What headphones do you use?

ryoneo · Jun 23, 2009

Koss Porta Pros for street wear at the moment. Love them. But I was looking for a really good solid one for home use.

For those people with more high-end headphones. Is it even worth it to buy a quality set if all your music is digital?

unjung · Jun 23, 2009

HD 280

ER6i

turboman808 · Jun 23, 2009

been using akg for as long as I can remember. Only at home and in the office. Very comfortable and sound great.

Obviously I don't use them walking around. Then I would really look goofy.

Master-Classter · Jun 23, 2009

Originally Posted by yfyf

I had a pair of E2C's, not bad but pretty unclear. I moved onto the E3 which I liked much better. The Denon C751 is excellent until the cable breaks, I'm on the Klipsch X5 right now which is excellent too. If you like the E2C, you may want to give the C751 a whirl. Excels at bass but still clear. I like the X5, more balanced and much better comfort than the C751.

Thanks, I'll check 'em out.

Originally Posted by unjung

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What do you think? Did you check out others before buying?

unjung · Jun 23, 2009

Originally Posted by Master-Classter

What do you think? Did you check out others before buying?

I use them for MP3s, so I'm not getting their full quality, but I am a fan. I just checked them out on a couple websites, and they seemed highly rated for their price point, so I pulled the trigger. I did have my eyes on them for about three years though, so when I saw they hadn't gone away, I knew they had to be OK.

Make sure you insert them properly. Otherwise they don't work at all. So just make sure you get that right if you buy a pair. Also, carry around a bit of tissue or alcohol wipes as I find mine get ear wax on them. I wash the tips after pretty much every use.

I bought mine on eBay.

Artisan Fan · Jun 23, 2009

What portable music devices do you use with the headphones?

Master-Classter · Jun 23, 2009

^^^ I use Ipod (used to have a Creative Labs Nomad Touch), but I mostly have songs at 160-192kbps, some classical at 256...

Anyone know what the sort of "optimal" kbps would be? I can hear the difference between 128 and 160-192 for sure but I'm not quite sure if it's worth going higher then that...

Palladio · Jun 23, 2009

Originally Posted by Artisan Fan

I heard that was a good amp.
I'm quite pleased with it, although I haven't owned a lot of other amps for comparison purposes. I will say that for the $60, it's an excellent value. The maker is a good guy, too; he repaired it for free when one of the jacks came a little loose. Certainly a nice gesture. EDIT: "Is it even worth it to buy a quality set if all your music is digital?"---I would say yes. Going from $30 Koss headphones to my current setup was a very noticeable improvement for me, and all of my music is in MP3ish formats.

ryoneo · Jun 23, 2009

Originally Posted by Master-Classter

^^^ I use Ipod (used to have a Creative Labs Nomad Touch), but I mostly have songs at 160-192kbps, some classical at 256... Anyone know what the sort of "optimal" kbps would be? I can hear the difference between 128 and 160-192 for sure but I'm not quite sure if it's worth going higher then that...
The higher you go the better quality, supposedly. FLAC is prolly the closest you can get to CD quality in digital form, from what I know. I usually get my songs at 192+ and use VBR, just to save some space. So I really don't know if it's worth it to buy such sensitive headphones, since you will be able to hear all the imperfections. Thats the problem I am facing right now.

svelten · Jun 23, 2009

Bose in-ear headphones, which is far too bass-heavy for what I generally enjoy listening to and I have to crank the equalizer to boost the treble (that's a first). Plus they're not durable at all. Sound quality is crisp and decent but definitely better options exist for the money.

heisenberg · Jun 23, 2009

Sennheiser CX300-Bs - Pretty good price/quality ratio for in-ear.

Portable music device - Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen NX. Yeah, it's a huge thing (basically monopolizes a pocket), but it holds 30 gigs, I got it used for $100 5 years ago, and a single battery charge on it with the above headphones lasts me at 8-10 hours. I had to replace the battery once about a year ago, but it's designed to allow you to do that easily.

I actually want this thing to die on me, because I simply can't make myself go out and pay a hefty premium to get a smaller MP3 player.

yfyf · Jun 23, 2009

Originally Posted by Artisan Fan

What portable music devices do you use with the headphones?

I use a JVC Alneo, a little Japanese MP3 player with a supposedly nice amp and decent equalizer.

Mine has a neat feature where it plays a sound at a certain frequency with increasing volume. You're meant to click in when you can hear that frequency at what volume. It then goes on to repeat for several frequencies and uses your response to create an equalizer preset for you.

Sprezzatura2010 · Jun 23, 2009

Current headphones:
Travel: Apple dual-armature IEM with remote/mic

Exercise: Sennheiser PMX100

Studying: Denon AH-D2000

Home listening: Denon, supra; Sennheiser HD-580

Current amps:
HeadRoom Total Airhead, rev. B

HeadRoom Portable Micro

Sources: original white 1GB "gumstick" iPod shuffle, 5G iPod upgraded to 240GB hard drive and loaded to the brim with mostly (95% +) lossless files, MacBook.

binge · Jun 24, 2009

Originally Posted by Master-Classter

^^^ I use Ipod (used to have a Creative Labs Nomad Touch), but I mostly have songs at 160-192kbps, some classical at 256...

Anyone know what the sort of "optimal" kbps would be? I can hear the difference between 128 and 160-192 for sure but I'm not quite sure if it's worth going higher then that...

For what are you optimizing? I assume you're going for smaller files so that you can fit more on your device. In that case, the "optimal" kbps is that which produces the smallest files where you cannot tell the difference from the next higher setting. If you can tell the difference between 128 and 160, but (suppose) not between 160 and 192, then 160 is optimal. Or maybe 192 is optimal for you. Listen to your ears, they'll tell you.

Artisan Fan · Jun 24, 2009

I'm using the 30gb video ipod. Hope to get a Classic ipod soon.

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