Best set of cans for €150ish?

tman

You guys must be sick of my posts of this vein lately

my birthday is coming up and my current set are utterly ****e for blocking out noise (foam just don't cut it :rolleyes: )

any advice muchly appreciated

Bri

What's your current set?

Do you want portability or is it for home listening?

Have you seen shure.com?

tman

i've currently got a set of sennheiser ones that i used for home listening before i got my decks. (got them in maplins for €30 or something...)
they're alright but i'd much rather have something with a closed cup. they don't really block out noise at all, so i have to crank them up a fair bit..

was thinking of just going for the nicest set of sennheisers that i could see for that kind of price. if you're paying that much, you'd expect them to be top quality...

Bri

Well I was going to buy the Sennhiesser (sp?) 250s a while back...portable enough not to look stupid, but closed cup and noise cancelling unit included.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000089GN2/ref=pd_sxp_f/102-7046671-7769759?v=glance&s=electronics

In the end (probably not what your looking for) I went for Shure E2cs from eBay. Tiny and seriously good...doesn't hurt my ears at all either. Replacing my foams with silicone upgrades from the states this week.
There's also the option of Bose (http://www.bose.com/) but no experience with them myself.
Also check http://www.earphonesolutions.com/ before you buy

All in all what you need to do is go read www.head-fi.org.

Hope that helps.

tman

hmmm... think i might go for a new mixer instead... €150 is a bit much to be spending on a pair of headphones.

planning on getting a gemini ps04 now

Bri

After all that?!

You don't have to pay that much. If you like your music def. consider paying 50-100 to get some really value of it.

Your choice though I suppose. :P

spyro_2001ie

Well I was going to buy the Sennhiesser (sp?) 250s a while back...portable enough not to look stupid, but closed cup and noise cancelling unit included.

You can get the step down from these. The PX200, there only 60 squid. With quality sound repoduction and great noise cancelling. I bought them just for listening purposes, but now i use them for mixing and my mixing has actually improved using em. They have exactly the same shell as the sp 250's The only difference i was told in the shop was the 250's have superior noise cancelling technology. (nothing a little nudge with your finger, pushing the cup towards your head can't fix.) Great alround headphone. I can't praise em enough and they won't break the bank either.

p.s. mixers for 150 euros are gonna suck, save up for decent one, you'll thank yourself when you do.

Bri

Yeah they're supposed to be a good choice for a smaller budget. My only issue with them was the issues people raised on head-fi.org; nothing huge but enough gripes that I thought I'd step-up a level.

JayDoubleU

Sennheiser HD - 25 , reckon they'll be about in ur budget in yo'yos

tman

spyro_2001ie wrote:

p.s. mixers for 150 euros are gonna suck, save up for decent one, you'll thank yourself when you do.

the gemini ps 04 costs more like €270
won't leave much cash for buying cans as well. but i'll definitely have a look at a set of px200s when i next have the cash to spare, they sound ideal tbh

OfflerCrocGod

Bri wrote:

Replacing my foams with silicone upgrades from the states this week.

If you would be so good as to give me a link to the store you're getting them from; I'd be interested in getting the soft flex plugs too.

Bri

Sorry mate, got your hopes up. Getting them from shure.com because a friend is coming back from the States with them for me.

AFAIK they don't deliver outside of the U.S. territories...although you could try that U.S. address thread in the Bargain Alerts forum.

Anyway, they are here: Soft Flex Sleeves at the bottom...
http://www.shurestore.com/quietspot/quietspot_accessories.html

Getting them because I only like the foam ones for longevity, but I think they're showing the wear...also as a backup.