Headphones for home recommendation?

**Jack** · October 9th 06, 02:02 PM posted to uk.rec.audio

Abertech wrote:
Can anyone recommend headphones in the £40 - £75 range for use with a
hi-fi system, mp3 players, possibly even for TV or PC use. They
wouldnt be used out-and-about so size, trendiness etc is not important.

TIA.

Grado SR60's.

Alternatively save for used Sennheiser HD600 or
HD650's. The latter two models have an open
design, so your environment should be quiet,
otherwise you will hear all the background noise.

**Eeyore** · October 9th 06, 02:25 PM posted to uk.rec.audio

Jack wrote:

Abertech wrote:
Can anyone recommend headphones in the £40 - £75 range for use with a
hi-fi system, mp3 players, possibly even for TV or PC use. They
wouldnt be used out-and-about so size, trendiness etc is not important.

TIA.

Grado SR60's.

Alternatively save for used Sennheiser HD600 or
HD650's. The latter two models have an open
design, so your environment should be quiet,
otherwise you will hear all the background noise.

Open back headphones make for much more pleasant listening IMHO.

Graham

**Serge Auckland** · October 9th 06, 03:05 PM posted to uk.rec.audio

Eeyore wrote:

Jack wrote:

Abertech wrote:
Can anyone recommend headphones in the £40 - £75 range for use with a
hi-fi system, mp3 players, possibly even for TV or PC use. They
wouldnt be used out-and-about so size, trendiness etc is not important.

TIA.
Grado SR60's.

Alternatively save for used Sennheiser HD600 or
HD650's. The latter two models have an open
design, so your environment should be quiet,
otherwise you will hear all the background noise.

Open back headphones make for much more pleasant listening IMHO.

Graham

I've had open headphones (Jensen Float) and I've had (still have) closed
ones (AKG K270 and Koss Pro4AA). I prefer the closed ones, as I find the
bass to be better, and I don't have to worry about disturbing others in
the room, nor be disturbed.

S.

**Rich Wilson** · October 9th 06, 10:16 PM posted to uk.rec.audio

"Serge Auckland" wrote in message
...
Eeyore wrote:

Jack wrote:

Abertech wrote:
Can anyone recommend headphones in the £40 - £75 range for use with a
hi-fi system, mp3 players, possibly even for TV or PC use. They
wouldnt be used out-and-about so size, trendiness etc is not important.

TIA.
Grado SR60's.

Alternatively save for used Sennheiser HD600 or
HD650's. The latter two models have an open
design, so your environment should be quiet,
otherwise you will hear all the background noise.

Open back headphones make for much more pleasant listening IMHO.

Graham

I've had open headphones (Jensen Float) and I've had (still have) closed
ones (AKG K270 and Koss Pro4AA). I prefer the closed ones, as I find the
bass to be better, and I don't have to worry about disturbing others in
the room, nor be disturbed.

The bass can be fixed on open-backed Sennheisers - all you need is a large
lump of blu-tak to fill the gaps!
(Seriously, this works - my HD600s sound great).

**Rich Wilson** · October 9th 06, 10:13 PM posted to uk.rec.audio

"Serge Auckland" wrote in message
...
Eeyore wrote:

Jack wrote:

Abertech wrote:
Can anyone recommend headphones in the £40 - £75 range for use with a
hi-fi system, mp3 players, possibly even for TV or PC use. They
wouldnt be used out-and-about so size, trendiness etc is not important.

TIA.
Grado SR60's.

Alternatively save for used Sennheiser HD600 or
HD650's. The latter two models have an open
design, so your environment should be quiet,
otherwise you will hear all the background noise.

Open back headphones make for much more pleasant listening IMHO.

Graham

I've had open headphones (Jensen Float) and I've had (still have) closed
ones (AKG K270 and Koss Pro4AA). I prefer the closed ones, as I find the
bass to be better, and I don't have to worry about disturbing others in
the room, nor be disturbed.

The bass can be fixed on open-backed Sennheisers - all you need is a large
lump of blu-tak to fill the gaps!
(Seriously, this works - my HD600s sound great).

**Eeyore** · October 9th 06, 11:04 PM posted to uk.rec.audio

Serge Auckland wrote:

Eeyore wrote:
Jack wrote:
Abertech wrote:
Can anyone recommend headphones in the £40 - £75 range for use with a
hi-fi system, mp3 players, possibly even for TV or PC use. They
wouldnt be used out-and-about so size, trendiness etc is not important.

TIA.
Grado SR60's.

Alternatively save for used Sennheiser HD600 or
HD650's. The latter two models have an open
design, so your environment should be quiet,
otherwise you will hear all the background noise.

Open back headphones make for much more pleasant listening IMHO.

Graham

I've had open headphones (Jensen Float) and I've had (still have) closed
ones (AKG K270 and Koss Pro4AA). I prefer the closed ones, as I find the
bass to be better, and I don't have to worry about disturbing others in
the room, nor be disturbed.

I still have an ancient pair of PRO-4As ( with AAA drivers ) in very tatty
condition. They must be ~ 35 yrs old !

How do you cope with their vice like grip on your skull ?

Graham

**Serge Auckland** · October 10th 06, 10:02 AM posted to uk.rec.audio

Eeyore wrote:

Serge Auckland wrote:

Eeyore wrote:
Jack wrote:
Abertech wrote:
Can anyone recommend headphones in the £40 - £75 range for use with a
hi-fi system, mp3 players, possibly even for TV or PC use. They
wouldnt be used out-and-about so size, trendiness etc is not important.

TIA.
Grado SR60's.

Alternatively save for used Sennheiser HD600 or
HD650's. The latter two models have an open
design, so your environment should be quiet,
otherwise you will hear all the background noise.
Open back headphones make for much more pleasant listening IMHO.

Graham
I've had open headphones (Jensen Float) and I've had (still have) closed
ones (AKG K270 and Koss Pro4AA). I prefer the closed ones, as I find the
bass to be better, and I don't have to worry about disturbing others in
the room, nor be disturbed.

I still have an ancient pair of PRO-4As ( with AAA drivers ) in very tatty
condition. They must be ~ 35 yrs old !

How do you cope with their vice like grip on your skull ?

Graham

Small head ;-)

S.

**Chris Isbell** · October 10th 06, 05:08 PM posted to uk.rec.audio

On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:04:08 +0100, Eeyore
wrote:

I still have an ancient pair of PRO-4As ( with AAA drivers ) in very tatty
condition. They must be ~ 35 yrs old !

How do you cope with their vice like grip on your skull ?

More to the point, how do you cope with their colouration of the
sound?

I have a more modern pair, which I obtained for use in noisy
environments. My three-year old granddaughter likes wearing them, but
usually to listen to CBeebies.

--
Chris Isbell
Southampton, UK

**Arny Krueger** · October 10th 06, 01:22 PM posted to uk.rec.audio

"Abertech" wrote in message
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Can anyone recommend headphones in the £40 - £75 range
for use with a hi-fi system, mp3 players, possibly even
for TV or PC use. They wouldnt be used out-and-about so
size, trendiness etc is not important.

Audio Technica ATAH-AD700 (open ear) and ATAH A700 (closed ear).

In my book second only to my Sennheiser HD 580s.

**Andrew Haley** · October 11th 06, 11:28 AM posted to uk.rec.audio

Abertech wrote:

Can anyone recommend headphones in the £40 - £75 range for use
with a hi-fi system, mp3 players, possibly even for TV or PC use.
They wouldnt be used out-and-about so size, trendiness etc is not
important.

I don't know if you want open or closed: that depends on your needs.
If you want closed, check out the Sony MDR-7506 aka MDR-V6. You might
just be able to get them within your price range.

Andrew.