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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    team47b wrote:
    Nearly everyone knows that, (the fact you have a headphone business and know what you are talking about bit not the nerd bit) that's why it was funny :D

    I think you could build up quite a good client list here, I'm sure it's not against the rules, it's not like you're promoting a wheel building service for example :D

    No, I'm officially a nerd...I have a mains conditioner to ensure that I get constant current and my mains isn't affected by noisy things on the ring like my fridge. Oh and some special mains cables that cost a fair amount.

    Not quite as bad as this though :shock:

    http://www.russandrews.com/product.asp? ... DDKLQHJSUH
  • junglist_matty
    junglist_matty Posts: 1,731
    Beats headphones are designed such that:

    Crank the bass up
    Crank the trebble up
    Lower the mids


    Not particularly good, not bad either, but way overpriced, they are the Bose of the headphone world, look fashionable, are good quality, but nowhere near the best.


    If you want studio quality headphones, Beyerdynamic are hard to beat; I use them daily for professional audio development;

    http://europe.beyerdynamic.com/shop/dt-770-pro.html

    and

    http://europe.beyerdynamic.com/shop/dt-250.html


    but you wouldn't really wear them out and about.


    My own personal pair of headphones is these and I won't ever change away from them; used them for years; they are the best all rounder, comfortable and a fairly small design:

    http://en-uk.sennheiser.com/dj-headphon ... hd-25-1-ii
  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    Get these to outclass the yoofs!

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    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    junglist_matty wrote:
    Beats headphones are designed such that:

    Crank the bass up
    Crank the trebble up
    Lower the mids


    Not particularly good, not bad either, but way overpriced, they are the Bose of the headphone world, look fashionable, are good quality, but nowhere near the best.


    If you want studio quality headphones, Beyerdynamic are hard to beat; I use them daily for professional audio development;

    http://europe.beyerdynamic.com/shop/dt-770-pro.html

    and

    http://europe.beyerdynamic.com/shop/dt-250.html


    but you wouldn't really wear them out and about.


    My own personal pair of headphones is these and I won't ever change away from them; used them for years; they are the best all rounder, comfortable and a fairly small design:

    http://en-uk.sennheiser.com/dj-headphon ... hd-25-1-ii

    Agree on all of this, Beyerdynamic and Audio-Technica are some of the best around and the Sennheiser HD25 is very highly regarded too.

    For fashionable, great sounding then AIAIAI headphones are some that I've been extremely impressed with. Getting some of these myself as it happens, the TMA-1 Young Guru (as the earpads are a tad more comfortable than the standard TMA-1).
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    daviesee wrote:
    Get these to outclass the yoofs!

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    Yo no blud!
  • CHRISNOIR
    CHRISNOIR Posts: 1,400
    Anyone know any decent ear-buds that can cope with continuous low-end grinding bass like Sunn O)))?

    I love a good bit of drone / doom but have to listen at home on the hi-fi as usually the in-ear phones just distort.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Beyerdynamic DTX101iE will do the job very nicely.

    Many earbuds are already bass heavy, so when you get a really bassy tune it tends to distort. These are award winners 3 years on the trot.
  • CHRISNOIR
    CHRISNOIR Posts: 1,400
    Lovely, cheers. Will treat meself after Christmas.
  • Keith1983
    Keith1983 Posts: 575
    Joelsim wrote:
    There is nothing great about the Beats, they are overpriced and poor value. A below average headphone for an above average price, you are paying for the marketing. They have captured the youth market by clever marketing and giving footballers etc a pair for free.


    So you sell them by the bucket load then?
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Keith1983 wrote:
    Joelsim wrote:
    There is nothing great about the Beats, they are overpriced and poor value. A below average headphone for an above average price, you are paying for the marketing. They have captured the youth market by clever marketing and giving footballers etc a pair for free.


    So you sell them by the bucket load then?

    They won't deal with me as I don't have anywhere near enough volume going through yet for them to be bothered. Only launched 2 months ago but now have over 300 headphones in stock! :D
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,151
    Joelsim wrote:
    Keith1983 wrote:
    Joelsim wrote:
    There is nothing great about the Beats, they are overpriced and poor value. A below average headphone for an above average price, you are paying for the marketing. They have captured the youth market by clever marketing and giving footballers etc a pair for free.


    So you sell them by the bucket load then?

    They won't deal with me as I don't have anywhere near enough volume going through yet for them to be bothered. Only launched 2 months ago but now have over 300 headphones in stock! :D

    And very helpfull!

    I know where my Christmas cash is going this year
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    edited December 2013
    matthew h wrote:
    Joelsim wrote:
    Keith1983 wrote:
    Joelsim wrote:
    There is nothing great about the Beats, they are overpriced and poor value. A below average headphone for an above average price, you are paying for the marketing. They have captured the youth market by clever marketing and giving footballers etc a pair for free.


    So you sell them by the bucket load then?

    They won't deal with me as I don't have anywhere near enough volume going through yet for them to be bothered. Only launched 2 months ago but now have over 300 headphones in stock! :D

    And very helpfull!

    I know where my Christmas cash is going this year


    Hooray! :lol::mrgreen:
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Listening to Spotify on the tube last night on my earphones, when I got home I unplugged them from my phone but I could still hear the music. Checked the phone and it wasn't coming out of that.

    Weird. Took my coat off.

    But I could still hear the music.

    Then realised that I had a little bluetooth speaker in my pocket which had inadvertently been switched on.

    The other tube passengers must have been treated to a selection of my tunes all the way back, looking back I was getting some strange looks on there.

    What a chump.
  • oldbazza
    oldbazza Posts: 646
    S'funny how different stuff from the same manufacturer can sound;I usually use some old folding compact Sennheisers which sound nice and neutral but tried some in-ear ones that were really screechy sounding;this was with my olde worlde 3rd gen ipod which is still working ok after all these years.
    Must admit those aiaiai in-ears look nice(stupid name though)and I wonder what the Motorhead ones are like,my hearing gas never been the same after seeing them at Cambridge Corn Exchange around 1978 :shock:
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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Yeah I can imagine. The main benefit of the Motorheadphones ones is that they go louder, probably to compensate for all the years of listening to stuff too loud.
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    Breyer Dynamic open backed headphones here, incredible clarity and reasonable cost.
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  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    MattC59 wrote:
    Breyer Dynamic open backed headphones here, incredible clarity and reasonable cost.
    Not much good for office/bus/train/plane use though.

    My Grados aren't anyway. Great sound, especially for sharing.
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    MattC59 wrote:
    Breyer Dynamic open backed headphones here, incredible clarity and reasonable cost.

    Love the DT880 and DT990, pure genius sound. But not good for trains, planes and automobiles.
  • redjeepǃ
    redjeepǃ Posts: 531
    I've got the DT880's and a homemade valve amp, does this make me a headphone geek :D .

    Aren't the 770's a closed back version?
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Redjeep! wrote:
    I've got the DT880's and a homemade valve amp, does this make me a headphone geek :D .

    Aren't the 770's a closed back version?

    Just a geek. But one with decent taste!

    I've got a valve CDP too, not home-made mind.
  • slowlanejane
    slowlanejane Posts: 312
    Back to the OP, I bought these the other month or so, I love my headphones, often plugged n blocking out the world. I use them frequently, so need them to be quite robust. These ones cost a packet but they're worth it - v v good sound quality, total noise cancellation, bass & treble clear as a bell, no distortion at high volume, classical is as good as house on them, lovely quality of materials. You also get free downloads off the Society of Sound, v high quality recordings but massive file size. retail at £150 but seen them at £120 online.

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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Cheers Matthew. Will be sent out on Monday.
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,151
    Joelsim wrote:
    Cheers Matthew. Will be sent out on Monday.

    Thanks Joel - amazed you haven't given up the will to live after all of my questions and changes of direction!
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    daviesee wrote:
    MattC59 wrote:
    Breyer Dynamic open backed headphones here, incredible clarity and reasonable cost.
    Not much good for office/bus/train/plane use though.

    My Grados aren't anyway. Great sound, especially for sharing.

    Nope, and the 3m of cable that's as thick as my pinkie doesn't help either :D
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    Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    matthew h wrote:
    Joelsim wrote:
    Cheers Matthew. Will be sent out on Monday.

    Thanks Joel - amazed you haven't given up the will to live after all of my questions and changes of direction!

    Better that than buying the wrong ones!
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Just been dispatched Matthew, so you should get it tomorrow. Enjoy, and feel free to have a look at the other sale items.
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,151
    Joelsim wrote:
    matthew h wrote:
    Joelsim wrote:
    Cheers Matthew. Will be sent out on Monday.

    Thanks Joel - amazed you haven't given up the will to live after all of my questions and changes of direction!

    Better that than buying the wrong ones!

    sat here at my desk, doing a bit of work before taking the kids swimming and listening to music at a better quality than ever before thanks to Joel.

    Highly recommended service
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    matthew h wrote:
    Joelsim wrote:
    matthew h wrote:
    Joelsim wrote:
    Cheers Matthew. Will be sent out on Monday.

    Thanks Joel - amazed you haven't given up the will to live after all of my questions and changes of direction!

    Better that than buying the wrong ones!

    sat here at my desk, doing a bit of work before taking the kids swimming and listening to music at a better quality than ever before thanks to Joel.

    Highly recommended service

    Cheers Matthew, they are excellent earphones, it's worth spending a little more on things like this.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,312
    Joelsim wrote:
    Cheers Matthew, they are excellent earphones, it's worth spending a little more on things like this.

    Joelsim, may I remind you there is a classified section for business transactions?
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  • Mikey23
    Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    My lovely son has now lost my earphones so just had to replace my sennheiser cx 400s with the same. They are amazing.

    And so is my bose soundlink mini, changing the subject slightly

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