[Exit Pupil]

i really dig retro stuff and want to add some vintage look headphones to my kit. can i get new products that look this way? or is there a truly classic vintage pair i should be looking out for?

i like the look of the Beyer DT150 but they're a bit tame...not ugly enough - would prefer them if the cups were much larger...and brown. decent sound would be good too, but its not as ultimately important as the look for this purchase. wanting some retro visual impact. basically, the more hideous the better.

any links or photos would be great - cheers

 

[ken36]

Audio-Technica wood headphones, might fit the bill.

 

[SuperNothing]

Grado.

 

[number1sixerfan]

Nothing will ever beat the koss portapro!

 

[Old Pa]

Sounds like my fifteen year old Beyer hi-imp DT990s with their coil cord. And they sound good too!

 

[MaZa]

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Originally Posted by SuperNothing /img/forum/go_quote.gif Grado.

But they arent really massive.



I think something like this might turn the OP on.

PIONEER SE-505 Headphones - (eBay item 250196177092 end time Dec-15-07 15:46:59 PST)

 

[krmathis]

What about the Stax SR-303?
Looks almost identical to an SR-Lambda (from 1979)...

Vs.

 

[MaZa]

Forgot Stax! Duggeh might be also good person to contact here when it comes to ugly and massive headphones, he has had quite a lot of them as far as I have seen.

 

[krmathis]

Several ones to choose between in here (real retro stuff though):
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f10/fs...ystems-271516/

 

[skudmunky]

massive and retro. literally, koss won't even fix em for me, they're to old. had to resolder myself.

they honestly do not sound good though. impressive for 20-30 year old equipment, but not good.

 

[Dorder]

the op said big and brown, so have a look at the koss pro 4aa. also, they're still in production.

 

[ph0rk]

IF you don't care about sound quality, some old telex headphones would work - just search ebay for headphones and sort by price.

 

[Duggeh]

You've got to strike the right balance when you'r going for these esoteric older fuglyphones. A vast swathe of them use small paper cone speaker drivers at 4 or 8 ohms and they all without any exception that I have found, sound like a fart in a damp cardboard box.

What you want to do is get ahold of older fuglyphoens which use post HD-414 driver tech (nice light drivers) or, even better, use orthodynamic drivers. Although ortho headphones which are big and ugly limits you pretty much to the BabyJecklins.

The Wharfedale DD-1 headphone is the biggest giant white ugly massive ugly retro ugly headphone I can think of which might offer something resembling not awful sound as well. They pop up on eBay not infrequently and insofar as I remember, are orthodynamic headphones.

 

[Old Pa]

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Originally Posted by MaZa /img/forum/go_quote.gif I think something like this might turn the OP on. PIONEER SE-505 Headphones - (eBay item 250196177092 end time Dec-15-07 15:46:59 PST)

OOOOhhhh! And they're Pioneers! I can almost hear the peaky tinniness!
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Originally Posted by Dorder /img/forum/go_quote.gif the op said big and brown, so have a look at the koss pro 4aa. also, they're still in production.

These would have been my first choice, but he said black. Had a pair of these in the 70s and went through multiple driver units. Like every time somebody in the dorm borrowed them.

 

[gdeth]

i love the koss 4AA's! totally ugly, heavy, retro.

(they fall into my, "so ugly, they're good lookin'" category)