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― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 14:57 (nineteen years ago)

Is that a Boston poster behind you there?

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 15:34 (nineteen years ago)

There's an Orbital poster and a picture of a mushroom cloud...

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 16:09 (nineteen years ago)

Hey, how would the Alessandros be for biking around the city? that's what i'm looking for now (no earbuds please) and those look sweet.

― T. Weiss (Timmy), Monday, 6 November 2006 06:42 (nineteen years ago)

i'm guessing pretty useless due to their openess?

― toby (tsg20), Monday, 6 November 2006 07:33 (nineteen years ago)

Open would be better than closed/isolated if you're biking around a city (so that you can maybe hear horns/screeching/screaming etc). The Alessandros might be overkill. I would go with porta-pros, but I actually probably wouldn't wear any if I was in traffic.

― I.M. From Hollywood (i_m_from_hollywood), Monday, 6 November 2006 19:00 (nineteen years ago)

"too big to wear when I'm walking around"- THIS IS FALSE METAL!

― Andi Headphones (Andi Headphones), Monday, 6 November 2006 20:54 (nineteen years ago)

I lost the portapros, gonna buy them again at some point, but want to buy something new anyways. So Alessandro's really not good for biking (don't mind wearing in traffic), cuz they look dope as hell.

― T. Weiss (Timmy), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:01 (nineteen years ago)

The Alessandros are great but I'd bike in Portapros.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:58 (nineteen years ago)

I am back on the PX 200s. I think I like them best.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 10:41 (nineteen years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/njsouthall/Headphones%20and%20hi-fi/IMG_6155.jpg

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Friday, 10 November 2006 10:08 (nineteen years ago)

still enjoying the MS-1s, then?

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 10 November 2006 22:01 (nineteen years ago)

Could say that. Much more so than the HD595s, which are very good and probably a touch more detailed, just nowhere near as much fun.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Saturday, 11 November 2006 09:15 (nineteen years ago)

I do not understand the concept of a headphone amp. What does it do and why do you need it?

― Joseph B. Cowart (flamingrev), Monday, 13 November 2006 02:40 (nineteen years ago)

Where did you get yellow pads for the PortaPros?

― naus (Robert T), Monday, 13 November 2006 03:21 (nineteen years ago)

Baaderonixx

I've heard ok things about The Plug, by Koss.

I bought these. Fantastic if a fiddly fucker to put in. I can't do it one handed. They also pop out really easily! Apart from those issues I love them.

― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Monday, 13 November 2006 11:23 (nineteen years ago)

The yellow pads on the Portapros are Sennheiser HD414 pads. A Google should turn up a supplier.

Headphones require a different kind of amplification to speakers, and most integrated amplifiers have headphone loops added as an afterthought. That headphone amp wont actually live there with that kit - I have another CD player that I bought it to use with exclusively in another room, I'm just waiting on another component to be able to use it cos the CD player has a faulty line-out so I need to route it through an outboard DAC. Also it has a crossfeed, which is a very very nice thing and makes headphones less jarring if you like it - it allows some of the signal to seep from right-to-left and vice versa, so you don't get, say, the really obvious channel-separation that you normally do - particularly good for The Beatles and other 60s stuff where instruments are jammed very definitely in one channel alone.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Monday, 13 November 2006 11:40 (nineteen years ago)

Thanks Kv - I'm probably gonna start with these and maybe upgrade later to Shures if I feel the need to. One thing though, I see KOSS makes "The Plug" as well as "Sparkplugs". Are they different?

― is anyone anticipating the new Baaderonixx? (baaderonixx), Monday, 13 November 2006 11:51 (nineteen years ago)

I just ordered Sennheiser HD 280 headphones.

Not as great as some of the stuff mentioned in this thread, but I'm super excited because I've never been able to afford a good stereo + receiver + speakers, and the best headphones I've ever had were $20 Koss headphones from Wal-Mart.

A friend of mine has the same Sennheiser's I ordered. I listened to some music on them for about 20 minutes a few weeks ago and was totally blown away.

I am excited to the max.

― Zachary Scott (Zach S), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 01:17 (nineteen years ago)

Excellent!

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 08:50 (nineteen years ago)

I've put normal 414s on the MS-1s and that's given me a bit more bass warmth, and put the normal pads back on the Portapros, because, frankly, I'd have looked like a fool wearing them outside like that and also, with my current long hair, they made my ears way too hot.

The MS-1s are my favourites. I adore them. The everything Sean said about the Portapros is true though, and I can't imagine a better headphone to use with an iPod.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 08:54 (nineteen years ago)

I have a feeling that "The Plug" have better sound quality. Sorry I can't be more precise.

― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 10:16 (nineteen years ago)

So I got these Sparkplugs and I like them soundwise, but I'm finding it a nightmare to actually put them in my ears. Also, the foam thing keeps falling off...

― is anyone anticipating the new Baaderonixx? (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 10:35 (nineteen years ago)

Squeeze them tight, pull your ear out and back then insert. Keep held in place with finger for about 10 seconds. There should be little sound entering. It takes a bit of a practise!

― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 11:26 (nineteen years ago)

yeah - unfort the way I use them, i'll need to take them off pretty often, so this whole thing is not very convenient (plus I'd be too self-conscious to this whole ear gymnastic on the metro!)...

― is anyone anticipating the new Baaderonixx? (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 13:42 (nineteen years ago)

The finished "rig".

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/njsouthall/Headphones%20and%20hi-fi/IMG_6162.jpg

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 20:30 (nineteen years ago)

Thread derailment!: What is that pot thing "of" and what is in it?

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 12:53 (nineteen years ago)

It's some kind of viscous Pernod-esque drink from Turkey - my girlfriend's dad brought it back for me after a business trip. I fucking hate Pernod-esque things.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 13:22 (nineteen years ago)

You mean, it's Raki?

― is anyone anticipating the new Baaderonixx? (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 14:28 (nineteen years ago)

If that's clear, Turkish Pernod-esque nastiness, yeah, I guess so.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 14:29 (nineteen years ago)

Nice bottle, though!

So if I was looking for suggestions for headphones for DJing, would this be a good thread to crash? Obviously bass response, swively bits, and a solid cord I could trip over are key.

― mh. (mike h.), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 15:34 (nineteen years ago)

AKG K81DJ are what you're after, I suspect.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 15:38 (nineteen years ago)

I was about to say that!

― toby (tsg20), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 15:46 (nineteen years ago)

That stuff is Jordanian, rather than Turkish, but the name's practically the same.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 16 November 2006 11:47 (nineteen years ago)

That's Arak, then!

― is anyone anticipating the new Baaderonixx? (baaderonixx), Thursday, 16 November 2006 12:01 (nineteen years ago)

That's the cookie.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 16 November 2006 12:05 (nineteen years ago)

So, how about the AKG 26 P headphones? I just got my ipod and headphones nicked, but they're covered on the insurance, so I'm replacing them today.

I mostly use them on the underground, so closed back ones seem best. I did have Sony MDR-EX71 ones, which are IEMs (if I'm using that term correctly - they go right in your ear. They were great at blocking out outside noise, but reading here, I think I could get better for the same money. And they were TOO bassy. And I think I'd prefer something not right in yer ear.

Those AKG's get good reviews, and fold up nicely.

Anyway, £40 max. Wotcha reckon?

― Jamie T Smith (Jamie T Smith), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 11:10 (nineteen years ago)

£40 for closed supraaurals? ai ai ai. you're not going to get anything that sounds very good. (ie, nothing that sounds as good as the wide-open and flimsy and not-for-your-uses KSC-75s.)

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 11:21 (nineteen years ago)

Ah well. So should I go back to in-ear ones, then?

Or maybe get those AKGs for the tubes AND the Koss KSC-75 ones for home ...

― Jamie T Smith (Jamie T Smith), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 11:32 (nineteen years ago)

Well, nothing's going to be perfect on the underground, in-ear or out. So I don't think it's worth shel;ling out wads and wads. One must accept one's fate. Depends whether you find in-ear uncomfortable or not. I can't stand them myself, or at least not for long.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 11:35 (nineteen years ago)

IEM is (imho) the best bet, bang-for-buck, if you're using the tube regularly - so long as you don't mind the feel of them.

If you get the Koss PortaPros (which are basically the KSC75s gussied up), I guarantee you will use them like crazy when out-and-about. (And even perhaps at home.)

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 11:38 (nineteen years ago)

A whole world of distinction and taste that I hadn't really thought about awaits me. Damn.

― Jamie T Smith (Jamie T Smith), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 11:58 (nineteen years ago)

I just don't bother on the Underground - I have Sony EX-71s too and even they can't mask the train noise. The alternative is cranking it up (plenty do) but that way lies tinnitus. I'm amazed anyone tries to listen to a personal stereo in that environment.

The EX-71 bass response varies wildly with the seal they make in yr lugholes (with the first pair I had - about six years ago - I used the wrong-size covers for a couple of weeks because they seemed more comfortable but they gave no bass at all). I really like the warm, cosy sound I get with them attached to my Samsung MP3 player.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 12:42 (nineteen years ago)

anybody know where in london to get replacement earpads for the koss porta-pros?

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 12:44 (nineteen years ago)

Your PortaPros have a lifetime warranty so for something like £4 you can send them in and get replacements in the post. (Just specify what's wrong - eg: "wonky sound and the pads have worn out.")

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 12:47 (nineteen years ago)

Does that count in the UK, Sean?

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:11 (nineteen years ago)

sean I don't have the receipt :(

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:18 (nineteen years ago)

nobody?? i thought these were like the most popular headphones in the world!

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:37 (nineteen years ago)

i got some generic ones in maplin, but they were a little small and tend to tear after a month or two. pretty cheap though.

― toby (tsg20), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:14 (nineteen years ago)

I bought mine in Canada, but over the summer I had some issues so yeah I contacted Koss and asked them where to send them here in Scotland. They gave me an address outside Glasgow, and I think I had to enclose £4 or something. I didn't send a receipt or anything - just the headphones, a return address, and a description of the problem.

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:17 (nineteen years ago)

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