Recommend me some headphones

[wainy]

Looking for some "proper" headphones - over your ear jobs for home and travelling (Trains and planes)

Need to be "travel" so can fold into carry box / pouch. I was thinking about noice cancelling and around the £100 mark (give or take)

Had seen these Sony MDRNC200D on Amazon with decent review on there, however looking elsewhere on the web they seem to be only average.

Any recommendations?

[jinkster]

Bang and Olufsen A8 http://www.bang-olufsen.com/en/sound/earsets-telep... Stunning headphones and about £100

[jinkster]

Bang and Olufsen A8 http://www.bang-olufsen.com/en/sound/earsets-telep... Stunning headphones and about £100

[jinkster]

Bang and Olufsen A8 http://www.bang-olufsen.com/en/sound/earsets-telep... Stunning headphones and about £100

[wainy]

Was really looking for over the ear not in the ear as they are quite painful for me.

[RobDickinson]

AKG K619's

http://uk.akg.com/product-detail-2821/k619red.html

[Ultraviolet]

I've got some of these and they're excellent - over ear, closed back and foldable for travelling...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/ATHES55BK-Dynamic-Closed-B...

UV

[mikef]

Sennheiser PXC 250 mkII

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/audio/3332548/s...

£100 at Amazon

Foldable and noise cancelling

[wainy]

Cheers for those, think I need to find somewhere to test them out!

[kazste]

I have the same problem I that in ear head phones are either painful, don't stay in or a wonderful mixture of both. I also create more problems for myself by not wanting over head head phones due to size.
I found the bang and olufsen headphones comfy as they rest in your ear and stay on by an over the ear fixture and therefore do not use your ear to hold in the ear pieces meaning for me at least they are comfy. Only issue I had with them is that I didn't like the sound.

I know have the Bowers and Wilkins in ear phones which do fit more into your ear but again are secured not by the ear piece but by a ring of plastic inside the outer part of the ear (does that make sense?). These admittedly are not quite as comfy but sound is vastly superior.

I understand I haven't really answered your question as your looking for over the head sets, but thought it might interest you to see the route I took as I have the same issue and may provide a possible solution.

[kingston12]

[quote=kazste]
I know have the Bowers and Wilkins in ear phones which do fit more into your ear but again are secured not by the ear piece but by a ring of plastic inside the outer part of the ear (does that make sense?). These admittedly are not quite as comfy but sound is vastly superior.

/quote]

I have a pair of the B&W C5s that you mention, and I cannot get them to stay in at all. It is a shame as I love the sound when I hold them in place!

The strange thing is that I have used the tips from the C5s on my older Sennheiser IE8s, and not only do they stay in perfectly, but they sound better than the original tips as well.

Headphones seem to be the most personal thing, both in terms of fit and sound quality. I love the IE8s for their exciting presentation, deep bass and wide soundstage, but I'd not recommend them to somebody looking for a totally natural, uncoloured sound.

That said, it might be worth the OP trying to listen to a set of the Sennheiser PX200IIi, only £50 or so, but I seem to remember them punching well above their weight.

[kazste]

I assume you are using the plastic loop on the inside of your ear? I'm not calling you stupid but it took me a while to figure it out and hoping I'm not the only one!

[bradders]

B&W P3 - got some in the states during the summer - they are excellent.

[Roso]

just get sony mdr 7506.

http://www.sony.co.uk/pro/product/headphones/mdr-7...

Within your price range, they fold up, and its what we professionals use.

Edited by Roso on Saturday 10th November 13:40

[z4chris99]

b&o A8's

they are not in eat

[mikef]

Roso said:

just get sony mdr 7506.

http://www.sony.co.uk/pro/product/headphones/mdr-7...

Within your price range, they fold up, and its what we professionals use.

Hmm, I've been using Sennheiser HD25 Mk2 on-camera - do you know how these compare for monitoring?

[Roso]

mikef said:

Roso said:

just get sony mdr 7506.

http://www.sony.co.uk/pro/product/headphones/mdr-7...

Within your price range, they fold up, and its what we professionals use.

Hmm, I've been using Sennheiser HD25 Mk2 on-camera - do you know how these compare for monitoring?

Yes absolutely - I've got 3 or 4 sets of each! Response wise they are very flat and actually reasonably comparable with each other (which says more positive about the sony's given that the HD's are circa £160)

The consideration between these cans aren't really sonic - the HD's feel a lot better around your neck when you're not using them. Thats a much bigger consideration. For camera monitoring the HD's are the best choice just because of the ergonomics. And you can get these pimp coloured velour pads for them haha. The sony's give arguably a bit more isolation, and are more comfortable when actually wearing them. The ridiculously long cable that comes with the sony's would just get in the way massively when operating a camera.

These are both ideal workhorse headphones that give a great balance of not colouring the sound, vs. price. There are many many types of headphones that are designed to make music sound better by lifting bass response and 4khz range (which from an engineering point of view is effectively just attenuating mid frequencies) and I cannot comment on these.

[mikef]

Thanks for the info
Mike

[rich85uk]

i have a pair of these Audio Technica headphones and love them:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Audio-Technica-ATH-M50-Hea...

slightly over your budget but i wanted to find the best i could get for £150 and they seemed to come up best

[Roso]

OP, have a play about with this graph to make sure what you're buying isn't ste.

http://www.headphone.com/buildAGraph.php?graphType...
Examples:

Good;



Bad;

Edited by Roso on Thursday 6th December 14:31