Headphone recommendations

jabrax
jabrax Posts: 315
edited April 2007 in Electronics
Im looking for a set of headphones to use primarily on the pc at work (streaming music) or mp3 players when traveling. Was hoping to not spend over 50.00 bucks.

Stopped in rat shack to check a few out....I pair for about 49 bucks damn near made my ears bleed. Another for 69 was a little (called koss i think).

Would any of you experienced headphone guys recommend buying used?
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited April 2007
    I have no problem with buying used... ask people in here.. that's where a few of us have bought some good ones recently.. including moi. I am very happy with them too.

    The ones I bought from a fellow Polkie were more than your budget, but that doesn't mean that other good deals can't be had in here though.

    good luck. and ask around.
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  • Nostalgic
    Nostalgic Posts: 42
    edited April 2007
    Go to Headfi.org and ask them. I've been a member there for 4 years. It's an incredible forum!

    Good luck.

    If you post there, inlcude your music taste, everywhere you plan on using them, if the sound can leak out or not (open or closed), your preference of over the ear, in ear etc.....

    Have fun and sorry about your wallet!
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  • mulveling
    mulveling Posts: 505
    edited April 2007
    For $50 bucks you're not gonna get close to anything magical-sounding, even used. I'm a big fan of buying high-end headphones (> $300) used, but I'd recommend buying new at lower price points since the savings aren't that great and hygiene/mechanical durability can be more of an issue...

    At under $50 bucks the Koss Porta-Pro are hard to fault. They sound pretty damn good, even (as long as you plug them into something halfway decent). Incredibly smooth, linear, decent extension - not stuff you usually find at that price point. Seriously, the Porta-Pro comes closer to the "high end" headphone sound than any other under-$150 headphone I've heard...and I've used just about every headphone from a couple hundred bucks to a few thousand bucks. If you don't mind a sport clip, the Koss KSC-75 are supposedly an incredible bargain, though I've not tried them myself.
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited April 2007
    Make sure to get closed-style headphones if you'll be using them for travel or in any public places. Open style offer great sound quality, but they let in and give off A LOT of sound. So, it will be noisy music for you, and annoying for people close to you.
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,691
    edited April 2007
    Look in the FM section. cbl117 just posted a set of $50 Senns!!!
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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited April 2007
    I have really enjoyed these for $40. I bought them for my ipod and for work since I can't stand iem's, and haven't regretted it. Although, like Andy mentioned, they do share sound with my neighbors...
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  • jabrax
    jabrax Posts: 315
    edited April 2007
    sucks2beme wrote: »
    Look in the FM section. cbl117 just posted a set of $50 Senns!!!

    Just missed them by a few hours....thx for looking out
    TV...............Hitachi 42hdS52a plasma (sexy one with the swival)
    Pre/Processor - Emotiva MMC
    Seven Ch AMP - Emotiva LPA
    Fronts - Tyler Acoustics 7U's
    Center - Polk LSIC
    Sub - DSWPRO600
    DAC - Music Hall 25.3CD - Marantz cc4001
    Blue Ray - PS3
    Speaker cables - Audioquest cv4 dbs
    Interconnects - MIT AVT1's
    Power Filter....Monster HTS 3500 MKII
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  • mulveling
    mulveling Posts: 505
    edited April 2007
    jabrax wrote: »
    Just missed them by a few hours....thx for looking out

    Yeah, too bad - the HD555 is an excellent headphone for that price; great deal. I had the 555 for a short time a while back and I'd almost forgotten about it.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited April 2007
    I have a pair of Takstar force feedback phones and love them for my mp3 player. I don't think they make them anymore but these look like the same thing. They are standard size over the ear though. http://www.dansdata.com/rfxphones.htm
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  • cyberhazard
    cyberhazard Posts: 67
    edited April 2007
    Nostalgic wrote: »
    Have fun and sorry about your wallet!
    The classic headfi greeting, and so true.
    I am also a headfi member. Went there to research headphones for my iPod, and wound up with a pair of Sony MDR-CD300's and
    a EarMax Pro glass amp to push them. Maybe someday I'll dust them off and get them hooked back up.
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