Need Decent Headphones (OT?)

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Best headphones you can get for under £100 are probably the Alessandro MS-1s. The styling, however, may not suit, and they'd be rubbish outside. I'd suggest browsing through IEMs at headphoneworld.com and having a scour at head-fi.org for ideas.

Also, what Sean said.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

oh, and in case it's not obvious, the PortaPros/KSC-35s etc do not sound as good as Alessandro MS-1s, or Grado SR-80s, or Senn HD590s, or whatever-whatever. but it's apples and oranges really, and there's a major price difference.

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 17:53 (nineteen years ago)

so the Alessandros not good for outside, hmm will check some others and might report back...

I'm fine indoors cos I have Sennheiser DJ headphones...

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 17:57 (nineteen years ago)

if you want to not be able to hear anything outside (eg on the tube) you should get some IEMs. if you're wearing them walking around this is a bad idea though as you'll doubtless get run over.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 23 November 2006 02:15 (nineteen years ago)

hey, sick mouthy guy?
what type of earpads are those on your ms-1's?

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Thursday, 23 November 2006 04:51 (nineteen years ago)

They're Sennheiser 414s, aka "comfies", a common hack for Grados/Alessandros.

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Thursday, 23 November 2006 09:07 (nineteen years ago)

you should get some IEMs. if you're wearing them walking around this is a bad idea though as you'll doubtless get run over.

:-(

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 23 November 2006 09:20 (nineteen years ago)

What does M stand for in IEM?

I'm sure it is something obvious and I will look like a plonker, but still.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 23 November 2006 11:10 (nineteen years ago)

IEM

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Thursday, 23 November 2006 11:12 (nineteen years ago)

In Ear Monitor, innit.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 23 November 2006 11:13 (nineteen years ago)

Aha!

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 23 November 2006 11:56 (nineteen years ago)

So I ignored your advice and got these closed back AKG27i ones instead of more IEMs.

(For the insurance purposes noted above, I had to spend EXACTLY £40, or I might have been tempted to pay more).

So far, they're great. Really comfy, they fold up small, good isolation (ie other people can't hear you) and reasonable blocking out of outside noise, AND they sound great. I'm sure nowhere near audiophile, but a lot better than anything I've had before. They were surprisingly detailed at home and solid enough to cut through the tube noise without being at deafening volume. I wish they didn't have a white lead, though.

― Jamie T Smith (Jamie T Smith), Thursday, 23 November 2006 12:12 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

I got MS-1s for my birthday! They're sounding great so far, and I haven't tried burning them in yet.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 4 January 2007 14:54 (nineteen years ago)

I want another pair just cos I love them so.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 4 January 2007 15:22 (nineteen years ago)

I've just bought a pair of Senneheiser px100 headphones and my word, they're good. £25 inc p&p iirc.

― Johnney B English (stigoftdump), Thursday, 4 January 2007 16:58 (nineteen years ago)

Aye, I loved my PX100s for two and a half years. I loved them hard. Until they broke. Then I got some Portapros! (After some PX200s, which were rubbish.)

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 4 January 2007 17:01 (nineteen years ago)

I didn't get my SR80s for xmas, but I ordered a pair and they're on the way in now. Woot!

― Hoosteen (Hoosteen), Thursday, 4 January 2007 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

yay!

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Thursday, 4 January 2007 17:04 (nineteen years ago)

Just ordered the Sennheiser 414 pads for my SR-60. I must have had these cans for well over a year, maybe two, and hadn't come across this mod. Should I cut a hole in them, or should I leave it since they are only SR60's?

― Harpal (harpal), Friday, 5 January 2007 00:39 (nineteen years ago)

portapro is the best! I like to listen to loud minimalhouse, close my eyes and imagine the sunrise over spree in the summer. Would never work with my sennheisers.

― jon person (jon person), Friday, 5 January 2007 01:49 (nineteen years ago)

my ms-1's broke a few days ago. i called grado, they said they'll fix them for free.

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Friday, 5 January 2007 02:21 (nineteen years ago)

I have two pairs of 414s, one with a hole, one without - I use the ones without the hole most. Although I do think the others, flipped and reversed and exposing the drivers, look superfunky. I ordered some proper Grado bowls the other day too.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Friday, 5 January 2007 09:15 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

Bump, for pimpage.

I am selling some headphones (Sennheiser HD595s).

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sennheiser-HD-595-Consumer-Headphones-Audiophile-HD595_W0QQitemZ300073385683QQihZ020QQcategoryZ3274QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Monday, 22 January 2007 11:53 (nineteen years ago)

Totally agree about the Grado SR-80s, beautiful sound. The cones are hell though first few days. SR-60 cones are more comfortable, but sound is a tad sharp in my op. PortaPros are a little overestimated, but good value. SR-60 is a better -$60 buy I think.

― the Dirt (FunkDirt), Monday, 22 January 2007 13:05 (nineteen years ago)

Sick Mouthy, what kind of headphone amp is that in the picture you posted above? How's the sound difference with and without it?

I'm contemplating getting one even though I've only got SR60's at the moment, but will upgrade eventually to either SR80's or MS-1's (I'm in the US).

― Harpal (harpal), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 08:08 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not sure you should have used the words "anal and awkward" in a descritpion involving jack plugs.

I would like to buy them if I was rich, but sadly I am broke.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 08:42 (nineteen years ago)

Harpal - it's a Meier Audio Corda Headfive. A limited run of 500 of them were produced by Meier for sale exclusively to members of the forum at head-fi.org. I got it in October, and am absolutely delighted with it. It's got quite a warm (tube-like, say people who have experience with tube amps - I don't though) sound to it which suits Grados / Alessandros down to the ground. As well as its warmth, it also just pulls the sound down, out and round a bit better, and adds a level of detail and intimacy. I love it. Meier makes plenty of other amps although this was very cheap by his standards, I think it went for $200. They've all sold out now though, but if you Google Meier Audio you can have a browse on his site.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 09:14 (nineteen years ago)

The formatting of the ad appears to have gone wonky. it could just be my browser though.

― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 11:51 (nineteen years ago)

Someone please bid on my Senns, cos my AKGs just arrived and now I feel guilty until I've made the money back through ebay and Amazon...

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 25 January 2007 10:43 (nineteen years ago)

Post a link to the Sennheisers Sick?

― the Dirt (FunkDirt), Thursday, 25 January 2007 10:56 (nineteen years ago)

Scroll up, dude!

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 25 January 2007 11:02 (nineteen years ago)

I hope that's just my browser that's screwing up the display of eBay's embedded tech data for yr Senns, Nick. Cos you're doing a good job of selling them yourself!

(I also preferred Grados to these headphones [or whatever their equivalent model was in 1998]).

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 25 January 2007 11:30 (nineteen years ago)

I get screwed up display too.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 25 January 2007 12:23 (nineteen years ago)

Is it just the ebay technical box that's missing? I have that as well in Mozilla. I did email them and tell them it was wrong, mind you! They had the ohms wrong. So they might have removed the info?

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 25 January 2007 12:25 (nineteen years ago)

I can see all the code workings. I tried to cut and paste an example, but it interferes with ILXisms.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 25 January 2007 12:51 (nineteen years ago)

Hmmm, I cannot see the code workings.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 25 January 2007 13:33 (nineteen years ago)

I get the code from "Technical Data" on down.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 25 January 2007 13:48 (nineteen years ago)

That's bizarre. What browser are you in? I've got nine people watching and have had a few messaged enquiries, so presumably it's not a universal problem.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 25 January 2007 14:38 (nineteen years ago)

I'm using IE6 at work.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 25 January 2007 14:43 (nineteen years ago)

I am using IE, but I don't know what number.

I am one of the watchers, which might be slightly disappointing news :-(

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 25 January 2007 14:47 (nineteen years ago)

Have another look, dudes - I've been in and sorted the description. There was loads of nasty html code from something I'd C&P'd from the Sennheiser website, which wasn't showing in Firefox and which I've now deleted (and typed the text by hand!).

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 25 January 2007 14:53 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, it's flippin' gorgeous now.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 25 January 2007 15:03 (nineteen years ago)

Bid then!

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 25 January 2007 15:08 (nineteen years ago)

That has sorted it.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 25 January 2007 15:08 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not bidding, I have perfectly good Grado SR-125s!

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 25 January 2007 16:47 (nineteen years ago)

Hmph.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 25 January 2007 16:49 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=Search&A=details&Q=&sku=49510&is=REG&addedTroughType=search

^^^^^^standard issue; not gay

― If you fuck with Jimmy Mod, you call down the thunder (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Thursday, 25 January 2007 16:50 (nineteen years ago)

Cheap studio headphones

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 25 January 2007 17:23 (nineteen years ago)

Senns are sold!

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 25 January 2007 22:26 (nineteen years ago)

To a guy who reads Stylus, fucking bizarre?!

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 25 January 2007 23:02 (nineteen years ago)

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