Headphones

[Leon]

nothing to do with photography I know... my wonderful wife got me a pear of Sennheiser headphones for Xmas

 

http://en-us.sennheiser.com/on-ear-headphones-audio-hd-449

 

wow, what a difference, I thought my older JVC ones were good but these just blow me away, the music quality is just epic, 

 

they certainly help with these long miserable winter evenings..

 

anyone else a big music fan?

Edited January 16, 2015 by Leon

[JHFoto]

I listen to my music through Creative head phones much better than the Bose I used to have.....

[Martyn]

I thought my Audio Technica headphones were good until my son bought me my Sennheiser set for a significant birthday, never used anything else since!

[Leon]

I thought my Audio Technica headphones were good until my son bought me my Sennheiser set for a significant birthday, never used anything else since!

I do wonder how much difference there can be between £80 and £500 headphones..... mine are really amazing

[Black Pearl]

I've had a pair similar to those for years - think they were just over the hundred mark and they are absolutely superb.

 

You're right a good pair of cans changes the way you enjoy music.

[Guest]

strangely I love music but other than iphone ones I don't own a pair of headphones

[ChrisLumix]

strangely I love music but other than iphone ones I don't own a pair of headphones

 

Me too. But then I'm just an old hippie from the 70s when we stoners all listened to music together!

[Guest]

Me too. But then I'm just an old hippie from the 70s when we stoners all listened to music together!

 

I tend to listen to music when I'm doing stuff so headphones are a pain

[Phil]

other than iphone ones I don't own a pair of headphones

 

Same here, don't really see the point either. I suppose if you're an avid music listener they may well make sense. I'm happy listening to Radio 2 through my tinny lappy speakers

[JHFoto]

With good headphones you hear parts of your music you have never heard before........

[Black Pearl]

In many cases yes -  except I have really, really good speakers so the gap is pretty close.

[Leon]

With good headphones you hear parts of your music you have never heard before........

go to tesco or asda where they have display stands, the make your mind up. good headphones bring music to life.... then again if i lived alone i'd turn my bose system to no11

[Guest]

go to tesco or asda where they have display stands, the make your mind up. good headphones bring music to life.... then again if i lived alone i'd turn my bose system to no11

 

 

 

 

on the two days each week I have to go to visit my current client its 95 miles each way so I get to turn the stereo up to 11 its the land rover premium with alpine speakers and does a fairly good job of hiding my singing lol

[JHFoto]

I am going deaf because I used to play drums in a rock band, the volume was enough to make your eyes water.......

[Kobione]

Very rarely use headphones. We have a heap of music on computers that we both like, and it plays through a very good sound system. In the car Iisten via mp3 player and David has very kindly just updated my car radio system, so once again - it is good!!!

Edited January 17, 2015 by Kobione

[ChrisLumix]

With good headphones you hear parts of your music you have never heard before........

 

Yeah true, but it's not just headphones that do that. It was the same back in the 70s when I upgraded to an elliptical stylus, again when I got a new amp, ditto speakers, ditto turntable, ditto decent cables and leads ... and now I'm listening to AAC files on my iMac! (Admittedly it does have a very good sound system for a computer, but even so..)

[JHFoto]

Whats a stylus......................................

[Black Pearl]

In my case its the pointy bit on the end of the cantilever, on the cartridge, on the head shell, on the arm on my rather lovely Rega Planar 3 record deck.

[ChrisLumix]

In my case its the pointy bit on the end of the cantilever, on the cartridge, on the head shell, on the arm on my rather lovely Rega Planar 3 record deck.

 

Ah, I almost went for the classic RP3 too ... but in the end I  settled for a Pro-ject turntable (more in my budget) and therefore could afford a Denon DL-110 moving coil cartridge.  

[Guest]

glad I'm not the only one that still has a turntable

[ChrisLumix]

glad I'm not the only one that still has a turntable

 

Vinyl, like physical books, is something they couldn't kill.  

[Leon]

I do own some vinyl, but nothing to play it on, brother in law converted to MP3 using his mixing decks

[Jon]

Another Sennheiser fan here, the cr*ppy iphone earbuds got replaced with some of their earbuds a few years ago and I was converted - hoping for some new cans this year as mine have about worn out (not really, but I neeeeeed new ones)

[Black Pearl]

Oddly enough I prefer the latest generation Apple EarPods to my wife's Sennheiser earphones costing about the same.

Overall I prefer an over the ear, open back design but they're not practical while walking the dog :-)

[Jon]

The boys have the latest apple ones, keep meaning to try them