Figured I might as well kill 2 items with 1 thread.
I recently purchased a set of the JBL E40BT cans. My sole purpose to buy these was to have some WIRELESS headphones for a little work around the house, watching Youtube tutorials, etc. I picked up these for $60 from Amazon, about 1/2 of the normal MSRP.
Well, after using these for a few weeks, I really like them, and more importantly, I REALLY like that they are BT, it just makes it so much easier to use and deal with. I have ended up using these MORE than I ever expected to, so now it has gotten me thinking that I would like to have a set of wireless cans that are a bit better audio quality than my JBLs.
I do also already own a set of the AT ATH-M50 WIRED cans. I do enjoy these for the most part, they are comfortable, but they are a bit bass heavy for my tastes. And, I don't use them too often due to the wire.
So, here is where I'm at.
*Cheaper = better
*Comfort and Sound Quality are the top of the list
*Likely want On-Ear since those tend to be smaller and cheaper. Could consider Over-Ear. In-Ear are not under consideration.
*Don't care about active noise cancellation (as long as it isn't an always-on feature)
Here are my thoughts:
*Sennheiser Momentum 2.0 ($400)--more $ than I would really like to pay, but I could do it if I was convinced that these are the cans for me. My biggest hangup is that rSeviews indicate that the active noise cancellation is always on when using as BT cans. That is a deal breaker to me.
*Sennheiser Urbanite XL--($250)--These look nice and look like a good candidate. My concern here is that several reviews indicate "voiced for the club sound" or "not flat freq resp"---seems to indicate emphasis on the bass and that is exactly what I want to avoid
*Sennheiser MM line, probably the MM-400-x-- ($160) Cheapest of the Senns, no noise cancellation, seems to be a decent choice. Anybody heard these and have an opinion about them?
*AKG 845BT--($250)--From the reviews that I've read, these seem to be some of the BEST BT cans available as far as uncolored and flat FR. The only drawback that I seem to see is that they don't have a "track skip" button, and they aren't the most stylish. Anybody have these? Comfortable?
*AKG Y45BT ($115)--Pretty low on my list, all they have going is that they are cheap and look pretty stylish.
*Kicker HP402BTB--($100) They're cheap, that's about all I got on these.
*Parrot Zik 2.0--($300)--Good reviews, but I'm just skeptical of their entire approach and design philosophy.
*RBH HP-1B--($???)--Not released yet, but these look like a dang nice option, also I'm not sure on the price.
So, anybody have any input on this? Any obvious choices that I have missed?
And, can anyone learn me about the versions of BT? Do I really need v4? Is any version good as long as it has the apt-x codec?
