Are these good headphones for $100?

[TimBlanchard]

yeah im probably getting some HD555s to go along with my sfi, but im worried that it wont sound as good as i expect.

they will.

 

[iloveracing]

At that price You could get some nice Audio Technicas

KMAN is the best person to ask on Audio.. But hes Away lol

Audio Technica not only have good sound and the outlook is not bad too.
I bought the Audio-Technica ATH-ES7 last year. For most people, these earphones are an absolute dream. The sound quality is amazing, better than the average home stereo and better than any headphones or earphones I've ever heard.

Technics have good bass too! They are another excellent choice!

 

[Oreo]

At that price You could get some nice Audio Technicas

KMAN is the best person to ask on Audio.. But hes Away lol

EricB is certainly leaps ahead of my knowledge. I havn't seen much from rican but considering he has a studio i would say he is better also. Crysalis is also very knowledgeable but he's not around alot.

 

[Oreo]

You will get real sound from the following:

Beyerdynamic
Grado
Koss
Shure
Audio Technica
Stax

Senns will sound good, but the sound will be heavily altered.

 

[ricanflow]

The hd280 pros i did use before, and actually give a very accurate sound and are highly recommended by audio pros for the $100 range.

 

[Oreo]

Really ? i'll have to have a listen some time.

 

[TimBlanchard]

The hd280 pros i did use before, and actually give a very accurate sound and are highly recommended by audio pros for the $100 range.

the 280's are studio headphones, which as you probs know, will reproduce the sound exactly as it is.

however the other sen. headphones posses a slightly warm bass.

 

[TimBlanchard]

You will get real sound from the following:

Beyerdynamic
Grado
Koss
Shure
Audio Technica
Stax

Senns will sound good, but the sound will be heavily altered.

not heavily, no.

 

[Crysalis]

You will get real sound from the following:

Beyerdynamic
Grado
Koss
Shure
Audio Technica
Stax

Senns will sound good, but the sound will be heavily altered.

KMAN... WHAT?!?!?

You gots to spend the $$$ for good sennheisers, not them cheapo things. Heavily altered my right butt cheek... sennheiser creates some of the most flat sounding equipment I know of.

Don't go changing your name, and pose as a "HI-FI Specialist" just cause you bought some headphones.

 

[Oreo]

Ya wah. audio is highly subjective, you know that. Expensive senns, yes, cheep senns...urghh, they sound a bit warm.

By Hi-Fi i'm talking about: Preamp, Poweramp, CD Player, Integ Amp. Not headphones..

I'm not claiming about the technical side of things.

What i'm saying is, that if you were to tell me you had a $1000 budget i could near immediately think of a system based on what you like, i'm not saying im some technical genius like you, and EricB.

My preference, Senns suck untill you spend alot of cash. You won't change my opinion.

By the way, i've gone through about 7 sets of headphones now of differing brands. From AT, Senns, Skullcandy, beyer, sony.. I feel entitled to my opinion.
So i'll quickly add - Skullcandy despite saying they give great awesome bass have the worst bass i have herd on headphones, it's muddy and not very extended, it's neither taught or thumpy. Just boring (after about 28 hours of burn in). I've spent about 18 months, 4 hours a night looking at Hi-Fi stuff, don't tell me ive changed just because i bought a single pair of headphones.