Thanks, @reikoshea. Yes, I've taken a look at the RS175, 185, and 195. If I were to buy at the moment, I would probably go with one of these. The sound is supposed to be decent, and I've had good experiences with Sennheiser, but I don't know, something about the aesthetics of this line rubs me the wrong way.
Sorry, I didn't mean to derail your wired headphone thread. If anything, it's making me think about going back to wired. The quality is just so much better, and you have so many more options. I have a couple of friends who've owned HD 600s for 15+ years and swear by them. I'm all about neutral sound. Haven't had a chance to try the LCD-2s, but they're a bit out of my price range.
Wired or not, it all counts. But unfortunately there is not a lot of decent option on the wireless side. I personnaly use the ATH-PHA50BT to make my phones wireless but now with my im02 as they are very picky with the source I have some noise :(
Haha, yeah I got into the headphone hobby and have dumped quite a bit of money into it for a college kid. I even joined the HeadFi community and modded my headphones.
These are the ones I've owned: Superlux HD 668b, HD 681 EVO MeElectronics M6, ID america spark, Onkyo IE-FC300, Havi B3 Pro I Philips citiscape downtown,Sennheiser eH 150, Sony MDR 1R, V-MODA M100 Fiio e6, Audioquest Dragonfly v1.2 DAC
I currently use the 1R and M100 with the Dragonfly USB DAC on my laptop and some cheap <$10 earbuds for the gym.
AKG K545 AKG K702 (gonna sell those soon) Bang & Olufsen H6 Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro limited 300Ω Fostex T50RP mark III Philips SHP 9500 Sennheiser HD280 Pro Sennheiser HD650
Just ordering a new set of T40RPs for the office to replace my HDJ-2000s....The pio's pretty banged up after 6 years of hard labor, so I doubt I'll sell them. They also have sentimental value as my first good pair of headphones.
But I did finally sell my 7506s and my M50x's. That's sort of progress....right...? It basically made the T40s cost me nothing. Yeah - that's totally how that works.
I had a long paragraph about each, but didn't want to assault the thread with a novel. I will say my favorites are the HD 380 Pro and the Sony MDR-EX71SL's. The two small things I would change about the 280 Pro's were solved by the 380 Pro's. The Sony's are fun to listen to because they have a little more bass without being muddy (imo), and they're small so my motorcycle helmet doesn't rip them out of my ears when I put it on. I was hoping to use the X2's when I ride, but they're too big and the helmet pulls them out of my ears when I put it on. My next headphone purchase (which I'm not even shopping right now), might be the V-Moda M-100's. I want to try something other than Sennheiser in the headphone side of things, and I think the V-Moda's look cool and supposedly sound pretty good. I'm not an audiophile, I just want something that's EQ'd to my liking..which tends to be a little extra bass without being muddy, and not having harsh highs.
The v-moda's are definitely v shaped, but the highs aren't aggressive. The mids are just definitely subdued. I actually listened to a co-worker's M100s yesterday and that's what prompted my purchase of the T40s.
That's not to say the v-moda's are worse, but I prefer a more even sound signature. I'd say the v-moda's are worth the money they're asking.
The fostex punch way above their weight, but when you factor in $50 replacement pads so you can wear them for 10 minutes without hating yourself, and then an amp so they aren't super quiet, the prices match the v-moda's and then it becomes 'what kinda of sound signature do you want'?
Beyerdynamic DT-990 Pro Fostex T50RP Mk3 Kingston Hyper X Cloud Bose AE2
The Beyerdynamic T90 and Sennheiser HD600 is on my wishlist at the moment, and I can't decide between the two. Also some different pads for the T50RP, my current pads are too deep.
And I use them all for different purposes. You can never have enough headphones. Right now I am eyeballing some mid tier Stax. But I also need a new car. Life seems to be unfair.
Well the Stax I want will cost me around 2300 Euros including the amp to drive it. So probably It wont happen too soon. With Christmas and our anniversary on the horizon...