Archive for April 8th, 2005
New Headphones?
Friday, April 8th, 2005
I’m in the market for some new headphones… my $29.95 Panasonic HT355’s (which I now consider the most bang for your buck in headphones) died last week — the volume control dial wore out and now there’s no right channel. So I’m gonna need some new ones I guess….
I listened to a friends’ pair of Sennheiser HD555’s yesterday, and I was blown away by the quality. It made me realize that my old ones had some real issues. It also made me realize that I didn’t want to take them off my ears. I had heard Sennheiser HD 570’s before (my roomate owns a pair — hi John) and though they were very nice and detailed, I thought they were way too airy and unnatural sounding for my taste. They were very good for classical and instrumental jazz, but not so much for vocals. The HD555’s on the other hand were nearly perfect to my ears in all genres, and had an amazing realism to them; exactly what I’m looking for.
I’m sure there are other worthy headphones out there, so if you have reccomendations, please let me know. And if you even think the 4-letter B word, I’m gonna whack you upside the head with a stick. 