[Massacare]

may I suggest the audio-technica ath-m30x? it is $69 in amazon, not bassy at all, great highs, very acceptable mids. I got mine with brainwavz pleather pads and sound much better than with stock pads (imo).

Not quite a fan of m30x personally. The only stuff from m*0x series that's acceptable for me is m40x , and above, at least for me.

 

[el boricua]

another option at this price bracket is the akg 240 for $49 if you want open back.

 

[naushinigami]

thanks a lot for all the suggestions guys, really appreciate it

now I have more options to consider

Edit:
peter123 about the hm5 pads,is it velour or pleather?

 

[Magusxd]

  hurry while supplies last....i talked with some distributors of takstar in China and told me pro80 and HI2050 are already discontinued.

 
Then why they bother making a new hi2050 version mid 2015 ? just leftover parts in the factory they wanted to get rid of ?
 
@naushinigami you can find hm5 pads in velour and pleather and different colors

 

[peter123]

thanks a lot for all the suggestions guys, really appreciate it

now I have more options to consider

Edit:
@peter123 about the hm5 pads,is it velour or pleather?

I've tried them all 

 
At the moment I'm using the HM5 hybrid pads.

 

[naushinigami]

   
Then why they bother making a new hi2050 version mid 2015 ? just leftover parts in the factory they wanted to get rid of ?
 
@naushinigami you can find hm5 pads in velour and pleather and different colors

 

  I've tried them all 

 
At the moment I'm using the HM5 hybrid pads.

 
 
does the hybrid pads better than the others?
comfort, seal, and more importantly the sound

 

[peter123]

   
 
 
does the hybrid pads better than the others?
comfort, seal, and more importantly the sound

Pleather will seal and isolate better. The velours offer slightly reduced bass and a more airy presentation. The hybrids are really somewhere in betwenn (as one would imagine). I personally prefer the feel of velour on my skin over pleather but YMMV.

 

[naushinigami]

Pleather will seal and isolate better. The velours offer slightly reduced bass and a more airy presentation. The hybrids are really somewhere in betwenn (as one would imagine). I personally prefer the feel of velour on my skin over pleather but YMMV.

Seems like velour pads will serve my taste better
I dont know about the hybrids though
Guess there is no other way but to find this out myself

 

[peter123]

Seems like velour pads will serve my taste better
I dont know about the hybrids though
Guess there is no other way but to find this out myself

I'm afraid you're right about that

Tbh there's not a big difference between the velour and the hybrid but it's there.

 

[quisxx]

Just an FYI, the takstar pro 80/gemini 1000, have different pads than the hyperx series. The sound will be different between the two.

 

[Toothless]

  Just an FYI, the takstar pro 80/gemini 1000, have different pads than the hyperx series. The sound will be different between the two.

Stock pro80 earpads are denser and a bit rougher, and have lesser room for the ears. HyperX Cloud I ear pads are quite similar to the Somic MH463: quite soft and squishy. 
Not only that, the HyperX cloud have more paper on the driver baffle disks (do i use the right term here??), probably to boost the bass. I'm at office now, will try to upload some pictures when I get home.

 

[quisxx]

I think the paper decreased the bass actually.

 

[Roderick]

Any news on the upcoming takstar wooden on ears?
 
Meanwhile:
 

 
I love wooden headphones, but those are pretty ugly imo
 
Judging by the specs, drivers are not takstar
 
http://www.urbanvinyl.org/

 

[DJScope]

  Any news on the upcoming takstar wooden on ears?
 
Meanwhile:
 

 
I love wooden headphones, but those are pretty ugly imo
 
Judging by the specs, drivers are not takstar
 
http://www.urbanvinyl.org/

 
It possible that they've just added a resistor to change the impedance. 

 

[Gr33nL34f]

  Any news on the upcoming takstar wooden on ears?
 
Meanwhile:
 

 
I love wooden headphones, but those are pretty ugly imo
 
Judging by the specs, drivers are not takstar
 
http://www.urbanvinyl.org/

i actually dont think they look bad.