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The SL 8755. So far it's been pretty sweet. So post your headphones (and you wearing them)!

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Sennheiser FTW

AKG K240S. THE BEST. Had this particular pair for 6 years. Can't beat 'em.

Except that my AT's are better than the infamous 240's. :p Better seal, flatter frequency response.

I don;t use headphones. People jsut have to deal with my loud music and video gaming.

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There are many 'phones far superior to both. I could claim my Beyerdynamic DT 880s were them, except I got the DT 990 Pros instead, which are (purposely) not as neutral.

Anyways, my current high end headphone is the Sennheiser HD600:


Which I am in the process of trading for a pair of Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pros:


Before the HD600s I had the HD497s, a low end but fantastic sounding headphone:


I then traded those for a pair of Etymotic ER-6 in-ear-monitors, which are completely awesome. Bass anemic without amplification, but the proper equalization out of my E-MU 1212m audio card and they are slammin' good fun. Not to mention INCREDIBLY detailed and accurate - for $90 you cannot beat them (well, except for the ER-6i which has more bass and is better for portables). Just make sure your audio source has a bass boost of some kind.


I also own a pair of Koss KSC75s, which, at $20 MSRP, the absolute best headphone bargain there is, EVER. Koss could EASILY put these drivers into full sized headphones and sell them for $80.


My current headphone amplifier is a Millet Hybrid, a tube/solid-state amp which I built myself. I even made the chassis from scratch. It's by no means linear or accurate, but sounds really cool, and was a very fun project.

My headphone e-penis > all yours.

Oh, and for speakers in case anyone is interested, I have Paradigm Titans:


Powered by a Panasonic XR55, which is a fantastic class-D digital receiver, very low THD and a pretty flat frequency response.

PX100, smaller, but does the job just fine. I'm wishing I would have gotten the PX200 (closed) though.

The PX100s are awesome little things, a couple of my friends have them.

I have PX200s and HD490s.

I am sporting the A-500's, great cans. Just need to get a proper amp for them.

grado sr60's

They have a 100 dB sensitivity and some low impedence, don't bother, it won't help.

My old school Grado RS-1's and woody SR-325's beg to differ. I'll probably be getting a PPX-SLAM sooner or later too. Not sure if I'll keep my Gilmore V2 or not.

Are those the HD280's? Those are ****ing awesome cans.

Do you have the 64 or 300 ohm pair?

I wouldn't put the SR-325s above DT 990s, but I suppose the RS-1s, yes, if for nothing other than the price. Gilmore's amps are certainly better than a Millet, because Gilmore can actually design an amp. Two properly designed solid-state amps should sound the same, but they don't, because most of them color the signal (which is exactly what an amplifier SHOULDN'T do by definition of the word). Definitely more transparent, his are.

Not anything fancy, I know... But they're $20 at Wal Mart, and the sound is incredibly good for that price.

I have that exact set.

They flippin rock, although they could be more comfortable.

Oh, and Pommy's post reminds me of Fullmetal Alchemist

<3 HD515

I've seriously have these for something like 5-6 years, and they are just now starting to die on me.

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EEEWW BOSE

My headset cost me $2 at a yard sale and they've lasted me longer than any other pair I've bought from a store :p

My headphones are noise-cancelling. I tend to spend a lot of time around loud fans (computer and otherwise) and it was starting to affect my hearing. They only filter out noise, so I can hear other sounds around me. When I bought these, Sennheiser was the only other company to make a pair and their offering was lukewarm at best. Instead of incorporating the mics in the headphones itself, they put it inside of a dongle - so the noise cancelling effect was minimal and it resulted in a lot of noise every time I moved.

The only other realistic alternatives would have been full-enclosure noise insulating equipment (rated for ear protection), but that would have meant poor bass. Or a pair of those fancy-pants earplug/earbud deals, but I don't like to wear earbuds for a reason I don't want to get into. And both of these solutions would have rendered me incapable of hearing.. say, people calling me or a fire alarm.

I'll stick with my headphones, even if they were made by Bose.

RadioShack Wireless Infared Headphones. Nice, really good for PC.


-KnightRider2000

But they still sound so bad. :p

Also, a decent pair of isolating headphones such as the Sennheiser HD280 Pros would have provided similar, if not better isolation than the QC2, which provides 10-15 dB of active noise reduction. The HD280s would offer similar reduction. But, as you said, you can't hear ANYTHING that way. You could have also gone with canalphones, which would block out a good 25 dB across the frequency range, and sound infinitely better, but I suppose you can't hear **** with them in. But that is the point.

Yes, and yes, even though I thought they had much better noise cancelling.

JESUS CHRIST YOU DIDN'T READ A SINGLE GODDAMN THING I SAID

That's because BOSE is overpriced consumer-grade crap. You could have done better, especially for getting rid of background noise.

I can't even hear people talking to me if I have my headphones (ATH-M40fs). HD280's offer incredible attenuation, you can have them full blast, and someone right next to you won't hear a damn thing.

Not only that, but BOSE's sound quality is terrible.

Not really, I can put the volume to full and still something is let out :I

Though quite much is filtered away, which is good.

My buddy at school mixes with HD280's, and was working on a DnB tune. He took his cans off and put the two muffs together. Silence. Took them apart, and everyone in the studio could clearly hear the song.

Well sure, it always happens that when the cans are opened, but it still ain't the 100% noise cancellation I was told it has

READ, COMPREHEND, POST!

I'll help you: WHEN. I. BOUGHT. THEM. EVERY. OTHER. SOUND-CANCELLING. HEADPHONE. SUCKED.
SENNHEISER. MADE. A. PAIR. WITH. DONGLE-BASED. NOISE. PICK-UP.
WHENEVER. YOU. MOVED. THEY. CRACKLED. LOUDLY.
THIS. WAS. MY. ONLY. ALTERNATIVE

READ WHAT I JUST POSTED JESUS CHRIST, I DON'T CARE IF BOSE IS OVERPRICED CONSUMER GRADE CRAP, I KNOW WHAT I BOUGHT AND WHAT I PAID FOR IT

I think JonC is pissed about getting ripped off. :p

No, I'm pissed off because you people don't read anything before replying. On certain better forums you would have been banned instantly.