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!
If you could stretch to 30 quid, you could get these, I bought them for my g/fs dad recently after extensive research. They are supposed to be really excellent. I dont know about their bass response, but I guess the obvious solution is to buy some DJ cans, they must have a honest punch
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http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/1126226/Sennheiser_CX_300_In_Ear_Headphones/Product.html
I use an awesome pair of Sony in-the-ear headphones with my iPod, model number MDR-EX71, but they cost around £30.
Mind you, they are well worth it. I’m a bass junky too, and can listen to techno and house turned up full without distortion or crackling, which I could never do with the dreadful and cheap crap supplied by Apple with their iPods.
Hope this helps!
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Look for closed back headphones with the largest driver you can find.
If you really want to splash out Sennheiser HD-25 are the ones to go for. They will cost as much as the Nano, but I have had my pair for 4 years and they are in fantastic shape.
Any closed back headphones should do, but with my HD-25 on I can tell the difference between 192kps and 320kps MP3s they are that excellent. All the parts are user changable too, so if one part should break (after 4 years I have only had to change the foam pads once…) then you can just buy a replacement part.
As a DJ these have never let me down once, and they have been played at high volumes for seriously extended periods of time.
If you are only intrested in looking excellent, forget it and go and use in the ear jobs and listen all your music in inferior tinny quality. the frequency range these headphones can place out is only about half of what is really being played! If you have gone to the distress of buying an MP3 player and looking for all your tunes (whatever you like), then for the like of all that is holy do yourself a favour and buy some excellent headphones.
A pair of quality headphones is a excellent investment for anyone who likes there music. They may not be cheap, but this is quality worth paying for.
References :
http://www.sennheiser.co.uk/uk/icm.nsf/root/02976
http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR128417
http://www.htfr.com/headphones/
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!
References :