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| quote: | Originally posted by stefanoc
for all the people suggesting cheap headphones for regular listening... why do so? invest a little extra and get something that sounds good. i mean all of us here care about music and we committ more than average people listening to music. |
True but just because something costs a lot doesn't mean it's any better than something cheaper. I can tell you that I had some $19.99 Sony headphones that lasted me four years, and at one point I got some really fancy headphones for my birthday, they were like $100. After listening to them for a while, I concluded I liked the sound on the cheap Sony's.
After those finally gave out, I got some Aiwas, and I can tell you they sound better for casual listening than either the Senheiser HD-212's, or my new Denon RP-1000s. Sure you can get those $199 Bose closed headphones, but for casual listening...really it's overkill. And the good thing with some cheaper headphones ($19 on up) (now not super cheap but you can almost tell from looking at it) is that the bass doesn't tend to be so overwhelming and they aren't super loud either. So unless you listen to music all the time or travel often, it's not worth IMO for casual listening. But that's just me, i'm not a super-audiophille when it comes to casual listening...
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