Do you guys have good headphones? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

I have Grado SR60's for listening at home, they tend to leak sound so others can still hear the music.

For my iPod, I use Shure E2C's, in ear jobbies with the yellow foam tips. They are excellent noise isolation phones, perfect for blocking out external sounds. It means you can hear more of the music, and don't have to turn it up too high. They also make a change from the standard white 'mug me' iPod phones, and better too.

I once bought the Jecklin Float phones LOL

, stunning sound, but very leaky and did not fit correctly.
I returned them after 2 days in exchange for the Grado's,.

Edited by enigma - November 26 2006 at 11:31

^ My Phillips headphones, although probably cheaper than yours (they're not surround sound ones) also sound good for the price. What model have you got?

Yes, there are good.
Other interesting models for portable use are in-ear models from "Etymotic", "Ultimate ears" and "Shure" brands.

Edited by oliverstoned - November 28 2006 at 13:06

I am using AKG K 240 Monitor for some years ...

AKG 280 dual transducers. I've had them for close to ten years now and still love 'em.

What's that? I can't hear you over the tinitus.

I disagree. High end in-ear headphones from Etymotic research, Shure and Ultimate ears provide more low than many average big headphones. This said, nothing can equal and HD600 in the electrodynamic headphones field, only electrostatic Stax headphones go further.

Edited by oliverstoned - December 08 2006 at 05:42

Sennheiser 580

oliverstoned wrote:

..or a Class A Solid state "Sugden Le Bijou" which sounds tube:

Great advice if I may say so! I've been using the Sugden together with HD600s or HD650s for a few years now - the combination works really well and I doubt I will ever want to change it. Like you say elsewhere the difference made by a dedicated headphone amp is really something that you have to hear for yourself. For anyone who uses headphones a lot I think it's worth taking time to listen to some amps and you may well decide it's worth the investment. A good amp should last a lifetime, so if you buy right it's something you'll only need to do once.

For what it's worth I don't find the difference between the 600s and 650s all that pronounced - though I usually use the 600s with my PC now. Being the older and now "obsolete" model you can probably pick up some HD600s quite a bit cheaper, and that's what I'd do if I was now looking for a first pair of "high end" headphones.

Couldn't live without my Sennheisers (because the neighbours would kill me...).

Any opinions or good/bad experiences on/with the Sennheiser HD205?

Edited by Angelo - January 02 2007 at 18:07

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Angelo wrote:

Any opinions or good/bad experiences on/with the Sennheiser HD205?

I've been using them for a year now with no problems at all. They're definitely good enough for me (especially considering the pricetag), but it all depends on your expectations... I'm sure Sennheiser has tons of much better headphones (if you're willing to spend some money), but for a relatively poor student such as myself, they're just fine.