On Jun 8, 4:24*pm, nebulax wrote:
On Jun 7, 10:46 am, " wrote:
On Jun 7, 8:17 am, Ger wrote:
On Jun 3, 6:51 pm, " wrote:
On Jun 3, 8:21 am, Ger wrote:
On Jun 2, 12:22 am, " wrote:
Spouse watches TV. I listen to music. She won't close caption. I use
Bose noise-reduction units on my laptop to listen to music, but I can
still here the TV, no matter how low it goes. I assume I need over
the
ear headphones. But what are the best that will close to 100 percent
drown out TV and other noise?
I'd go for Beyerdynamic DT880, although to maximize what this
'closed' (and
fully-cover-the-ear) phones can do you'll need to use a (small as a
lighter, even) battery run headphone
amplifier. I like the ones athttp://www.fixup.net/products/index.htm....
both phones + amp together are a
lot of dough, but I don't think you'll ever look back (and you'll
forget completely about the TV!)
Wide price variance on the amps. Do I need to go all the way?
I think the middle one should be adequate, and for that matter there
is some indeterminate delay in delivering the reference model in a
timely way.
So, back to my question, Beyermeyer, or Koss? Need high end amps for
both?
I'd go with the Beyers, but also take a look at Headroom (http://www.headphone.com/), and see what they suggest for closed-back phones.
They also make a variety of headphone amps.
-Neb
Good site. Thanks. I picked up the Beyermeyer 880s via Amazon. Now
about those amps? I'm not a cheapo, but how much should I spend,
honestly, just for listing to internet radio on the laptop while the
wife watches Oprah on TV? Is there a rule of thumb that the amps
should cost X times the cost for the headset or vice versa?