Wired headphones - good quality sound

Tucosalamanca

RomfordNavy said:

Latest couple of possibilities:

• Philips SHP9600
• Beyerdynamic DT990

but question whether the Beyerdynamic are suitable for a portable player due to their 250ohm impedence.

DT 990 pros are available at 80ohm (Amazon have them in stock).

Beyerdynamics website lists both, the 'pros' appear to be 40g lighter than the standard version.

PHK

RomfordNavy said:

PHK said:

What are you plugging them into and what is the source of the audio?

Portable DSD-256 player

DSD256 is an audio encoding format. Much will depend what you are playing the files on. Quality of DAC, whether direct conversion of via PCM etc.  

RomfordNavy

Tucosalamanca said:
DT 990 pros are available at 80ohm (Amazon have them in stock).

Beyerdynamics website lists both, the 'pros' appear to be 40g lighter than the standard version.

DT 990 pros are available at 80ohm (Amazon have them in stock).

Beyerdynamics website lists both, the 'pros' appear to be 40g lighter than the standard version.

80 Ohm ones available on Aliexpress for £63 but not sure if they are real or copies.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007577458032.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.1.40banbmUnbmU45&algo_pvid=01a921ef-24c3-4273-9600-d39cae23b701&algo_exp_id=01a921ef-24c3-4273-9600-d39cae23b701-0&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21GBP%2162.79%2162.79%21%21%21562.63%21562.63%21%40211b615317303983683132003e11f1%2112000041365070180%21sea%21UK%214266806192%21X&curPageLogUid=fNbnQion6hai&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch%7Cquery_from%3A

RomfordNavy

Well not found anything yet so upped the budget to say £150.  Then looed into the Beyerdynamic DT-990 but many reviews suggest they are quite top heavy lacking good bass but having exagerated high treble which I do not think I would like much.

Anything else in this price range which does not have this exagerated treble?

Heedtheadvice

Unfortunately reviews can be very variable and misleading!

Performance also depends upon the listener's physical  head/ear dimensions (in a similar way to a listening room does with speakers) and that is 'difficult to modify!!

Best way is to use your ears and compare  a range. There will be compromises, even with your extended budget, such as ruggedness vs sound quality.

kinger101

Moving about can put a lot of stress on a headphone socket.  Be careful where you wear whatever audio device you are using.  

kinger101

And unless your sat somewhere pretty quiet and are focusing on the music rather gardening etc, IMO you'll not notice any difference.

RomfordNavy

Choice seems to be down to AKG K702 or Sennheiser HD599 unless anyone else has other suggestions in that range.

bob2302

kinger101 said:

And unless your sat somewhere pretty quiet and are focusing on the music rather gardening etc, IMO you'll not notice any difference.

Outside, noise cancellation may be more useful than a good review. Also be careful about buying headphone with bass boost, unless you are certain that that's what you want.

Heedtheadvice

RomfordNavy said:

Choice seems to be down to AKG K702 or Sennheiser HD599 unless anyone else has other suggestions in that range.

Both of those are open back and give a good sense of stereo spatially compared to closed back ones in a similar price range. Not what I would have thought was a number one priority whilst gardening!

Of the two I like the AKG phones but it is not the best construction of the headband that might well catch on bushes, hedges etc.   or not fit as well under a hood for those cold days. The HD 599 is a lot neater in that respect.