Music Listening Gear

[ScholarlySloth]

Couldn't think of a better title.

Has anyone here got a set up they like to use for listening to music? Any audiophiles here?

To start;

I have a Sennheiser HD598 pair of headphones that are connected to a PC via a FiiO E17 Amp+DAC. I use Foobar2000 with WASAPI to play the files.

[Cal]

Panasonic RP-HTF600s, PC, Winamp. Got a FiiO lying around but don't use it.

[ScholarlySloth]

Panasonic RP-HTF600s, PC, Winamp. Got a FiiO lying around but don't use it.

How do you find the headphones? I went from a Siberia V2 gaming headset and the higher sound quality was just immense.

[Cal]

They're my first pair of circumaurals, so can't give a proper comparison on those grounds, but much prefer them to the AKG K581DJs that preceded them. I'm not enough of an audiophile to spend more than £50 on a piece of audio equipment, especially as a good chunk of my collection is <200kbps.

[Ramone]

[The Situation]

Anyone recommend a good pair of headphones between £0-£40 that don't look ridiculous wearing outside?Got some Sennheiser headphones that I only wear inside, but only cheap phillips earphones for walking about with.

[Lidl]

Anyone recommend a good pair of headphones between £0-£40 that don't look ridiculous wearing outside?Got some Sennheiser headphones that I only wear inside, but only cheap phillips earphones for walking about with.

There's no such thing as headphones that don't look ridiculous when worn out and about...

[ScholarlySloth]

Anyone recommend a good pair of headphones between £0-£40 that don't look ridiculous wearing outside?Got some Sennheiser headphones that I only wear inside, but only cheap phillips earphones for walking about with.

Perhaps the sennheiser 228s?

[skalpel]

My favourites are the Sennheiser 428HDs that I've had for a couple of years now and they're pretty great. Sound isolation is superb, frequency range is better than I thought it would be and they're more comfortable than any other Sennheisers I've had before.

I'm not an audiophile or gearhead at all, I think it gets pretty pointless beyond a certain point, but some music really does need the best frequency range and equalisation that you can work out to be enjoyed or created at its best. I guess sort of like a fine wine can be even better enjoyed when stored and prepared properly .

[ScholarlySloth]

My favourites are the Sennheiser 428HDs that I've had for a couple of years now and they're pretty great. Sound isolation is superb, frequency range is better than I thought it would be and they're more comfortable than any other Sennheisers I've had before.

I'm not an audiophile or gearhead at all, I think it gets pretty pointless beyond a certain point, but some music really does need the best frequency range and equalisation that you can work out to be enjoyed or created at its best. I guess sort of like a fine wine can be even better enjoyed when stored and prepared properly .

How do you find closed back headphones? I didn't know if I could deal with a smaller soundstage as that was a semi decent point of my old siberia's so didn't want to go backwards, so to speak.

[skalpel]

Depends on what I'm listening to really. I use a set of speakers or my stereo system more than headphones for general listening, but if I need to work on music here in the city then closed back are really necessary. I've been writing mostly thick, bassy, lo-fi ambient over the last year too so the sort of immersion these give is perfect. Plus if I'm gonna wear headphones for general usage it's usually because I want to blow my head off with sound, so obviously that's a winner.

[Bik]

Not audiophile equipment, but I've got a few Sonos Play:3s scattered around the house connected with one of their Bridge devices. Very convenient and OK sound.

[KingoStarr]

Dr Dre. Beatzzzz*


*I do not own these

[ScholarlySloth]

Dr Dre. Beatzzzz*


*I do not own these

[Paco]

As far as speaker systems go, I don't own one but the 50w Bowers and Wilkins Zeppelin Air is amazing!

We have one playing at work and wow

[Swarlos]

I have some Sennheisers with amazing sound, but the cord is really way too long, and the thing keeping it together always goes missing, so I tend to use Apple earphones, or my fake Beats earphones from Bangkok (I would never buy these for more than 10 quid, but they sound great)

[Swarlos]

I have some Sennheisers with amazing sound, but the cord is really way too long, and the thing keeping it together always goes missing, so I tend to use Apple earphones, or my fake Beats earphones from Bangkok (I would never buy these for more than 10 quid, but they sound great)