Headphones..

[Pc-Gamer12]

Could anyone recommend any headphones for under £70, requirements below

1) they need to be loud!!

2) comfy

3) stylish...ish

4) oh and they need to be loud

The £20 skullcandys I have at the moment are too quiet even on max volume...

Thanks

 

[Raymond Lin]

You want something easily driven without an amp.

 

[estebanrey]

Anything but those ****** 'Beats by Doctor Dre' which are fashion over decent technology. I went to London last week and lost count of the number of wannabe 'urban' types using them.

 

[Matt82]

akg is currently very trendy

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

Focus on volume over quality? Sounds like you want some Beats.

 

[R-evans]

I have Sony MDR-V55, pretty awesome.

 

[Rroff]

So basically you want to be deaf by the time your 30 while listening to poorly reproduced audio?

 

[Pc-Gamer12]

Yes basically, are the skullcandy hesh, over ear or on ear headphones ?

 

[Raikiri]

akg is currently very trendy

They aren't trendy, they're good. K450s are about £40 and great for phones/MP3 players etc.

 

[Pc-Gamer12]

Forget the skullcandy question :/

 

[Fuggan]

So basically you want to be deaf by the time your 30 while listening to poorly reproduced audio?

Pardon?

 

[estebanrey]

So basically you want to be deaf by the time your 30 while listening to poorly reproduced audio?

Bulls Hit. I was a DJ from 1999-2004 regularly using Sony MDR-V700DJs which I could use as mini speakers that were that loud and clear. I'd even go up to professional speaker and subwoofers and place my head against them (usually when drunk) for a while.

I'm now 33 and not a single hearing problem. Listening to loud music doesn't damage your ears anymore than the myth that sitting too close to the TV damages your eyes.

 

[Matt82]

They aren't trendy, they're good. K450s are about £40 and great for phones/MP3 players etc.

They are trendy, theyre very fashionable, lots of people are buying them at the moment, theyre popular... how is that not trendy?

 

[King4aDay]

Bulls Hit. I was a DJ from 1999-2004 regularly using Sony MDR-V700DJs which I could use as mini speakers that were that loud and clear. I'd even go up to professional speaker and subwoofers and place my head against them (usually when drunk) for a while.

I'm now 33 and not a single hearing problem. Listening to loud music doesn't damage your ears anymore than the myth that sitting too close to the TV damages your eyes.

Well your non-quantified, single sample anecdotal evidence certainly put that old misconception to bed! Well done.

 

[arknor]

sounds like you want tinnitus

 

[estebanrey]

Well your non-quantified, single sample anecdotal evidence certainly put that old misconception to bed! Well done.

As opposed to joint-the-dots thinking like listening to loud music must damage your ears I suppose? It's loud so it must be dangerous, I mean it must be...I just feel it is in my waters.

As I said we used to think sitting too close to the television damaged your eyes using the same simple logic. That has thoroughly been debunked since. And it's not a single sample, at Uni I was part of the DJ society and I still know plenty of the guys who are still DJing now and none of them have any hearing problems and all in their 30s.

Look at the likes of Pete Tong, Judge Jules, Carl Cox etc who have been exposed to loud music for decades, none of them have hearing issues.

 

[StriderX]

Sennheiser HD800, just add £930 more.



Surely this would be more suitable for the place where Audiophiles prowl?

 

[WillyNelson]

Urbanears Plattan. Loads of colour choice, comfy, fold up small. Ive never had mine on full whack but they're loud enough for me.

 

[Kreeeee]

Sennheiser se215.

 

[Kenai]

I just feel it is in my waters.

I think the science behind noise induced hearing loss is slightly more involved than that.