pair i'm going to use on the go I think I'm going to pick up a pair of these too
 
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Buds-HDSS%C2%AE-Earbuds/dp/B005340N5K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=A2WIRZL3ISLNYS&s=generic&qid=1313000390&sr=1-1
 
Do a comparo and keep one of em, pass on the other pair. Or keep both if they are different enough. 

 

[Ultrazino]

Size and appearance is important to me. Then comes comfort and easy to drive. If these four points, plus good sound, are not all hit, then I won't even bother!