aleshemsky83
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I bought the Sennheisers. Hope they sound good, never owned a pair of high end (are they high end?) headphones.
I bought the Sennheisers. Hope they sound good, never owned a pair of high end (are they high end?) headphones.
Hey guys,
just wondering what would be the best set of noise cancelling headphones for around 250?
Bose, don't buy anything else. Pick wired, wireless or in ear, they're all similar in quality though the in ear are better at noise isolation.
Only reason to skip Bose for noise cancelling is budget.
Problem is finding Bose around $250, short of their buds.
I really would like some QC35's, but when it comes down to it, I have enough headphones already, and they never go on sale, and $350 is a lot of money to spend on cans, to me at least.
But their ANC is amazing.
Bose, don't buy anything else. Pick wired, wireless or in ear, they're all similar in quality though the in ear are better at noise isolation.
Only reason to skip Bose for noise cancelling is budget.
False.
Sony MDR1000X are better than the Bose by all measures. It's just that it'll cost you a cool $ 500 CAD.
I'm looking to get a solid state drive for my computer, not sure if anyone has a recommendation or saw any good deals?
Posted in the Computer building thread but there is a Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB for $115 right now. "Usual" price is closer to $195 (but can find it on sale closer to $150).
Wow, these headphones are seriously nothing special. I literally have a pair of 15 dollar headphones I got at a liquidation store that are just as good. I've got a pair of Chinese knockoff bluetooth earbuds that I got for nothing (they were trying to pass them off as real, the vendor told me not to bother sending them back) that sound about the sameI bought the Sennheisers. Hope they sound good, never owned a pair of high end (are they high end?) headphones.
Wow, these headphones are seriously nothing special. I literally have a pair of 15 dollar headphones I got at a liquidation store that are just as good. I've got a pair of Chinese knockoff bluetooth earbuds that I got for nothing (they were trying to pass them off as real, the vendor told me not to bother sending them back) that sound about the same
Maybe my ear is unrefined or something but I seriously can not hear the difference. I'm listening to these on flac files and it almost sounds worse. Bon Jovi and David bowie for the record.
Would not recommend. I can't believe the reviews are this glowing. Maybe it's people that want to convince themselves of their purchase?
I don't think they're knockoffs because the build quality is nice and supposedly if you buy them off amazon they're real (according to sennheiser). Besides knockoffs are pretty rare on amazon.
I think this is your problem
Bon jovis fine, it feels like there's a handful of bands that it's socially acceptable to like. Ive been done caring about that garbage for a while. That's not even the point. I'm just saying these headphones are nothing special. I would have been seriously disappointed if I payed close to full price for it and I still kind of an paying 200 less.
Bon jovis fine, it feels like there's a handful of bands that it's socially acceptable to like. Ive been done caring about that garbage for a while. That's not even the point. I'm just saying these headphones are nothing special. I would have been seriously disappointed if I payed close to full price for it and I still kind of an paying 200 less.
Well these are low impedance headphones apparently and to my knowledge you aren't even supposed to use an amp because it can cause damageThey're closed back headphones, they aren't going have a wider soundstage like open backed cans if that's what you were expecting.
They're most likely similar to my set of ATH-M50x. I like those just fine, but they're by nature bassier, whereas as my open back Beyer 990s tend to have more treble. Setting up an EQ can tweak some of the different frequency bands, but the nature of the beast is that closed and open are just different.
The best addition I added to my (modest) setup, was an external soundcard (Soundblaster X G5). It helped clean up line noise I had my desktop, and it has decent EQ settings. Beyond that, everything is so subjective, a good example, are headphone amps. I have 3 now, 2 portable one, and a desktop tube amp, and I think it's largely snake oil (IMO). My tube amp looks cool, the valves light up, but primarily I'm using it because I already paid for it, and it makes it easier to swap between headphones at my desk.
But yet if I go on head-fi or /r/headphones, I think people mindlessly recommend them, even though I think a good EQ is much more important, then simply making things louder. But them I remember hobbies generally don't make sense to outsiders.
Wow, these headphones are seriously nothing special. I literally have a pair of 15 dollar headphones I got at a liquidation store that are just as good. I've got a pair of Chinese knockoff bluetooth earbuds that I got for nothing (they were trying to pass them off as real, the vendor told me not to bother sending them back) that sound about the same
Maybe my ear is unrefined or something but I seriously can not hear the difference. I'm listening to these on flac files and it almost sounds worse. Bon Jovi and David bowie for the record.
Would not recommend. I can't believe the reviews are this glowing. Maybe it's people that want to convince themselves of their purchase?
I don't think they're knockoffs because the build quality is nice and supposedly if you buy them off amazon they're real (according to sennheiser). Besides knockoffs are pretty rare on amazon.
Well these are low impedance headphones apparently and to my knowledge you aren't even supposed to use an amp because it can cause damage
Wasn't expecting an open sounds tag, I don't even know what that is. Just expecting better sound than I got.
I seriously chalk it up to people wanting to hate on something popular and buck the trend, or I'm an average every day idiot in the eyes of an audiophile. Either way, they work for me.