Headphones for around £100
Hi,
I'm looking for some real world advice about headphones.
I recently upgraded my stereo and since then I can't listen through my IPOD speakers anymore.
I want a pair for around £100 which will be used for both MP3 and CD music.
I like chunky ones which won't make my ears sore, and I am undecided regarding the importance of noise reduction and wireless. (Wireless seems like it might be "lossy")
What do you guys use and recommend ?
Dave
Save £300 and buy 2nd hand grado SR-1's............blow your mind.
I am using Grado SR225, highly recommended but it's a touch dearer than £100!
http://www.alessandro-products.com/headphones.html
Do not buy Grado sr60 or Grado sr80. I am gonna reccommend you a bargain phone that will cost you approx 50 pounds as it is shipped FREE from United States. It is the Alessandro MS1. They are made by grado labs but fine tuned by Alessandro which makes great guitar amplifiers etc. They are the perfect phones for rock and vocal music. I have the next range the MS2i and they are nearly as good as the Grado RS1 which is the second highest Grado.
There is good news as Alessandro unlike Grado ship to United Kingdom FREE of charge. They are $99 which is 49 quid approx. I got mine within a week after ordering.
What hifi should review them as I think they are best value phones for your money. They are as good as SR225's which are 100 pounds more expensive. Check out reviews on headfi.org and see for yourself. I aint joking by saying how good they are. They really are stunners. More neutral sounding than Grados.
One word. BARGAIN!!!!!!!
This comes from a headphone fanatic. I own Westone UM2 and Alessandro MS2i with Gilmore Lite amp.
Previously owned Grado sr225 and Sennheiser hd600.
I got some SR60s from Richer Sounds a couple of years back for just under 70 quid and never looked back. Very comfortable too.
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There's an extensive list of headphones we've tested, complete with star ratings, in the Buying Guide every month. Our current pick sub £100 would have to be Grado's SR60s, at £90.
Consulting Editor, What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision/whathifi.com Audio Editor, Gramophone