Headphone recs please

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I always thought that earbuds would not be able to supply very good
sound quality so I never spent much money on them because I tend to
destroy them by catching the cords on things in the shop. In my shop I
wear hearing protection over my ears and so if I want to listen to
music or an audio book I need to use ear buds. Well now I will need to
be really careful of the earbud cord because I bought some more
expensive earbuds that had great reviews. I was shocked by how good
they sound. Really. I had no idea they could sound so good. In the
past all the earbuds I tried all sounded pretty bad, but things have
changed. A lot. So now I want to buy some new headphones for listening
at home. I listen to all kinds of music. Jazz, bluegrass, classical,
country swing, rock and roll, just to name a few. Folks like Miles
Davis, Andy Narell, Claude Bolling, Etta James, Herbie Hancock, Dan
Hicks, Ali Farka Toure, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Asleep At The Wheel,
Sons Of Champlin, Sungha Jung, Tom Lehrer, etc. So the headphones I
want need to not emphasize any particular frequencies except perhaps
some of the higher ones because I have some hearing loss in the higher
frequencies. So I am looking for any recommendations you folks may
have. I'll be looking at online reviews too but I have almost always
gotten good advice from this newsgroup.
Thanks,
Eric
 
On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 18:57:46 -0700, etpm@whidbey.com wrote:

I always thought that earbuds would not be able to supply very good
sound quality so I never spent much money on them because I tend to
destroy them by catching the cords on things in the shop. In my shop I
wear hearing protection over my ears and so if I want to listen to
music or an audio book I need to use ear buds. Well now I will need to
be really careful of the earbud cord because I bought some more
expensive earbuds that had great reviews. I was shocked by how good
they sound. Really. I had no idea they could sound so good. In the
past all the earbuds I tried all sounded pretty bad, but things have
changed. A lot. So now I want to buy some new headphones for listening
at home. I listen to all kinds of music. Jazz, bluegrass, classical,
country swing, rock and roll, just to name a few. Folks like Miles
Davis, Andy Narell, Claude Bolling, Etta James, Herbie Hancock, Dan
Hicks, Ali Farka Toure, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Asleep At The Wheel,
Sons Of Champlin, Sungha Jung, Tom Lehrer, etc. So the headphones I
want need to not emphasize any particular frequencies except perhaps
some of the higher ones because I have some hearing loss in the higher
frequencies. So I am looking for any recommendations you folks may
have. I'll be looking at online reviews too but I have almost always
gotten good advice from this newsgroup.
Thanks,
Eric
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Google Beyerdynamic.

https://europe.beyerdynamic.com/

There ain't anything better.

I have a story, a real one and it happened as described.
My friend run a Hi_Fi studio with the newest stuff around.
One day a guy came and asked for some good earphones.
They gave him the beyerdynamic 990pro
http://www.delamar.de/test/beyerdynamic-dt-990-pro-testbericht/

Two days later the guy came back to return them
with the argument: Those phones are hissing,rushing and noisy".

You understand?


w.
 
On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 10:30:22 +0100, Helmut Wabnig <hwabnig@.- ---
-.dotat> wrote:

On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 18:57:46 -0700, etpm@whidbey.com wrote:

I always thought that earbuds would not be able to supply very good
sound quality so I never spent much money on them because I tend to
destroy them by catching the cords on things in the shop. In my shop I
wear hearing protection over my ears and so if I want to listen to
music or an audio book I need to use ear buds. Well now I will need to
be really careful of the earbud cord because I bought some more
expensive earbuds that had great reviews. I was shocked by how good
they sound. Really. I had no idea they could sound so good. In the
past all the earbuds I tried all sounded pretty bad, but things have
changed. A lot. So now I want to buy some new headphones for listening
at home. I listen to all kinds of music. Jazz, bluegrass, classical,
country swing, rock and roll, just to name a few. Folks like Miles
Davis, Andy Narell, Claude Bolling, Etta James, Herbie Hancock, Dan
Hicks, Ali Farka Toure, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Asleep At The Wheel,
Sons Of Champlin, Sungha Jung, Tom Lehrer, etc. So the headphones I
want need to not emphasize any particular frequencies except perhaps
some of the higher ones because I have some hearing loss in the higher
frequencies. So I am looking for any recommendations you folks may
have. I'll be looking at online reviews too but I have almost always
gotten good advice from this newsgroup.
Thanks,
Eric

Google Beyerdynamic.

https://europe.beyerdynamic.com/

There ain't anything better.

I have a story, a real one and it happened as described.
My friend run a Hi_Fi studio with the newest stuff around.
One day a guy came and asked for some good earphones.
They gave him the beyerdynamic 990pro
http://www.delamar.de/test/beyerdynamic-dt-990-pro-testbericht/

Two days later the guy came back to return them
with the argument: Those phones are hissing,rushing and noisy".

You understand?


w.
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I understand completely. The new earbuds allow me to hear hiss that
was inaudible with the old earbuds. I didn't even know there was hiss
coming out of my iPod until I started listening with the new earbuds.
Much more revelatory however was what I was not hearing when playing
music, the new earbuds let me hear parts of the music, subtle things
sometimes, which oftentimes makes the more obvious things sound even
better.
Eric
 
On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 8:53:33 PM UTC-5, et...@whidbey.com wrote:
I always thought that earbuds would not be able to supply very good
sound quality so I never spent much money on them because I tend to
destroy them by catching the cords on things in the shop. In my shop I
wear hearing protection over my ears and so if I want to listen to
music or an audio book I need to use ear buds. Well now I will need to
be really careful of the earbud cord because I bought some more
expensive earbuds that had great reviews. I was shocked by how good
they sound. Really. I had no idea they could sound so good. In the
past all the earbuds I tried all sounded pretty bad, but things have
changed. A lot. So now I want to buy some new headphones for listening
at home. I listen to all kinds of music. Jazz, bluegrass, classical,
country swing, rock and roll, just to name a few. Folks like Miles
Davis, Andy Narell, Claude Bolling, Etta James, Herbie Hancock, Dan
Hicks, Ali Farka Toure, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Asleep At The Wheel,
Sons Of Champlin, Sungha Jung, Tom Lehrer, etc. So the headphones I
want need to not emphasize any particular frequencies except perhaps
some of the higher ones because I have some hearing loss in the higher
frequencies. So I am looking for any recommendations you folks may
have. I'll be looking at online reviews too but I have almost always
gotten good advice from this newsgroup.
Thanks,
Eric
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I have Sennheiser's myself. Both headphones and ear buds. All around good sound from both.
 
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