Closed back - £100 ish

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Looking for some closed back headphones for around £100.00 for late night gaming / music. Apparently my HP200's can be heard across the house.

Now I expect the general consensus will be the same, so is there anything else apart from DT770's I should consider? I'm kind of missing the AKG sound I got from my Q701's and though I know I cannot get that kind of space with this budget, but are the K550 MK2's really not an option?
 
Are you willing to suffer the inevitable downgrade in SQ? I'd be very very surprised if the HP200s can be heard across the house - they are comparably 'low-leak' compared to many other opens out there.
 
Cookeh said:
Are you willing to suffer the inevitable downgrade in SQ? I'd be very very surprised if the HP200s can be heard across the house - they are comparably 'low-leak' compared to many other opens out there.
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I agree with you but the missus would say otherwise. Believe me, it scares the crap out of me when I am chilling out late at night gaming and having her slapping my shoulder as she has gone to bed and can't sleep to the 'noise'.
 
Are your walls made of paper? :p

I can hardly hear my speakers in the next room when I have a reasonable volume at night. I think even if I turned the volume right up on my headphones, I wouldn't hear a peep from them in the next room. If I had them on my head I'd either have a serious headache or be deaf. :p

If the closed headphones are not for main use, more just occasional use at night; paying £80 for the DT770's sounds like a good idea. HP150's are 2x the price from what I can see. Sure they are likely to be better than the 770's, but paying that kind of money would only make sense in my opinion, if you'd use them as equally as the HP200.
 
Marsman said:
Are your walls made of paper? :p

I can hardly hear my speakers in the next room when I have a reasonable volume at night. I think even if I turned the volume right up on my headphones, I wouldn't hear a peep from them in the next room. If I had them on my head I'd either have a serious headache or be deaf. :p

If the closed headphones are not for main use, more just occasional use at night; paying £80 for the DT770's sounds like a good idea. HP150's are 2x the price from what I can see. Sure they are likely to be better than the 770's, but paying that kind of money would only make sense in my opinion, if you'd use them as equally as the HP200.
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I think it is called Selective Moaning Hearing (SMH). :D

SamyBoy13 said:
Another +1 for DT770 pro 80ohm
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Interested to see how they listen. I am not expecting them to sound anywhere as good as my HP200's which I do love. Really underrated for the money.

I can always send them back or probably sell them for £80 and try the AKG's.
 
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AKG 550s, they produce a lovely seal around your ears when fitted right (can take a bit of getting use to) but they do seal in noise well.

HP 200s are open back so are designed to expel all that lovely noise outwards, so yeah you need closed back, and the AKG 550s are some of the best closed back cans going.

Perhaps better off getting a 2nd hand pair from flebay see some for £50-70 at times or check ocuk for sale audio section sometimes see them going for 30-40 quid!

I have to turn the volume down to about 30-40% even with K550s but they do seal well, if someone was say in the same room id reckon they could hear it but not in another room with door closed almost full.

Review here:

http://www.head-fi.org/t/613707/the-akg-k550-impressions-and-discussion-thread
 
Not really liking the DT770's. They're going back and getting some AKG K550's to try instead.

Sold the HP200's as well (sigh). Can't see them getting much use as I only really use headphones at night. If I don't like the AKG's and going to up my budget, but there does not seem like any nailed on closed back options even for around £200.
 
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PapaLazaru said:
Not really liking the DT770's. They're going back and getting some AKG K550's to try instead.
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How long have you actually ran the DT770 for? You have to bare in mind some headphones need up to 20 hours or more for them to burn-in/loosen the stiff drivers, and can sound aweful straight out of the box.

Take the Klipsch Image One that I bought for example, out of the box is was basically the worst headphone I've ever heard (it was muddy, and vocal sounded distanced), to the point that I wanted to chuck it into the bin! But after just a few hours of running it, it already started to open up and sounded noticably better, and after 20 hours, the mids and highs and the sound stage opened up much more, and it sound completely different to how it initially was (granted it is still a bass heavy set of headphone).

If you only gave the DT770 a quick try and think it sound aweful and tossed it aside, I would suggest you to may be leave it running overnight while you sleep, and listen to again in the next morning to see if it sounds any better before making your conclusion.
 
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It's too late!

Notice it says K550 MK2? Got the brand new tweaked version. :D

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rids57 said:
at which point the HP150s will be within budget :D
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I fancied a change, though already have sellers remorse. My mate who I sold them to just texted me to say they are like going from VHS to DVD (he has been using Klipsh Image Ones).

Marine-RX179 said:
How long have you actually ran the DT770 for? You have to bare in mind some headphones need up to 20 hours or more for them to burn-in/loosen the stiff drivers, and can sound aweful straight out of the box.

Take the Klipsch Image One that I bought for example, out of the box is was basically the worst headphone I've ever heard (it was muddy, and vocal sounded distanced), to the point that I wanted to chuck it into the bin! But after just a few hours of running it, it already started to open up and sounded noticably better, and after 20 hours, the mids and highs and the sound stage opened up much more, and it sound completely different to how it initially was (granted it is still a bass heavy set of headphone).

If you only gave the DT770 a quick try and think it sound aweful and tossed it aside, I would suggest you to may be leave it running overnight while you sleep, and listen to again in the next morning to see if it sounds any better before making your conclusion.
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I still have them. I might give them another try. They just annoyed me straight away.


Ryanr1987 said:
What was your problem with the DT770?

The K550 is a really weird sounding headphone.
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Too boomy and I thought the midrange was rubbish.

I know I am being rash, I am just in that kind of mood.

These are the new ones.

I'm liking them straight away. They fit my head well so have a good seal, the bass is tight and they are very analytical. Maybe the MK2's have fixed the issues some people found with the original ones, though I never had any so cannot compare.

I admit I was swayed by the What Hifi 2015 award and Tyll's video.
 
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Raptor said:
They look nice, I wanted to try those to replace my aging Shure SRH440's
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They sound nice to me as well, though they are really exposing minor glitches in recordings. Listening to London Grammar and you can hear all the pops and stuff in the recording.

I am also experiencing no lack of bass with these as some report. It is tight and goes very low. Might be the tweaks with the MK2. Only available in Richer Sounds as far as I can see, though they have upped the price by a tenner to £109.95.
 
I saw them there, Hovering over the Buy button as we speak :D

Though, I must admit I'd prefer a removable cable.
 
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Raptor said:
I saw them there, Hovering over the Buy button as we speak :D

Though, I must admit I'd prefer a removable cable.
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Agree with the cable, but it is long and looks strong.

If you buy direct you can get a 30 day return guarantee, might be worth considering if you are in two minds. Then again, they make no reference to whether it is the MK2 or not.
 
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