Decent over-ear headphones
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Following on from this thread, I have a similar question but for over ear (or whatever the correct name is) headphones.
I'm trying to put together a good system for my father who now has the freedom to listen to whatever he wants! Trouble is, he now has neighbours and so a good set of headphones are now in order. We've been out looking and have been recommended some Grado ones but these were on-ear ones and even after a short time, they were starting to get uncomfortable, hence the need for over ear headphones. One recommendation so far is a pair of Yamaha HPH-MT120 but I'm wondering if there is anything else that should be considered? Budget is around £150 but is also dependant on the rest of the spend. Main music style is piano jazz but also with some heavier music (eg Genesis) thrown in for good measure.
Current rest of the system is planned to be as follows:
Speakers - Monitor Audio BX5 or Q Acoustics 2050i
Amp - Yamaha A S201 or poss A S301
CD Player - CDS300
Total budget to include interconnects and speaker cable no more than £1000 and preferably the Amp/CD should match for aesthetic reasons (yes I know!).
Recommendations would be gratefully received!
I'm trying to put together a good system for my father who now has the freedom to listen to whatever he wants! Trouble is, he now has neighbours and so a good set of headphones are now in order. We've been out looking and have been recommended some Grado ones but these were on-ear ones and even after a short time, they were starting to get uncomfortable, hence the need for over ear headphones. One recommendation so far is a pair of Yamaha HPH-MT120 but I'm wondering if there is anything else that should be considered? Budget is around £150 but is also dependant on the rest of the spend. Main music style is piano jazz but also with some heavier music (eg Genesis) thrown in for good measure.
Current rest of the system is planned to be as follows:
Speakers - Monitor Audio BX5 or Q Acoustics 2050i
Amp - Yamaha A S201 or poss A S301
CD Player - CDS300
Total budget to include interconnects and speaker cable no more than £1000 and preferably the Amp/CD should match for aesthetic reasons (yes I know!).
Recommendations would be gratefully received!
Thanks but notwithstanding the price 
this review says they lack definition and detail in the mid range and have spiky treble. I'm thinking piano jazz will have lots of mid range and treble hence probably not a good buy for this style of music.
this review says they lack definition and detail in the mid range and have spiky treble. I'm thinking piano jazz will have lots of mid range and treble hence probably not a good buy for this style of music.anonymous said:
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Thanks - now looking at BD headphones and have spotted that the Custom One Pro's get good reviews, though worryingly they seem to be used a lot with PC gamers driven by (relatively) low spec hardware.Toffer, no requirement to use them with ipods or phones, this is my 71 year old father we are talking about here!
Telecat - £750 kinda blows the budget for the remainder of the kit but thanks!
JustinP1 - thanks for the differences between the 7s, 8s and 9s. How would the Custom One Pros fit into that line up?
And from some of the reviews I've been reading - do they 'open up' after a 'burn in' period or is this more audio snake oil?
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