Headphone woes....... FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU
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Headphone woes....... FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU
I woke up this morning, plugged in my very nice Sennheiser ear buds, and guess what? I blew them........ yet another set.
I've been through these, monsters, high end sony's, and countless skullcandys.
Now all I have left is my skullcandy over-ear headphones. Not bad quality for the $40 I paid for them.... actually they sound pretty decent. But alas, my soul yearns for ear-buds.
So, oh great masters of miataturbo.net, could you find it in your hearts to accept the quest to recommend to me a set of ear-bud-style headphones? But beware, for the path to the chosen headphones is fraught with peril.
My Sennheisers lasted 6 months, which nearly beat the record. I don't throw them or use the cord as a ---- ring, they just need to survive 3+ hours a day of 100% Ipod volume. Everything from Daft Punk, to Atmosphere, to Borgore, to Tom Petty, to the illustrious Amy Winehouse. I'm not an audio-phile (whatever that's supposed to mean) but I need good sound. No boomy bass, no sky high treble when it's not called for, high mids that don't overstate themselves, and low mids that don't get buried in the noise.
Budget is....negotiable. Basically, I'll pay for something if it's going to work, and most importantly, challenge the 8 month record.
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I've been through these, monsters, high end sony's, and countless skullcandys.
Now all I have left is my skullcandy over-ear headphones. Not bad quality for the $40 I paid for them.... actually they sound pretty decent. But alas, my soul yearns for ear-buds.
So, oh great masters of miataturbo.net, could you find it in your hearts to accept the quest to recommend to me a set of ear-bud-style headphones? But beware, for the path to the chosen headphones is fraught with peril.
My Sennheisers lasted 6 months, which nearly beat the record. I don't throw them or use the cord as a ---- ring, they just need to survive 3+ hours a day of 100% Ipod volume. Everything from Daft Punk, to Atmosphere, to Borgore, to Tom Petty, to the illustrious Amy Winehouse. I'm not an audio-phile (whatever that's supposed to mean) but I need good sound. No boomy bass, no sky high treble when it's not called for, high mids that don't overstate themselves, and low mids that don't get buried in the noise.
Budget is....negotiable. Basically, I'll pay for something if it's going to work, and most importantly, challenge the 8 month record.
Thanks
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I would've risked my hands for a set of headphones. The "inked" aren't actually terrible headphones. It's the cords that killed quite a few pairs. I don't wrap them around my ipod, or anything else abusive like that, but the inked kept on failing where the wire meets the 3.5mm plug, and where it met the buds themselves.
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At Braineack: You obviously know your ---- when it comes to electronics. Are there any specs I should look for when comparing buds? Frequency response, driver size, etc.?
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But YMMV bro, I've given my
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Now that I says that, are you sure your ears aren't just failed and the headphones still work?
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It has nothing to do with being a connoisseur of music. I've spent in the thousands on headphones, amps, etc. personally (..As I think about it, I've got more into headphones then I paid for my Miata) - if you are turning up your music that loud, there's an issue. You are also risking significant hearing damage, which I find it troublesome to believe that someone calling themselves a connoisseur of music would want to do.
But YMMV bro, I've given my
But YMMV bro, I've given my
Hopefully by the time I'm deaf they can graft pig ears onto my skull.
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you want a real solution? get a more efficient set of earbuds. the more db/volt, the louder they will play at the same volume level.
http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er4.html
maybe those. very loud, 2 year warranty, excellent sound, super isolating.
http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er4.html
maybe those. very loud, 2 year warranty, excellent sound, super isolating.
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I would recommend looking into something such as the Audio-Technica ATH ANC23 - seriously.
Look for something that's active noise-cancelling. It will make the same sound seem and feel louder to you, which will help your hearing in the long term as well.
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Okay, then this requires a different solution then what you are asking for.
I would recommend looking into something such as the Audio-Technica ATH ANC23 - seriously.
Look for something that's active noise-cancelling. It will make the same sound seem and feel louder to you, which will help your hearing in the long term as well.
I would recommend looking into something such as the Audio-Technica ATH ANC23 - seriously.
Look for something that's active noise-cancelling. It will make the same sound seem and feel louder to you, which will help your hearing in the long term as well.
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Does the sound dampening affect have any negative affect on the sound quality? I ask because the sound canceling I'm familiar with uses reversed frequencies or something like that. Frequencies above/below what people can hear can affect the sound. That's why vinyl sounds so good, but I'm sure there could be a downside.
If I were to put them in a position, I would say my best set of unamped sound dampening are worse than my high-end amped Sennheiser HD560's, but are on par with/better than my HD550's. Most of the sets I have use the active dampener to double as an amp, which actually helps a ton with quality.
You may also want to consider y8s' linked passive option, but I get less-than-spectacular results from passive sound dampening.
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I would've risked my hands for a set of headphones. The "inked" aren't actually terrible headphones. It's the cords that killed quite a few pairs. I don't wrap them around my ipod, or anything else abusive like that, but the inked kept on failing where the wire meets the 3.5mm plug, and where it met the buds themselves.