thegoldlaw

Just curious what type of music do you listen to mostly?

Blue

I listen to a lot of Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, a lot of post-rock type music (Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, Anoice, Hammock, Yndi Halda), and a lot of ambient music mostly. Though I also listen to everything else like classic rock, jazz, reggae, classical, and really a bit of a lot of genres. I don't really listen to hip-hop, metal, or any heavy music though; most of what I really like has a lot of softer, warm qualities to it.

thegoldlaw

Yeah the 280's might work well for you. When I listened to them I found the bass to be warm and the other sounds sharp and crisp.

As mentioned before the only real knock I had on them was the size that seems to make them uncomfortable after 2 hours. That is also another thing i'd look to consider, the size of the headphone vs how long you listen. For me I can go upwards of 7 hours listening to music and having heay headphones really takes away from the experience.

Blue

I'm mostly going to be using them for personal recording and listening to music in my room, so it shouldn't be too big a deal, but definitely something to consider. I'm curious though, how do you think they compare to the HD 255s?

thegoldlaw

255's ? I am not sure I'm aware of that model. Do you have a link of them ?

Gavin B.

I have a pair of Sennheiser 120 wireless headphones. They retail at $110.00 but I got them on sale for around $80. The headphones are indestructble. The range of the the transmitter base is better than I expected and I get excellent sound in every room of my house including the basement and even my front and backyard.

The down side of the headphones is they're big and clunky and have a very loose fit on my head.

Ambient

I didn't have a ton of money and wanted something portable so I bought the Sennheiser PX100 in 2007 after researching reviews and comparisons to the other makes of this headphone (the noise-canceling one and such).

I've run through two pairs and I'm on my third pair. I have to take better care of them because the headphone jack keeps getting messed up. I'd look into more expensive headphones, but each time I have to replace them I only have enough money to buy a new pair of PX100s so since there's nothing better in that price range I just order them off amazon.



Don't be fooled by the image. That's a brand new pair. Once the pads wear, they contour to your head naturally and you probably won't even feel like you're wearing them.

GuitarBizarre

My favourite headphones ever are Grado SR60s or SR80s.

THey're open back design with a non-resonant air chamber, but they have one important adantage over everything else:

They sound better than god.


Sennheisers have ALWAYS pissed me off by boosting the bass on their headphones WAY too much, across the board. The worst offenders are HD435s and CX300s. The 435s make everything big, bassy and woolly sounding at the cost of everything else and a passable midrange and treble at best. Actual resolution of DETAIL is lacking like hell. The CX300's are a pair of ****ty ass earbuds with the bass frequencies overboosted like hell to make up for the poor design and small diaphragm. Again, detail is nowhere to be found.

Grados on the other hand? No ****ty street conscious designs, no excessive pandering to the bass heavy crowd, just flat out awesome, highly detailed and expansive sound. The bass, even on the SR60's is deep, authoritative, and extremely tight and tuneful. Want a test? Listen to Eminems 'Remember me?' on a selection of headphones. Unless your headphones can handle true bass, you'll notice that deep bassline just turns to a noncommital rumbling. Grado SR60s and 80s? You can hear every goddamn thing that bassline does in detail..

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Ace

I have the Sennheiser HD 280's.
The only thing I don't like about them, is the fact that they can get heavy after long periods of use. Laying down with them is also uncomfortable.

I mainly use them when mixing though, so long term use isn't really an issue with me.

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almauro

I got Sennheiser HD428 (under $75.00) for around the office, to mute out the AC. Very good isolation for the money, but I can still hear people knock on my door, which is nice. Sound quality is very flat and realistic which I like very much.

My other pair of cheapo cans is the Sony MDR-XB500. They're massive, but like the HD428 are also very comfortable and light. The sound is a completely different story, because the Sony's have a very lively bass enhanced sound. If you like a V-Shaped EQ, boost the bass & treb and drop the mids, and listen to a lot of metal on a MP3 players, these could work very well for you.

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