hi,

please recommend good headphones for ambient and electronic and rock music.

I know which companies make good headphones, but the problem is that they
are not always good for the kind of music I usually listen to. E.g. I have
bought Sennheiser once. The headphones were great..........for acoustic and
classical music , but not so good for ambient, electronic and rock.

this is why i am trying now to find out which model exactly is good for the
kinds of music like ambient, electronic and rock.

the source of sound will most often be IPOD (portable Mp3 player)

thank you!

Andrew writes:
hi,

please recommend good headphones for ambient and electronic and rock music.

I know which companies make good headphones, but the problem is that they
are not always good for the kind of music I usually listen to. E.g. I have
bought Sennheiser once. The headphones were great..........for acoustic and
classical music , but not so good for ambient, electronic and rock.

this is why i am trying now to find out which model exactly is good for the
kinds of music like ambient, electronic and rock.

the source of sound will most often be IPOD (portable Mp3 player)

You'll need fairly efficient headphones, because portables don't
usually put out a lot of power. Many people, me included, recommend
the Sony MDR-V6 headphones for such purposes. They're not usually
sold in hi-fi places but in pro audio dealers for studio use. Lots of
sellers on the net have them, often for very low prices.

Andrew.

"Andrew" wrote in message
...
hi,

please recommend good headphones for ambient and electronic and rock
music.

I know which companies make good headphones, but the problem is that they
are not always good for the kind of music I usually listen to. E.g. I have
bought Sennheiser once. The headphones were great..........for acoustic
and
classical music , but not so good for ambient, electronic and rock.

this is why i am trying now to find out which model exactly is good for
the
kinds of music like ambient, electronic and rock.

the source of sound will most often be IPOD (portable Mp3 player)

thank you!

The most likely cause of sound problems you have will be the input to the
headphones.
Without the proper processing for this type of music from your ipod or other
device you wont get the sound you want.
If you listen to it loud then you'll most likely be driving the amp to teh
headphone amp quite hard. the amp will find it hard to reproduce a signal a
thte extremes of the frequency range. particularly at low impedances. below
32ohms which some units are.

Try altering the eq slightly (dont over do it) you may find it makes more
difference that you think.

Give Grado headphones a try. We sold a set yesterday to a fellow
trying them with an I-Pod and he loved them. These were the least
expensive models also.
-Bill
www.uptownaudio.com
Roanoke VA
(540) 343-1250

"Andrew" wrote in message
...
hi,

please recommend good headphones for ambient and electronic and rock
music.

I know which companies make good headphones, but the problem is that
they
are not always good for the kind of music I usually listen to. E.g.
I have
bought Sennheiser once. The headphones were great..........for
acoustic and
classical music , but not so good for ambient, electronic and rock.

this is why i am trying now to find out which model exactly is good
for the
kinds of music like ambient, electronic and rock.

the source of sound will most often be IPOD (portable Mp3 player)

thank you!

Just bought some Sony 7506s, partially because of the positive mentions
here. I have listened to everything from Stockhausen to Haydn and I
haven't found anything they can't do. Super articulate, defined clean
timbres and they good deep.

"Andrew" wrote in message
...
hi,

please recommend good headphones for ambient and electronic and rock
music.

I know which companies make good headphones, but the problem is that they
are not always good for the kind of music I usually listen to. E.g. I have
bought Sennheiser once. The headphones were great..........for acoustic
and
classical music , but not so good for ambient, electronic and rock.

this is why i am trying now to find out which model exactly is good for
the
kinds of music like ambient, electronic and rock.

the source of sound will most often be IPOD (portable Mp3 player)

thank you!

Someone recommended Grado's and they are great 'phones (I own a pair of
SR225's). But BEWARE, these have to be the absolute cheapest made $200
headphones in the world. I suppose they were trying to keep the weight
down, but the plastic parts that hold the thing together have broken
countless times and I have had to superglue them back together each time.

I bring this up only because you mentioned using your 'phones in conjunction
with an iPod and therefore they will be on the go and might be subject to
rough treatment.

MOSFET