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durable, long-lived sub-$200 headphones, please advise
Please recommend to me some sub-$200 headphones with a durable cord and
long-lasting speakers. Pray help a lowly music gourmand who keeps killing headphones. I'd like my next pair to last a few years, not a few months. I listen to music at work. It's six or eight hours of music a day, five days a week. Under these conditions, sub-$50 headphones die of speaker buzz in three months. That's if I don't damage the cord first. I've killed four pairs in a year. I guess I have to buy real headphones. If so, then I'd prefer they be semi-open, and have a relatively lightweight design. I'd also like a 1/8" jack. I can find models that satisfy all my other requirements just fine on my own. But no manufacturer seems to advertise their headphones as "Cord resists breakage!" and "Speaker cones last 2500 hours!" Can you recommend to me durable, long-lived headphones? I'd be most grateful. -- Kerne |
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"Kerne Fahey" wrote in message
ups.com Can you recommend to me durable, long-lived headphones? I'd be most grateful. I have a pair of Sony MDR 7506s that are myave 5-6 years old, are used frequently, and still look pretty much like new. I hear that the ear pads get tattered, but replacements can be obtained from Sony or some pro audio dealers for not a lot of dough. http://www.libermansound.com/catalog...=29&language=1 I also have a three-year old pair of Sennheiser HD580s. The nice thing about 580s is that the replacement parts snap in, and are not that expensive and can be ordered from Sennheiser's web site for quick delivery. So far I replaced the headband for $40 when a baby stepped on them, and the cord for about $20 when the old one started losing one channel. The Senns are made of a plastic that is sorta brittle. I would say that the 7506s have greater intrinisic durability. The same baby could have stepped on them without incident, I think. They are the third set in this series that I've had, and far and away the longest lasting. |
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