[Natsuiro]

Sure, why not? I had no problems with the HD-497s and I always see people walking around with V700s. But walking around in a900s wasn't great cuz they moved around too much. But sitting around would be fine.

 

[commando]

Nope, you like like a stupid geek/****wit. Well that's what I think when I see people wearing full sized cans in public, when they'd probably get better sound from canal phones.

 

[knestle]

A few years ago I had my daughter (8 years old) with me when I stopped at a stereo store.

While there I took the oppertunity to listen to a set of electrostatic headphones.

When we left my daughter looked upset and wouldn't speak to me all the way home.

Later, her mother told me that she had been embarassed by my putting those big clunky cans on my head.

Have fun

Ken

 

[BowerR64]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ReDVsion Been there, done that, got looked at funny.

Thats when you jump up in the air and play a mean air guitar with your toung haning out. Then do the heavy metal hand sign!

 

[BowerR64]

Quote:

Originally Posted by commando Nope, you like like a stupid geek/****wit. Well that's what I think when I see people wearing full sized cans in public, when they'd probably get better sound from canal phones.

Just wear some bell bottom pants and some platform shoes and they wont even notice the headphones...

 

[00940]

I'm wearing the ATH-W10VTG at the library on a regular basis. But I'm on a very small campus (123 students) so we know each other quite well. To leave the campus, I've px200.

Thinking of this, those cans are a good way to launch a conversation on music. Noone objects to the price since they look cool (well, not on my head

). Yesterday someone asked me if they were noise-cancelling. He thought that any expensive and good heaphones was a variation of the wonderfull headphones he heard once in a plane... bose cans.

 

[Geek]

Yes, as long as the headhone had good grip.

Cheers,
Geek

 

[philodox]

I wear my K271S's in public every day on my way to and from work... and as far as looking like a stupid geek, see my post in the headphone sightings thread... young white rappers seem to appreciate them

 

[450]

They'd have to be extremely good sounding for me to do that.


I get hesitant to wear KSC-35's in public!

 

[HiWire]

I have worn my headphones in the heart of Canada's fashion district on Queen Street. No problemo

It's kind of a public announcement of your commitment to music - other music geeks (esp. head-fiers) will know and appreciate it. Plus they are good conversation starters with cute girls

 

[GokieKS]

If they were closed, maybe - definitely not going to use HD600s portably, not because of the size, but because of the sound leakage.

But all else being equal, if I had the money for another pair of high-end headphones, I'd almost certainly go for canalphones or IEMs instead of fullsize cans.

~KS

 

[HiGHFLYiN9]

My K240S is the largest headphone I've worn in public, it doesn't have a lot of sound leakage and you can still hear whats going on around you. I also made a 4 foot cord for it with a mini plug for portable use.

 

[Zuerst]

I have worn my A900 one time in public when I had it. It was on a college campus with 50,000+ student. Note the world one.

 

[Romanee]

I don't mind how silly I might look wearing my K501s in public, but it would be pointless to wear them outside -- especially here in midtown Manhattan, where the daytime ambient noise of trucks and buses is actually painful -- and 501s have only slightly more isolation than the Qualias and K1000.

I'd be happy to take them on my next flight! (How sweet it is.)

{ AKG when-are-they-gonna-get-a-501-icon Goofus }

 

[VanTheMan]

I think tomorrow im going to wear in public my Hd595s