Bose Triports

[irishmcmorgan]

I am going to Germany this summer, long long trip and i need to most comfortable headphones possible. I have Hd 212pros and they are hot and hurt my ears after long periods of time listeing.

-jake

 

[jaxvon]

Noes! Not the Bloes!

Seriously, those things sound like GARBAGE. I would check out the following:

Sony MDR-7506 or MDR-V6 (same thing, different name)
Sennheiser HD 500 and up (very comfy for me)
Beyerdynamic DT880

Out of these three, supposedly the Beyers are the most comfy and can be made to be highly accurate with the addition of 1/8" of high-grade acoustical foam in the earpiece with a 1" hole cut in the middle. Be aware that the Sony's will offer far superior isolation and bass when compared to the Sennheisers, but you might lose a bit of comfort.

 

[JaceTheAce]

Jake,

PLEASE stay away from Bose. The Triports sound so horrible. Please consider the Sennheiser noise-cancelling headphones available such as the PXC-250's or newer PXC-300's. You can get the 250's for as little as $100 (check Froogle). I have a pair of PXC-250's and make my airline flights much more enjoyable.

 

[jaxvon]

Be aware that the DT880 and upper end Sennheiser headphones have high impedances, necessitating a headphone amp of some sort to get appreciable volume. Also note that with the nicer Sennheiser phones, people around you had better enjoy the same music that you do. The Sony headphones have a low enough impedance that they can be driven effectively by a portable device.

 

[Sheep]

You don't like the 212pro's? I love those cans. Awesome bass response.

Go with what Jaxvon suggested. He knows his cans.

SheepStar

 

[jaxvon]

You don't like the 212pro's? I love those cans. Awesome bass response.

Go with what Jaxvon suggested. He knows his cans.

SheepStar

Not as well as WmAx. But then again, I don't make a practice of measuring cans for the hell of it.

 

[irishmcmorgan]

no

no, I love my senn. 212 pros. All is amazing on those things, bass, mid, and highs. The only thing is my ears are like hard and I cant stand wearing them for more than 30 minutes to and hour. They also heat up when used for extended periods of time.

I really want a headphone that goes over my entire ear so its not touching my actuall ear, but surrounding it.


thanks to all who posted.


-jake

 

[irishmcmorgan]

http://www.headphone.com/products/headphones/earpad/akg-k-26-p.php


I was thnking about these too.

 

[Geno]

You might want to consider some premium earbuds. My Etymotic ER-6s sound great ( I also have some Sennheiser HD-570s) but the drawback with the buds is the insertion. You really have to fit them into your ear canals properly to get good bass response. Some people find them uncomfortable, but I like them fine. If you do a lot of flying, the buds are better at sound isolation than any of the active sound cancelling phones. The Sure Corp. also makes a line of buds that are comparable to the Etymotics.

 

[Sheep]

I have the HD500s and love them. They are very comfy and have great bass. The sound is very laid back so for traveling this might be good as your ears will not become tired.

Heres a pic of them hangin on my headphone hook (the big ones, not those crappy small ones)

SheepStar

 

[j_garcia]

I love my Sennheisers (various 400 and 500 models). See also: www.headfi.org

 

[PHYSTRAINER]

I have 212 senns as well and love them, used with ipod on long journeys etc they are awesome and don't require too much volume but can get a little hot especially if you are exercising!
But try the noise cancelling one's they are great on planes.
Also there are some very good in ear ones from senn and Shure E3c have great reveiws about their noise cancellation and lower listening volumes.

 

[xboxweasel]

a quick aside

I've heard that in the ear style headphones (or are these called earphones???) are very bad for you. Too easy to damage the ear. Are around the ear headphones any safer?

I too was thinking of getting a nice set of headphones. Possibly with noise cancellation. And I did think about the load they would put on a portable device. Any easy way to find out (by ratings, etc) if a portable device can power a set of headphones???

 

[Hi Ho]

I have always used in-ear phones for portable listening. I don't see how they could damage anything unless you shoved them as deep as possible to the point of extreme pain. They're no different than wearing earplugs.

 

[xboxweasel]

I have always used in-ear phones for portable listening. I don't see how they could damage anything unless you shoved them as deep as possible to the point of extreme pain.

Hahaha. Sorry. That's not what I ment. I mean damaging the ear because of the close proximity of the speaker to your ear drum. But then it depends on who loud you like to listen to your music. SPLs degrade with distance, right! So the closer to the speaker the more of a chance of doing damage. That's my thought. I was wondering if at same SPLs if there is less strain on your ear with a set of headphones verus earphones. But then again...what's an extra inch of air space????

 

[Sheep]

Hahaha. Sorry. That's not what I ment. I mean damaging the ear because of the close proximity of the speaker to your ear drum. But then it depends on who loud you like to listen to your music. SPLs degrade with distance, right! So the closer to the speaker the more of a chance of doing damage. That's my thought. I was wondering if at same SPLs if there is less strain on your ear with a set of headphones verus earphones. But then again...what's an extra inch of air space????

All headphones are close to your ears... Some just get closer thats all.

The headphone never made anyone go deaf, its the idiot at the controls

SheepStar

 

[gnagel]

I mean damaging the ear because of the close proximity of the speaker to your ear drum. But then it depends on who loud you like to listen to your music.

In my opinion, in-ear earphones (such as the Etymotics ER-4s) provide excellent isolation from outside noise. As a result, you don't need to play the music nearly as loud as when you are trying to overcome outside noise.

Even when mowing the lawn or working out on my treadmill, I am able to keep the music's volume at a reasonably low level. This must be healthier for my ears than turning the volume up with other earphones to drown out the noise.

 

[Hi Ho]

The closer the phones are to your ears, the lower you should need to have the volume. I don't see anymore danger with earbuds than any other type of phone.