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Starpluck
Sep 11, 2010

by Fluffdaddy
Budget - $300
Source - Computer/laptop and mobile. I have the FiiO E10K USB DAC and Headphone Amplifier
Isolation Requirements- Do you need isolation? Sure
Preferred Type of Headphone - Over ear
Preferred Tonal Balance - Would you prefer bass heavy headphones? Maybe one focused on vocals? Maybe balanced? Let us know. Balance, though I suppose some bass would be nice on the occasion I listen to music. I like what the bass can produce when I turn on the Bass feature for my Fiio DAC/AMP.
Past Headphones- Audio-Technica's ATH-M50. Dog chewed up the cable so I am using my lovely PS4 headset as I have no other sound.
Preferred Music - General. Sometimes EDM (but not frequent, quite rare), and guided mediation tracks. Most of my headphone usage is just so I can have sound for my PC. 90% of it is just for general sound, like watching videos if that make sense.

The guided mediation tracks are one of the reasons why I have ordered (pending, can still cancel) the Bose QuietComfort 25 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones

75% of the music I listen too is via my phone connected to my car's audio system so I do not often listen to music in my headphones often except if I am in the gym. I rarely listen to music on my headphones. Most of the music is in the car. I do need good headphones at home every day though for general sound (e.g. YouTube, videos etc.) as I only have a PS4 headset replacement.

I see the thread addressed the Bose brand I recently submitted on Amazon. I want to know if I am getting a rip off compared to the Sennheiser HD 600 that I can get at exact same price. I am not a hard core music listener, but that may change if the HD 600 can convince me with unparalleled sound. I live in a small house and it is generally noisy for me which always breaks my concentration which was why I chose the Bose. I want to listen to guided mediation tracks for both sleep and day and I figured noise-cancellation would be good for those tracks.

Am I making the wrong decision? Is the difference between the Bose 25 and HD 600 enough for me to reconsider? I do not listen to music often, not hardcore by any means nor an audophile. I do not think I would care enough about the difference, but I have never tried the coveted HD 600 so I cannot say for sure.

Further, is the AMP/DAC I linked above sufficient? I am not trying to spend more money on an AMP/DAC and want to know if what I have is sufficient.

Starpluck fucked around with this message at 19:07 on Dec 27, 2018

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