Most Sennheisers are like that, I have a pair that my wife uses with the cable zip tied to about 3 feet. Sony's Pros are long, but are coiled to about 4-5 feet to not get in the way.
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Any Suggestions For Good Quailty Over The Ears Headphones?
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Most Sennheisers are like that, I have a pair that my wife uses with the cable zip tied to about 3 feet. Sony's Pros are long, but are coiled to about 4-5 feet to not get in the way.
Definitely closed.
Have you tried the Sennheiser HD 598 Cs? They look really promising, and they address my two biggest complaints with the 588's, cord length and open design.
havent tried those yet. have to kill my 569's first
Man, thank you for the excellent suggestion! I liked them a lot, but my Bose were closed, and that's the only design that I had exposure to, so it was good to get exposed to some different design elements.
Well, just ordered to Audio Technica ATH-M50X's off of Amazon for $132. Couldn't turn them down at that price. Should be here Monday, so we'll see how it goes...
https://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATH-M50x-Professional-Monitor-Headphones/dp/B00HVLUR86
https://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATH-M50x-Professional-Monitor-Headphones/dp/B00HVLUR86
I didn't read all the posts, but well, ah-- Bose is known for marketing, mainly. Don't know the best replacements, but they aren't "Beats" or "Bose", whatever the right answer is.
For high-quality sound, at a "Beats" price, I'd start by rejecting Sennheiser. Same advice as 30 years ago.
For high-quality sound, at a "Beats" price, I'd start by rejecting Sennheiser. Same advice as 30 years ago.
I'm going to go off on a tangent, which everyone may ignore.
SPEAKERS.
Ugh. Most are garbage. So here's how you audition them.
Just know first off-- all of the R&D and manufacturing characteristics that make electronics good and cheap are diametrically opposed to what a company needs to make good quality speakers. Sony, Yamaha, etc. make good electronics. And their speakers aren't even worth an also-ran mention. That's the reality. As a quick aside, if you can pick up bookshelf speakers with one hand, they stink. That's the reality. Good bookshelf speakers start about 20 lbs. each. Read on.
Bose, I won't even get to. If I call them the "Yugo" (generously) of the audio world, would I get sued? Nah, I'll just ignore them.
1.) Make a CD of your favorite songs, and some high-quality ones that you know, even if they aren't your favorites. I mean Carole King, Pink Floyd, Dire Straights, even the evil anti-American "Cat Stevens". Throw in some Biggy or "By the Time I Get to Arizona" by Public Enemy, if you want some high-quality bass. Whatever. If you don't know what qualifies as high-quality recordings, stop reading now and JBL is your huckleberry. You need not read any further. Put on your "Beats" headphones; they'll block out the laughter from those of us that know real sound quality, and get on down.
So, get some good quality music. If you have to (God forbid!) buy a CD, or at least an uncompressed digital file-- well, do so.
2.) Go to a place that sells real audio equipment. That means PSB, Klipsch, and a whole bunch of companies you've probably never heard of. In Gwinnett... that's the now-bought-the-name Hi-Fi Buys on Indian Trail. In the rest of Atlanta, search away. You'll probably end up in Lilburn at Hi-Fi Buys, but what can I say. Atlanta has always been a crappy market for high-end audio. I had to do some auditioning in DC, but there you are. My subwoofer decision there was worth it, but that's a different thread. Your house will shake when I start it up. It's not fired up now; that's why you can still read this posting, unblurry-like.
3.) Spend an hour, listening to your music from some good speakers. You'll quickly know when things are wrong. But not if you bring 128 Kbit crap from your phone-- why are you even reading this far? Buy some $2 earbuds, and may your chains rest lightly. Let the good folks at the store play some quality recorded music for you, if you want to join the real world of music.
For me, the jack-holes played the Mobile Fidelity Gold "Tea for the Tillerman", and then wouldn't sell me the g-d disk. Took me a year to buy a copy of it off E-bay... and let's don't derail this with the politics. He sucks, I know he sucks, and I bought it used so he didn't get the money. Let's move on. Glorious vocals, and stunningly well recorded; you almost certainly don't have anything this good streaming on your phone, and probably don't know any better, if you don't. If you think "phone audio" is good, the miasma awaits.
With a good setup, it sounds like he's in the room. Or with "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac, that Stevie is gonna leap out and get you.
Or... let folks in the know show you the real world, all Matrix jokes aside. Listen to some good speakers, in a good room. With good sources, and with _your_ music, if it hasn't been grossly compressed and trampled.
Bring a credit card with at least $2K on it, and don't freak when they need hand-trucks to bring in new speakers for you to audition.
Then tell me "Beats" or "Bose" is better.
: )
(As a later comment, I should mention that the Bose "stores" will NOT let you bring in speakers to compare side-by-side. Some may wonder why-- but I do not.)
For anyone that read this far.... spend 50% to 80% of your budget on speakers and room treatments-- that's where your dollars pay off the best. But you won't recognize that until you've heard good music on good speakers, in a good room. And sadly, most folks never will.
SPEAKERS.
Ugh. Most are garbage. So here's how you audition them.
Just know first off-- all of the R&D and manufacturing characteristics that make electronics good and cheap are diametrically opposed to what a company needs to make good quality speakers. Sony, Yamaha, etc. make good electronics. And their speakers aren't even worth an also-ran mention. That's the reality. As a quick aside, if you can pick up bookshelf speakers with one hand, they stink. That's the reality. Good bookshelf speakers start about 20 lbs. each. Read on.
Bose, I won't even get to. If I call them the "Yugo" (generously) of the audio world, would I get sued? Nah, I'll just ignore them.
1.) Make a CD of your favorite songs, and some high-quality ones that you know, even if they aren't your favorites. I mean Carole King, Pink Floyd, Dire Straights, even the evil anti-American "Cat Stevens". Throw in some Biggy or "By the Time I Get to Arizona" by Public Enemy, if you want some high-quality bass. Whatever. If you don't know what qualifies as high-quality recordings, stop reading now and JBL is your huckleberry. You need not read any further. Put on your "Beats" headphones; they'll block out the laughter from those of us that know real sound quality, and get on down.
So, get some good quality music. If you have to (God forbid!) buy a CD, or at least an uncompressed digital file-- well, do so.
2.) Go to a place that sells real audio equipment. That means PSB, Klipsch, and a whole bunch of companies you've probably never heard of. In Gwinnett... that's the now-bought-the-name Hi-Fi Buys on Indian Trail. In the rest of Atlanta, search away. You'll probably end up in Lilburn at Hi-Fi Buys, but what can I say. Atlanta has always been a crappy market for high-end audio. I had to do some auditioning in DC, but there you are. My subwoofer decision there was worth it, but that's a different thread. Your house will shake when I start it up. It's not fired up now; that's why you can still read this posting, unblurry-like.
3.) Spend an hour, listening to your music from some good speakers. You'll quickly know when things are wrong. But not if you bring 128 Kbit crap from your phone-- why are you even reading this far? Buy some $2 earbuds, and may your chains rest lightly. Let the good folks at the store play some quality recorded music for you, if you want to join the real world of music.
For me, the jack-holes played the Mobile Fidelity Gold "Tea for the Tillerman", and then wouldn't sell me the g-d disk. Took me a year to buy a copy of it off E-bay... and let's don't derail this with the politics. He sucks, I know he sucks, and I bought it used so he didn't get the money. Let's move on. Glorious vocals, and stunningly well recorded; you almost certainly don't have anything this good streaming on your phone, and probably don't know any better, if you don't. If you think "phone audio" is good, the miasma awaits.
With a good setup, it sounds like he's in the room. Or with "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac, that Stevie is gonna leap out and get you.
Or... let folks in the know show you the real world, all Matrix jokes aside. Listen to some good speakers, in a good room. With good sources, and with _your_ music, if it hasn't been grossly compressed and trampled.
Bring a credit card with at least $2K on it, and don't freak when they need hand-trucks to bring in new speakers for you to audition.
Then tell me "Beats" or "Bose" is better.
: )
(As a later comment, I should mention that the Bose "stores" will NOT let you bring in speakers to compare side-by-side. Some may wonder why-- but I do not.)
For anyone that read this far.... spend 50% to 80% of your budget on speakers and room treatments-- that's where your dollars pay off the best. But you won't recognize that until you've heard good music on good speakers, in a good room. And sadly, most folks never will.
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