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Jbroad572 · Dec 22, 2003, 03:15 AM

I would really like some nice headphones. My walls on campus are paper thin. I would really like the best sound, I can get from them. I want to spend right at $100 for them, give or take $20. I've seen some Sennheiser RS-65 and RS-60 on Ebay around that price, are these good? Wireless would be nice, but if I have a cable that is long enough that's fine as well. Whichever would sound the best, but wireless would be really neat and cool.

Please let me know.

azt33 · Dec 22, 2003, 05:21 AM

Maybe you should check out www.head-fi.org/forums they are experts when it comes to headphones over there!

OreoCookie · Dec 22, 2003, 07:07 AM

Koss Porta Pro, the crappiest looking but most awesome sounding headphones. Paid like 87 Euros. But they are not closed, they are for my iPod ...

natan · Dec 23, 2003, 06:46 AM

The Sennheiser HD280 Pro's are quite nice for their price and can be found for $80-$100.

spiky_dog · Dec 23, 2003, 10:12 AM

i'm fond of the sony mdr-v6. not v600, mind you. found mine on amazon.com, methinks

engaged · Dec 23, 2003, 11:47 AM

Until recently I never realised the difference between open and closed headphones; got a pair of Sennheiser PX200 'phones (admittedly your budget is greater) for listening to CD's on the bus. Closed models block out much more environmental noise than either in-ear or open 'phones I've had before - could be important in your case if college 'noise' is a problem. Just audition before buying.

TheMosco · Dec 23, 2003, 11:53 AM

Originally posted by natan:
The Sennheiser HD280 Pro's are quite nice for their price and can be found for $80-$100.

Amazon has them for 70.

Jbroad572 · Dec 23, 2003, 04:43 PM

THat forum is great, however the regeistration takes forever and a day. I'm in que for approval. I've been reading a lot though, right now I think I'm leaning toward the Audio Technica a700 or maybe a900. I want a closed headphone that sounds good with movies as well as jazz and classical. I went to Best Buy and looked at some bose, sony v600, and another pair of headphones and they all sounded like crap. If this is what the talk is about I will pass, there are no more stores to audition, so I guess I'm just going by trial and error. I know the guys on the site could really help me out, but still waiting to be approved

direktor · Dec 25, 2003, 06:52 AM

Sony MDR-7506, one of the industry standards.

Jbroad572 · Jan 17, 2004, 03:29 AM

If anyone cares, I ended up with the Audio Technica A900's which were great, but I sold those and bought the newer Sennheiser HD-650's. Of course they don't sound good coming out of the PB, but I have a Pimeta soon to be PPA amp. I've become addicted to headphones, I want to get rid of my computer creature speakers and could even understand why people pay thousands of $$$ on headphones.
I went over my initial budget by $400

natan · Jan 17, 2004, 07:29 AM

Originally posted by Jbroad572:
If anyone cares, I ended up with the Audio Technica A900's which were great, but I sold those and bought the newer Sennheiser HD-650's. Of course they don't sound good coming out of the PB, but I have a Pimeta soon to be PPA amp. I've become addicted to headphones, I want to get rid of my computer creature speakers and could even understand why people pay thousands of $$$ on headphones.
I went over my initial budget by $400

But it's quite worth it!