I have an iPod Nano which i use to listen mostly to Hip Hop (YoungBloodZ, Ludacris, David Banner, The Game, Snoop Dogg) and R&B (Bobby Valentino, Ne-Yo, Cassie, Rihanna), with a bit of Dance music thrown in every now and then (Alex K, Styles and Breeze). I wanna get some headphones with rich, clear bass because I really despise the distorted jarring that emanates when you listen to bass-heavy music with the standard headphones (especially with the equaliser on R&B or Dance). But, purchasing an iPod has kinda dented my bank balance….so is there anything I can buy for about £20 ($40/35Eu) that will do the job?

The Sony in ear ones are fantastic – not cheap though. Get the ones with the rubber ‘buds’ not the foam though…waaaay better.

http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/3271905/Sony_MDR_EX90LP_Stereo_Headphones/Product.html or http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/751992/Sony_MDR_EX71SL_In_Ear_Headphones/Product.html (used these for about 5 years- Fantastic quality- same ones as ‘Deviated’ mentioned above)

As a side note, no in-ear will every be able to give a really excellent bass response as the driver in just too small in size. Spend to your limit – headphones normally are "you get what you pay for".

For listening in the home…or if you’re not bothered about being subtle. Grado make some seriously nice kit…have a pair of ‘SR80′s.

http://www.gradolabs.com/frameset_main.htm

Senheiser is a excellent make but I find them a small too ‘bassey’ – but are more comfortable to wear.

ps. Grado are ‘open back’, most sennies are closed back. It a personal preference thing. Closed helps prevent sound leakage and not annoy those around you with a slight loss of driver movement, but better bass – open allows marginally better driver movement for added mid & treble clarity – but everybody else gets to hear your tunes too…more for the audiophiles!

which has the best clean crisp sound, surround sound headphones or the surround sound speakers like a home theatre??
did you even read the Q sea biskit

A pair of surround headphones gives you a surround effect from two speakers, not six or eight. So that means that there is only two sound sources in a pair of headphones. In a home theater, there is more than two sound sources (up to six or eight) which is closer to real life.

I hope I helped.

Please keep in mind that I do not listen to music at the extra loud levels that some do. I listen at what I would consider a very normal level.

It isn’t exactly harmful. If you do this for about 50 years you can probably encounter minor hearing loss if it at a normal level.

I have to go over to TV and take out headphone jack every time I want to plug in to my PC audio and listen to internet radio. Is there an adapter or cord to listen to both audio output sources and switch between both as and when required ??
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Here’s one.
It’s only 6 inches though. You can extend them.

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