[vorbis] OT: good headphones?

[Michel Donais]

I'd suggest you actually TRY them out. If you are ready to spend that 
much on headphones, usually, the hi-fi shops will be more than glad to 
make you listen to all the possibilities they have in their store.

Personally, I own a pair of Sennheiser HD 590 (me too), even if they 
got destroyed by all the reviewers, who all said "Buy 580 or 600 
instead". My experience with both the 580 and the 600 were 
half-disappointing, as the 590 is better cushioned and leaves your head 
almost free, as compared to the 600 which annoys a little after a few 
minutes (oh so little, though). The sound quality was a few percent 
better on the 600s, less (no) noise floor and higher gain, but for me, 
it was a plus for a minus, so I ended up buying the 590.

But I tried at least 30 pairs that evening with a friend, we tried them 
all from the usd25 to the usd400 range. Most had very big flaws on some 
kind of music. There was one at +-usd80 that sounded very very nice 
(don't remember the brand though), then it went up to the 590.

So I actually urge you to go to your pro-hi fi shops with 3-4 of your 
favorite CDs you know by heart, and try all of the headphones you can.

Have a nice day
Mike

<p>On Saturday, Jan 18, 2003, at 17:46 America/Montreal, Graham Mitchell 
wrote:

> This is off-topic, mostly, but I figure you guys will have some 
> knowledge in
> this sound-quality-related area.
>
> I'm sitting here looking at the most recent "Musician's Friend" at 
> headphones
> and thinking about getting a pair.  They've got products from AKG, 
> Fostex,
> Audio Technica, Nady, Sennheiser, and Sony, at price points ranging 
> from $16
> to $130 (list prices $20 to $200).  What should I expect to pay for a 
> decent
> pair of headphones?  Any brands to avoid?  I'd be using these for 
> mixing
> multitrack recordings and editing CD audio, not for general music 
> listening.
> I like to buy quality products, but price is somewhat of a factor.
>
> (I guess you could say this question is Vorbis-related, because I'd 
> also use
> them if I were ABXing.  With my current equipment (crappy passive PC 
> speakers
> in a noisy room) I can't even ABX vorbis at quality 1 from the 
> original CD
> source.  But I suspect I have dull ears, too (which is a blessing, 
> really).)
>
> -- 
> Graham Mitchell - computer science teacher, Leander High School
> "They come to watch me burn."
>  	-- Charles Spurgeon
>
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