I listen to a variety of music like metal, edm, flats in borivali east alternative, and some hip hop. I was wondering 1 bhk in mulund if y’all had any recommendations for a solid pair of over ear headphones. Preferably around the $100 price point. prabhadevi apartment mumbai They don’t have to be wireless.
I love my Skullcandy Crusher's, adjustable bass, great sound, Bluetooth with 40 hour battery, and you can use them with a headphone socket, total win in my book. Oh and you can find them for under £100 (well in the UK you can!)
I don’t think you will get a good circumaural headphones for that kind of money, but if you don’t mind supra aural headphones. You can get a Sennheiser PX100-II for £30 in the UK and it’s an audiophile bargain. You may have to hunt around for them but you can’t get better for the money.
The Big Question is whether you want an open-back or sealed headphones Open always sound better but not good for listening on-the-go!
I don't get the big deal with open-backs. Why do they sound better? If the same company made both an open and closed model, at the exact same price points, would the open model really sound better? What is the purpose of allowing some of the bass to escape out the back? Seems counter-productive.
Reli have you listened to a good open back headphone? If you did then you will get it. Having open back gives you more space, airiness, bigger sound stage, you get a real sense of the room the recording was made in ect. Not so much allowing the bass to escape as you put it but with open back, you don’t have to deal with the backpressure behind the drivers and the headphone housing, you get a more natural bass. Yes same drivers in a closed back, put into an open back and the open back will sound better if done properly.
Thanks for the explanation! I don't think I've ever tried any open-backs, because they're only suitable for home use, and I don't really use headphones at home, so.....
Toocool4 is right, Reli. Open headphones do sound more open. They make you feel that the sounds does NOT come from inside your head, in-between your ears, but from outside your head. They don' really allow the bass to escape; they just allow the extra bass that is generated from the other side of the driver to leave, as it's not really useful. Most manufacturers put a lot of absorbent material inside the cups to absorb the extra sound that is generated from the other side and it's meant to escape out the headphone. The problem is that only a portion of this sound is really absorbed, the rest returns inside and mix with the main one. This causes degradation of the sound as well as uneven distribution (non flat response). Two good quality headphones that achieve a flat response should sound with the same bass. The only difference is that the open one makes an image of the band wider and more open while the closed one makes a narrow image. Of course, open ones are meant for using at home, although I know a guy that uses his Grados (very open) in the street, even in the center of Barcelona, which is very noisy...
That said, I'd recommend to try the BOSE AE-2, closed, passive isolating headphones. They sound quite well for the price. Reasonably open sound for a very compact circumaural headphones. They are not in production but I've seen them for less than 100€ in good condition. And they are foldable. In fact I'm listening to them now as they are my favorite option for travelling.
I listen through a ton of crappy under $70 USD Bluetooth headphones. I use them at work, they really get beat up on, and most don't sound too great. I go through around three a year and will try anthing but they must be contractor rated, meaning low ambiant noise. I can't have wired because I just rip them up. The ones I like are Motorola S10 HD, but they don't block external noise very well and you have to get the right size ear buds but they sound pretty good. I tried the ToughTested JOBSITE but they wrap around your ear and are very hard to keep in. I bought some very cheap full size red headphones from the local computer store, they sound like crap, the battery lasts for four hours but they keep ambiant noise down. I should have bought two of them since the battery life stinks. My buddy uses the 3M WorkTunes Headphones, I'll get those next, unless someone has a better idea.
Get the Sony WH-1000XM3, they're $300, but they are top-notch in every area including sound quality, active noise reduction, and battery life. Call quality is only average though. Unfortunately it seems that most BT phones that sound good have crappy call quality, or don't even apply noise reduction to the microphone.
Hey Reli I get what you mean, I only use headphones on the move too hence my headphones are closed back or IEM’s. While at home it’s always the Hi-Fi.
My son has the Xm3's and they are an amazing pair of headphones and well worth the money, they are slowly dropping in price, I've seen them in shops (in the UK) for around £279 instead of the £330 they should be.
18 months and 1 stroke later, I'm really late to this party but yeah, I love the open backs. I only have some entry level Grados but plan to upgrade to the Reference 1s this year. (Or if there are other suggestions,I'd be open to that). I need to hit the mainland and go test demo some others I guess. One thing I wanted to add and people might want to consider is heat. I cant wear closed back over ears, to dang hot down here most of the year. On ears only, no G pads either, still a bit toasty but tolerable. they would be soaked and sweaty within minutes if I wore anything larger.
I bought some cheap Sony Corded Headphones last year, they were 1/2 price at $19.00 USD. I don't like using my phone while driving and I spend a lot of time in a noisey truck but sometimes I have to take a call and these fit really nicely and muffle ambient noise. Sony has several version of these with every option but they seem to only go up to $50 USD. I figured they were cheap enough to try out and I've been happy with them.
