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Topic: Let's talk about your cans!
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nothingface
VoivodFan
Member # 58
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posted February 26, 2013 03:16
    
So, Target Earth sparked my interest in high quality cans. Oh yeah, you heard me right, CANS! I recently learned after embarking on a foray into high-end headphones that they are commonly referred to as cans to the "head-fi" crowd. It's a dizzying experience. Just as you would expect, there are so many cans out there to choose from. Personally, I'd like to try them all, but it's just to expensive. The money that some of them spend on them is more than my rent. Interestingly, many don't keep their current cans long, opting to move on to bigger and better things. Then, there are others who covet and keep many pairs of cans, citing that some cans were better than others depending on your musical taste and level of appreciation. A common recommendation for me was the Grado brand. I bought a pair of their SR225i from a local hi-fi shop. I always remember commenting while recording in studios that so much is lost between the studio monitor playback and the multitude of crappy situations your music will later be subjected to playback on. This is the closest sound I've heard to being in the studio for the recording process. I'm sure that if I were handed an $800 or $1500 pair of cans right now that I'd be trying to dodge the rent for a month, but these $200 Grados are simply wonderful through my old Pioneer amp. My iPod, on the other hand, doesn't provide enough power to enjoy them properly. If you aren't already experienced with the cans, be sure not to ask a any of them head-fi people what they think of "Beats by Dre". From what I've read, they are crappy cans to listen to crappy rap music through. So, is there anyone else out there sporting unusual cans? NP: Target Earth (through SR225i, of course)
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X-D
VoivodFan
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posted February 26, 2013 09:43
I have the same issues with headphones as I do sunglasses, in that I either lose them or break them, so tend to go on the cheaper side of things for that reason. I appreciate good sound in a set of cans, but would probabably never go more than $80 for a set... My current pair are falling apart now, so about embark on that journey.Unless I absolutely need them, my preference for listening to music is out-loud on my home stereo, as the space of the room fills the experience out and I enjoy sharing the music with friends & family. My son and I tend to jam on tunes when we are playing video or board games, which is a lot of fun. Oddly enought, most of my intesive listening happens in my car on long commutes and I put a real nice Alpine system into my shitty old Honda Accord for this very purpose, haha. Heat & good tunes - all I need from a car at this stage in my life.  -------------------- I am a robot... bleep blop bloop
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hexonut
VoivodFan
Member # 73
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posted February 26, 2013 12:35
I tend to go with best bang for the bug kind of cans. My home cans are:
I know. Not very fancy stuff, but not too bad either. Was a birthday (I think) present some 10 or more years ago. Comes with lifetime warranty that I have already exercised once (new pair of the same cans, only black instead of gray). What else would you ever want other than break-me-and-get-new-for-free cans?
My in-public-transit cans:
Pros: Good noise cancelers, work well when the battery runs out (hello Bose with their where-the-fuck-is-my-charger problem) and use a standard AAA battery (hello Bose, again). Sometimes I use them to listen to the silence while sleeping in public transit (including airplanes, haha).
Cons: cheap structure plastic, breaks a little bit too easily. I have two pairs of those (another pair is actually 260s, almost the same except for different noise canceling algorithm), and one of them is usually broken enough to be unusable. I need to figure out how to glue or weld them well enough so they don't break for at least several days... On my first pair, ear pads tore off after 2 years of use, fixed them with some scotch. I don't give a shit it looks ugly, let those buying Dre stuff be concerned about it.-------------------- Casper, your friendly ghost
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schroeder
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posted February 26, 2013 14:43
I have a nice pair of Yamaha headphones I use when I play (attempt to play is a better term) my guitar wjhich goes through a Digitech RP2000 processor and into small Fender Frontman 25A amp when the phones are plugged into. All the other cans I used before I bought these many years ago I blew out (can't imagine what I'm doing to my ears, but I haven't blown those out yet). I think they cost me around $100 when I got them. They sound good enough. I'm not sure if I've used them for music, but I'm sure they sound good. Having a 3 nice surround systems in the house (with Polk Audio speakers in two of the 5.1 systems, and Sony speakers on the 7.1 system), it doesn't give me much reason to plug in cans to enjoy my vinyl, cds, or dvds. Although the system I have where my computer is just a 3 piece Bose cube stereo set up, so I should probably use the Yamahas in there when I spin vinyl or cds.I tend to get up too much and multi-task when I'm at home listening to music to be able to stay in one place long enough to be hooked up with headphones.
I have a pair of over the ear KOSS headphones that I use when I run with my iPod that has volume control and they have a decent sound for around $35-$40. Much better than those earbuds, or other cheap tinty, tinny, shitty sounding headphones they suggest using on potable devices.-------------------- yawn
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schroeder
VoivodFan
Member # 5
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posted February 28, 2013 16:52
Nothingface, I am now highly considering buying a pair of those Grado SR225i cans. After hearing your recommendations, and knowing how much better they will sound than the Yamahas I have... I think I'm going to have to just buy them. Putting on the headphones the last couple of days was so relaxing, and made me stay in one spot instead of getting up and doing other things while I played music. It's great to get a review on a product from someone who has the same taste in music and someone who enjoys music as much as I do. Reviews on Amazon and other places can vary so much for so many different reasons. I was considering buying an upper end turntable, but I think this is a much wiser investment. I have them in my Amazon "Wish List" now, and will more than likely buy them in a few days.Thanks again for this thread. Well, after doing some research on the Grado can I read a slightly better review and ended up buying these for only $179 Senneheiser HD 598 -------------------- yawn
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nothingface
VoivodFan
Member # 58
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posted February 28, 2013 23:51
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Originally posted by schroeder:
Nothingface, I am now highly considering buying a pair of those Grado SR225i cans. After hearing your recommendations, and knowing how much better they will sound than the Yamahas I have... I think I'm going to have to just buy them. Putting on the headphones the last couple of days was so relaxing, and made me stay in one spot instead of getting up and doing other things while I played music. It's great to get a review on a product from someone who has the same taste in music and someone who enjoys music as much as I do. Reviews on Amazon and other places can vary so much for so many different reasons. I was considering buying an upper end turntable, but I think this is a much wiser investment. I have them in my Amazon "Wish List" now, and will more than likely buy them in a few days.Thanks again for this thread. Well, after doing some research on the Grado can I read a slightly better review and ended up buying these for only $179 Senneheiser HD 598
I'd read a bunch of reviews and was leaning to the AKG or Senneheisers at first. I notice that each brand and model performs differently with different music styles. The knock on the Grado series that I have is that it isn't "bassy" enough. Through my home stereo, they are perfect. Through the iPod, they lack since there's not enough amp to drive them. I really recommend that you check out your local hi-fi shops and listen to what they have in stock. The one here near me carries a couple brands. I brought my "Stars Die" disc with me so I could hear something familiar with them. I walked out with the SR225i without the slightest doubt. Not only is the headroom seemingly infinite and soundstage colossal, but I felt like I could finally appreciate the band's intended feel for the first time. That Senneheiser review sounds impressive too! They don't mention whether they are open or closed style though. Either way, I'd imagine you wouldn't be at all disappointed with those.
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