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New Head-Fier
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I have been looking for a closed headphones for a while now. I almost bought a pair of bose triports. I heard that there are better phones in the same price range, but I figured they will be good enough for me. However, when I sampled them at a local bose store I almost had a heart attack. Both over the ear and on the ear headphones clearly exaggerated sound "s" (i think this is called sibilance) and because of that sounded worse than a pair of phones I got with my ipod
. I have heard that people have different tolerance level for sibilance... but I honestly cant imagine that someone may not notice this.
Anyway, after the fiasco with bose, I have started to read the reviews and came across Audio Technica ATH-A700. People seem to be happy with them, and they are within my budget. I just wanted to see if anyone tried them and can tell me a little about them. I mostly listen to jazz and instrumental music with lots of vocals. I am also wandering if they leak any sound, since I am planning on using them in the library. Will my ipod be enough to drive them, or do I need to buy a headphone amp? Lastly, are they forgiving enough to enjoy music from the lower quality sources such as Pandora.com or lower bit mp3's?
I know that this is a lot of questions to ask, especially for the first post. But I would be really grateful if someone could answer at least some of them. And if you think that there are better headphones within the same price range, I would be glad to hear your opinions
Anyway, after the fiasco with bose, I have started to read the reviews and came across Audio Technica ATH-A700. People seem to be happy with them, and they are within my budget. I just wanted to see if anyone tried them and can tell me a little about them. I mostly listen to jazz and instrumental music with lots of vocals. I am also wandering if they leak any sound, since I am planning on using them in the library. Will my ipod be enough to drive them, or do I need to buy a headphone amp? Lastly, are they forgiving enough to enjoy music from the lower quality sources such as Pandora.com or lower bit mp3's?
I know that this is a lot of questions to ask, especially for the first post. But I would be really grateful if someone could answer at least some of them. And if you think that there are better headphones within the same price range, I would be glad to hear your opinions