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tats a good thing to know hee hee......i hope the metal band is undestructable thing

thanks for all the help guys.... made my purchase with a beyer dt770 pro.... personally the added bass from those cans are a bonus. these closed cans still enable some form of isolation and with the sturdier construction compared to my old senn, hope it can last me longer once again, thanks for everything guys

thanks guys.... i'll def be writing a pretty long (keke ) shortlist of headphones to audition. cant wait for my free time to audition these headphones mackie> thanks for holding my buy buy buy reins... i kinda need some restraints hehe to enjoying good music

thanks mackie. came to the conclusion that i probably would need 1 closed can for isolation ( most likely the dt 770 pro (80) ) and a open can for to remind myself wat i'm missing when i listen to the 770 pro. has anyone ventured to purchase or customise a woody beyer? would like to seek some opinions on burning in a new one then send to larry or should i just customise it then burn it when i get it. sadly , cant afford to get a woody beyer now...but if i really like my 770, i might consider the woody beyer route ...that if i dun drawn into getting a decent headphone amp to power the headphones

thanks guys... i'll def keep the dt 990 in mind when i go auditio the headphones. looks like i might have to buy 2 headphones...one closed headphone for bass tunes, and one open for classical n vocals. wouldit be safe to say that due to the nature of construction for closed, its highly unlikely to find a closed headphone which is pretty much an all rounder in terms of bass, mids and trebles to suit most genres?

ooops....ok back to the topic. having re-review my selection of music, would it be very unforgiving if i ocassionally use the ath a900 or dt 770 pro to listen to vocals ( eg, caiqin, eva cassady, sinatra ) ? what sort of biasness should i be looking out for? just asking cos I wana understand what sort of fault/imperfections i should be aware of when deciding which headphone i eventually buy

Hi pple.... i've got a rather noob question to ask, hope it fits the correct sub-forum ( if this is the wrong place, do let me know and I'll post it in the appropriate section) So far, I've been listening to music/gaming on my computer with an unamped sennheiser HD280. while on the move, its just a ipod with the koss plug ( also unamped). I'm plannign to audition the AKG 271, the ATH A900 and beyer Dt 700 pro to replace my damaged sennheiser. Now, from what i've read from forums, the beyer Dt700 pro requires an amp for it to sound nice, and I suppose the other 2 headphones i've shortlisted would benefit from an amp too. Now for the bugging question : when i was on the sennheiser, my sound level rarely exceeds 5% on the master volume ( although its 100% on the wave ) as i find its a bit too loud to b using them consistenly for hours at a go. given that i don't listen to music at an ear splitting volume, should I invest in a portable amp ( like the likes of the pa2v2, or cmoy or pint ) or leave it unamped till i finalize my plans for my external dac? if unamped, would it b possible to compensate by turning up my master volume on the computer? if it helps, here are the details on my computer its a DFI lanparty NF4 using the onboard karajan sound module powered by a realtek ALC850 . the reason i've not upgraded to the x-fi /e-mu series is I'm still not convinced by spending $600 odd on the elite pro version, i can get better sound quality when compared to using the s/pidf or line out and listening to music thru a dedicated amp.

thanks guys... i'll go audition those when time permits this weekend i'm kinda curious on how many headphones you guys n gers have broken since u started this hobby? ( or should i start a new poll?)

sure they can and i've replaced the first pair for approx $80 to 100 at the sennheiser hq. well, i'm using this repaired pair of headphone while i contemplate which headphone to buy since i'm thru with spending that repair cost on something more durable... i've been very very gentle with the second pair ( cos scared history repeats itself) and rather gentle on the first pair and both crack and snap just after 1 year of ownership.... to say the least ....quite speechless with my track record

hello guys n gers.... i'm new to this forum. hope to have a plesant time discussing and learning about headphone n music enjoyment sorry for the rather long-winded first post well, like my topic, i seriously need some help with selecting a new headphone as I broke my 2nd sennheiser HD280 today. ( yup, bot 2 n broke both ...amazing huh). in a few words, the headband cracked from constant use and eventually snapped into two ( all these, in a short span of approx 1 year ) so, i'm rather fed up with plastic headbands which have a definite probability of snapping in my months of ownership and wish to purchase a higher build quality headphone. my desire for closed headphones is simply to have better isolation against sound leakage ( both inside n outside of the cans). understandably, this reduces the performance of the mids, highs of headphone performance ( or so i've been led to belive) my predominant selection of music or useage of the headphone is to listen to vocals, classical music, pop, trance and gaming. of which, 90% of my listening is from my on-board sound card in my computer. ( yeap, u read it rite...still trying to find the correct sound card/external dac to fit my requirements at the moment) hence, i would like to seek advise from fellow forumers on the types of headphone i should short list headphone without amp maybe akg k271 or somethign similar? headphone with amp perhapds a Beyer DT 770 pro with amp ( which opens a separate question on amp selection ) oh yes....the very impt requirement....a total budget tat should not exceeding 300. ( purely becos i've kinda lost faith in build quality in headphones ) lastly, wana thnak you for reading this long post