Help me find some good headphone for a decent price

blindartist · August 24th, 2009, 04:42 AM

Well my last pair of headphones broke so Im in the market for a new pair, only looking to pay about 50$ or less but ive been having trouble choosing a set. I guess I havent gone shopping of these in a while because some of them a re rediculously priced, as high as 1400$ for the Sennheiser Hd 850's, for that price they better make me shit my pants every time a bass note hits.

anyways, right now my choices are

Sennheiser HD 202, 415 and 437, kinda edging towards the 437 as it seems to have the best sound
other choices are the Koss TD-85's which i can get on ebay for 50$ shipped and Behringer HPX4000 which look decent but I cant seem to find any real reviews on

Any thoughts?

AfterLife · August 24th, 2009, 08:50 AM

I have the Sennheiser HD 280 pro very good headphones picked them up from radioshack for $79. You might want to take a look at newegg they have these for $99 with free shipping. Excellent pair of headphones.

blindartist · August 24th, 2009, 04:09 PM

im sure their great, but their too rich for my blood, cant afford much over 50$ right now

witek · August 24th, 2009, 05:08 PM

Well these look far better than the TD85 in specs:http://www.koss.com/koss/kossweb.nsf/p?openform&pc^fs^R80 . Even better than the Sennheiser HD437. It would be best for you to go to good shop with hi-fi audio stuff or similar and check all of them on your own and choose the ones that suit you the most.

blindartist · August 24th, 2009, 05:25 PM

hmm, problem is I cant test them and theres no really good reviews so its kinda a hit and miss, only problem with koss is they are really cheaply built

witek · August 24th, 2009, 06:00 PM

It's kinda hard to review speakers/headphones I mean they just have to suit you someone can say that they are super cool and good but eg. he fancies loud bass and you prefer good high tones and then you won't be satisfied. Koss makes really good stuff and that is certain. I have my fathers over 30 years old Pro/4AAA, TD 75 and 3 pairs of Sparkplugs(cables in all of them broke but I still loved them). My only bad experiences with Koss are these cables in the Sparkplugs(quite strange that they broke because the cable has nylon inside it to be more elastic). But the sound from them is the best! Why can't you go and test them in a shop?

blindartist · August 24th, 2009, 09:17 PM

well no, you can objectivly review them, there are sound standards and you can say if they have strong bass, good highs, good mids and a good osund stage, reviews dont have to be personal preference

anyways, this is really annyoing, i cant decide

witek · August 24th, 2009, 09:31 PM

Yes that is true but in my opinion it is best to try them on your own. Anyway wish you luck.

blindartist · August 25th, 2009, 02:38 AM

I wish I could but unfortunenetly nowhere here has them to just try.

Ive made a desicion though, Im actually going to get the JVC HA-RX700, appears to be the best bang for the buck in a full sized headphone

witek · August 25th, 2009, 12:33 PM

Wow looks cool! Tell me your impressions when you will get them. I never actually fought JVC would be doing something like this.