headsets
erniejade
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This is kind of a rant / advice thread. I was at Fry's to see if they had the new Polk headsets in yet since they are listed on the site as they will carry them ( the one in IL doesn't yet BTW) and i wanted to check out some of the headsets. Outside of being able to look at the outside of the box, you can't hear them. Now I was not looking at 20$ headsets. I was looking at 50-300$ ones. I wanted to hear the difference and see if they felt comfortable for working out. I have had issues with many in ear types because they either hurt, or they just don't fit right so before I take a set home I wanted to at least see how they fit, and sounded.
Fry's said they cannot let me try any of them on because of health issues. I said for in ear ones I understand but over the ear ones? So i said then how am I supposed to know if i like them before I buy them? They said you have to buy them take them outside and try them. If you don't like them, then you can return them. So after trying on a set of Klipsch, Shure, Senn 250., and Sony, and returning them, waiting in line to pay, waiting in line to return, I get fed up and left.
None of the ones I tried on sounded better then the old koss porta pro's I was using. The Sure and Klipsch in ear both hurt my ears even with the smaller in ear attachment. it's not that Im not used to having something in my ear either. I am a DJ and I use molded ear plugs with a -15 db filter all the time.
Anyone know of a place that will actually let you try on headsets?
Any recommendations? I like the porta pros but would like a little more on the top end. I like the light weight of the porta pros also. I can have them on for hours without any issues. What I don't want is one that takes a battery.
Fry's said they cannot let me try any of them on because of health issues. I said for in ear ones I understand but over the ear ones? So i said then how am I supposed to know if i like them before I buy them? They said you have to buy them take them outside and try them. If you don't like them, then you can return them. So after trying on a set of Klipsch, Shure, Senn 250., and Sony, and returning them, waiting in line to pay, waiting in line to return, I get fed up and left.
None of the ones I tried on sounded better then the old koss porta pro's I was using. The Sure and Klipsch in ear both hurt my ears even with the smaller in ear attachment. it's not that Im not used to having something in my ear either. I am a DJ and I use molded ear plugs with a -15 db filter all the time.
Anyone know of a place that will actually let you try on headsets?
Any recommendations? I like the porta pros but would like a little more on the top end. I like the light weight of the porta pros also. I can have them on for hours without any issues. What I don't want is one that takes a battery.
Klipsch The Nines, Audioquest Thunderbird Interconnect, Innuos Zen MK3 W4S recovery, Revolution Audio Labs USB & Ethernet, Border Patrol SE-I, Audioquest Niagara 5000 & Thunder, Cullen Crossover II PC's.
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I think Guitar Center has them for demo beforehand, but I would call first to make sure."....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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Thanks I will try Guitar Center.Klipsch The Nines, Audioquest Thunderbird Interconnect, Innuos Zen MK3 W4S recovery, Revolution Audio Labs USB & Ethernet, Border Patrol SE-I, Audioquest Niagara 5000 & Thunder, Cullen Crossover II PC's.
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I went to different stores looking to demo headsets as well: Frys, Best Buy, and Sam Ash Music Store. No dice. I settled on using reviews from B&H Photo Video and Amazon to narrow down my blind purchase selection.
I ended up with a very popular model: Audio-Technica ATH-M50. After I purchased them, a buddy offered to do a comparison with his favorite headsets - AKG over-the-ear open-air headsets. In short his cans were virtually flat along the freq while the ATH had a lower mid and higher bass and treble freq. For mixing and serious sound recording the AKGs were your cans. For fun, I like my ATH.Do you hear that buzzing noise?
