Recommend a pair of headphones for me

Wouldn't recommend mine, just got them covered in soup.

I got the Grado SR-80s and they sound amazing, but they're really heavy and hurt my ears after an hour or so. Plus they seem to leak sound. I want something for work. Any recs?

looking for something more in line with the Sony MDR-NC7 noise cancellors which are not exactly the best sounding but they are light. only problem is the noise cancelling setting seems to blast a lot of random hiss into my ears lately and they don't really sound good with it off.

Grado are open cans so that's why they seem to bleed but open cans are much better for your ears than closed.

I wear the igrado at work ( grados light running around model) and they sound so gorgeous. They will feel tight the first few days until the plastic arch kind of wears in.

got some shure SE215s last fall, no troubles so far. hoping that if they go bad it will be the cable, since the earpieces are detachable. great sound after a little break-in period for the fit, but now the ear attachments are getting a little too worn-in - probably time to switch them for a fresh pair.

― j., Monday, February 25, 2013 2:03 AM (7 months ago)

still hands down the best earbuds i've ever used, possibly better than any other travelin' headphones too

i like the traditional ones (not the sideways behind the head models) - IMO it's much more the heaviness of the things that seem to crush my ear bones than the sound leaking that makes me not wear them

alternatively, I'd like to know why I get this weird intermittant hiss with the noise cancellers I have. sometimes it's just in one ear and it can get very loud. because I like the way these feel.

do not sleep on the industry standard

http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/product-MDR7506/

― Grimy Little Pimp (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, July 9, 2012 7:34 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

got these via the Wirecutter recommendation (they're listed under "Best $150 headphones" even though they're only $87 at Amazon.)

they're great

has anyone tried a pair of bose (i know) in ears?

nay

the headphone market is such a cottage industry these days, so many small companies out there. best route as usual is to try a few as it's all personal preference but that can get expensive.

Yeah bose are OKAY but value is everything so they really aren't OKAY they are bad for the price. See also BEATS BY DRE.

beats by dre are objectively bad

they serve their audience (BASS BOOST) but yeah, should be about $50

Bought a pair of AKG 550s from Richer Sounds (reduced to £100!) today to replace my dear departed Grado SR-80s, and they're sorta incredible. It turns out that most of my music collection has loads of stuff going on in it that I couldn't hear before, it's like unlocking a bonus level.

needed new work headphones to replace my beyerdynamics and am kinda tight right now so bought the Monoprice 8323s

i've been sort happy w/my earbuds but these are really amazing....like the build quality and everything is top notch and honestly they sound better than the beyerdynamics which cost over $100 new when i got them years ago

unreal value

wow...

pair with this which i use at work:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/nuforce-icon-udac-2-usb-audio-receiver-and-digital-to-analog-converter-black/3992348.p?id=1218450223269&skuId=3992348

pretty amazing sound for cheap

Seconding the uDAC2 recommendation

i've been using the sony MDR-V6s for listening-intensive work and i really like them so far.

for more casual listening, i currently have a bid on ebay for the Grado Prestige Series SR-60i Padded Headphones. anyone have experience with those?

I have a pair, I like them a lot but since I got a pair of AKG K450s I've been using those more often, if only because my ears have adapted to the extra oomph in the bass. And the Grados are slightly uncomfortable listening for more than a couple of hours at a time. One other pain I have with them (which may just because I'm physiologically weird, I dunno) is that when my hair gets beyond a few inches long I'd fairly often get hairs winding their way through the pads into the grille and making it sound like the phones are blown until I manage to extract them. (Somehow feels like I've taken this thread into ILTMI territory.)

also they are definitely not for public use unless you want beaten up, bystanders will be able to hear the music just about as well as you can.

though that's all more negative than I mean it to be, they sound great!

I'm a filthy longhair and I am well aware of that fault with the Grados. I have momentarily mourned their passing many a time.

Grados are shit build quality but apparently they will fix them if you mail them to Brooklyn or something. Thanks. The way the left and right channels join the main cable like a stethoscope is unbearably poor and eventually breaks. Grado needs help.

I love my SR-80s, but yea the build quality is awful. My cable's a tangled and worn mess. I really want to hear some PSB M4U 1s, because I keep seeing rave reviews for them just about everywhere (including the curmudgeon corner that is head-fi)

as a default, or maybe out of laziness, i've been using skull candy headphones for a while now. anyone have an opinion on them, or on these cool-looking wood-headphones i'm considering?

― Daniel, Esq 2, Sunday, August 25, 2013

these skullcandy noise-cancellation headphones seem to flatten out all the sound and have no dynamics. i noticed the difference when i heard something on a pair of headphones with a "b" on it, or something. got to replace the skullcandies. still want the natural wood headphones.

I've been using the somewhat cheaper 'iGrado' phones for about 8 months now and I still adore them.

ooh those wood headphones are cool looking

man i got the ath-m50s for christmas and they're amazing but they bleed a LOT

maybe not in public or w/e but i only ever use headphones at home where there isn't much of anything to drown them out

*bleed out, rather. there's no bleeding in, but my gf next to me can hear pretty much everything

There's an easy fix for that. Dump your gf

lonely life of an ilxor

she's not the one who minds btw i do

You're not a true ilxor unless you're single and you spend your Friday nights searching the internet for cuttingshapes Youtubes

One of us

One of us

I've been using the somewhat cheaper 'iGrado' phones for about 8 months now and I still adore them.

― grape is the flavor of my true love's hair (Jon Lewis), Sunday, January 26, 2014 2:17 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This expression of affection was too much hubris for the gods, apparently; the left channel died last night :(

(the usual thing: broken connection at the flex point by the plug)

these wood headphones, made of re-purposed electric guitar parts, also look very cool.

Just got griffin woodtones (my beloved sr80s broke, and i felt i should replace them with something that doesnt leak sound for now). These are the most comfortable headphones ever.

lol i get it

"tree" hahahahahaha tree

what other parts of your life are you hoping to replace with tree-based substitutes

u guyz

bcz your a tree

more man than ship, more ship than tree as they say

This thread is abt headphones though. Anyone else try the woodtones? The sound isn't mindblowing but it's warm and pleasant. Plus theyre supah light

light as a feather, stiff as a treeship

totally

woah dude. keep it on tmi.

I still love my Sennheiser PX200's but I find that I need to use some kind of super-bleedy earbud for work so I can still hear when people talk to me

So I've gone back to experimenting with earbuds and ugh I'm stuck

-Apple earbuds are good for me being able to hear ppl around me but I can't wear them for more than 20 min and my ears start hurting
- I tried a cheap pair of skull candy in-ear buds and UGH no. it's like putting cotton buds in my ears. Even with the smallest insert they're still kinda jammed in and I hate the feeling.
- I bought a pair of Sennheiser MX365's thinking I could kick it old school like the walkman buds but they feel too big and awkard

any suggestions? I'm at a loss

These are pretty good, although I've had my pair for about ten years, so the model number is probably different. They don't stick into the ear like the 'earplug' type.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-MDR-E828LP-Fontopia-Earbuds-Winding/dp/B00008VF63

(the link is to a model that's been discontinued, but Sony make plenty of others that have the same basic teardrop shape)

I used to use something like that in highschool -- they don't look that different from the Sennheiser buds that I got.

maybe I'll just persist with the sennheiser buds for now and see if I get used to them.

I always hated earbuds because the regular circle type always pushed my ears out of shape. The teardrop shape of the Sonys makes a huge difference. Also I don't use the Sonys with the foam covers, they just feel earpluggy then.