Headphones

[Flosshilde]

Thanks for the suggestions - plenty to work on, with good reasons for them. What I really need to do is try them out, but the only Hi-Fi shop in Glasgow (that I know of) - Richer Sounds - doesn't seem to stock any of them. I suppose I could order them all on line, try them out & return the ones I don't like!

[Beef Oven!]

Thanks for the suggestions - plenty to work on, with good reasons for them. What I really need to do is try them out, but the only Hi-Fi shop in Glasgow (that I know of) - Richer Sounds - doesn't seem to stock any of them. I suppose I could order them all on line, try them out & return the ones I don't like!

If you come to the capital for any reason (proms etc), Harrods has a very wide variety of headphones that are set up for customer testing. I think John Lewis does, too.

[Keraulophone]

Thanks for the suggestions - plenty to work on, with good reasons for them. What I really need to do is try them out, but the only Hi-Fi shop in Glasgow (that I know of) - Richer Sounds - doesn't seem to stock any of them. I suppose I could order them all on line, try them out & return the ones I don't like!

You have a local Oppo Authorised Dealer where you can try out their headphones:

The Music Room of Glasgow Ltd
33 - 35 West Graham Street
Glasgow
G4 9LJ
Tel: 0141 333 9700

(There is also HiFi Corner in Falkirk.)

[Dave2002]

And as it happens the HD650's have been on offer at a substantial discount at Amazon ("Sennheiser HD650 Reference Over-Ear Headphone")at the moment - they have been for several days now, so that may not last. BTW Sennheiser connecting leads unplug and can be replaced, including with longer ones if necessary I think, helping to preserve them over a longer term.

Currently available for around £233. I've not been tracking prices, so don't know if this is good or not. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sennheiser-H...nheisser+hd650

The Oppo PM3s are around £350 - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oppo-Classic.../dp/B00V87W084

They come in 4 colours, red, blue, white, black. Probably a coincidence, but one colour model got a very poor user review.

[MrGongGong]

Currently available for around £233. I've not been tracking prices, so don't know if this is good or not. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sennheiser-H...nheisser+hd650
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Over priced IMV
I spent a whole long day wearing a pair of these last year and while the sound was what one would expect for that amount of cash found them uncomfortable after a couple of hours.

[Cockney Sparrow]

Do you have, err, as it were, a big head?

[Flosshilde]

If you come to the capital for any reason (proms etc), Harrods has a very wide variety of headphones that are set up for customer testing. I think John Lewis does, too.

Good point - I'm going to be in London in a couple of weeks time.

(or - I'm not planning to to be in Edinburgh in the near future, but I will be in London ...)

[Flosshilde]

You have a local Oppo Authorised Dealer where you can try out their headphones

Thanks

(There is also HiFi Corner in Falkirk.)

Falkirk !!!!

[MrGongGong]

Start saving

http://www.highendheadphones.co.uk/headphones/sennheiser-reference-orpheus-headphone-system

I guess it costs that much to track down enough unicorns

[richardfinegold]

The Oppos have been the most significant change in my listening gear in years. They aren't hi Fi sounding, simply very natural. I am not a headphone fan, and I tend to sweat very easily, but so far I have found them comfortable enough to wear for hours at a time and I don't seem to get the 'hole in the middle' effect that most cans produce.
By all means, if you can audition them, go for it. I think it must be more meaningful to audition headphones in a shop compared to other components, where there are so many other variables can effect the sound one hears in a demo.

[Beef Oven!]

Start saving

http://www.highendheadphones.co.uk/headphones/sennheiser-reference-orpheus-headphone-system

I guess it costs that much to track down enough unicorns

I had a pair of those, but I left them on a bus. They weren't handed in to lost property.

[teamsaint]

I need a decent pair.
I'm thinking wired, around £100 , on-ear possibly. Any recommendations, or will I need to spend more to get something worth bothering with ?

[richardfinegold]

I need a decent pair.
I'm thinking wired, around £100 , on-ear possibly. Any recommendations, or will I need to spend more to get something worth bothering with ?

I think that $300.00, or pounds, is probably the break point for full range headphones that won't audibly distort at frequency extremes and don't unduly bump mid range and mid bass to produce effects. For that price you can get the Oppo PM3, the good HI Fi Man budget offerings, and the B&W Combo Bluetooth/wired phones. At your price range, your best bet might be ear buds, which can sound very good imo without costing a Queens Ransom

[Old Grumpy]

At your price range, your best bet might be ear buds, which can sound very good imo without costing a Queens Ransom

'Ere, bud - can you lend us a dime?

[johnb]

I think that $300.00, or pounds, is probably the break point for full range headphones that won't audibly distort at frequency extremes and don't unduly bump mid range and mid bass to produce effects. For that price you can get the Oppo PM3, the good HI Fi Man budget offerings, and the B&W Combo Bluetooth/wired phones. At your price range, your best bet might be ear buds, which can sound very good imo without costing a Queens Ransom

In that price range I would add the long established Sennheiser HD600, - very comfortable, refined, balanced, neutral headphones that have been around for decades (mine are 17 yrs old) and are still very highly rated indeed and almost every part of them is user replaceable. They do take some driving though - you *can* use them with mobile phones etc (I do so myself), but they really aren't suited for that.