[Q] Films & Music Headphone ~£350

[Jay_C]

Hi Guys,</SPAN>

A while back i looking for new closed back headphone for films & music use in the region of £150, circumstances changed and I wasn’t able to purchase them.</SPAN>

Anyways I can now get them and my budget has now changed to between £300 & £350</SPAN>

A couple of month ago ‘Bowers & Wilkins’ release their flagship over ear headphone the P7 which I am very interested in purchasing as most of my speakers are B&W at the moment and they seemed to have more speaker like technology . I’m concerned that they are designed for portable devices in mind as the have an iPod control on the wire and the frequency range only goes from 10 to 20,000hz where another pair I’ve found Denon AH-D600 go from 5 to 5-45000 </SPAN>

What I’m looking for is possible alternatives and what else should I be looking for in headphone spec wise?</SPAN>

http://www.audioholics.com/headphone-reviews/bowers-wilkins-p7-headphones-preview</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Denon-AH-D600-Over-Ear-Headphone/dp/B008MUXTSU</SPAN>

Thanks</SPAN>



System Details :


Samsung 40" TX-NR509 (TV)
Samsung BD-C5500 (Blu-Ray)
ONKYO TX-NR509B (Amp)
Bowers & Wilkins 685 (Front)
Bowers & Wilkins HTM62 (Center)
Gale 3010S (Rear)
Eltax Thunder 10" Active (Sub)
Harmony 1100 (Remote)
HDA XPLOSION 7.1[DTS] (Soundcard)
Shure SRH440 (Headphone)
Ultimate Ears SuperFi 5pro (Earphone)</SPAN>

 

[agarwalro]

Sennheiser HD600, flat reference sound.
Sennheiser HD650, slightly warmer than flat.
Beyerdynamic DT 880, slightly warmer than flat.
Hifiman HE-500, bass heavy.

 

[Jay_C]

Thanks for the advice. i was unfortuanatly unable to demo these headphone, i did however demo the Grado SR225i & Sennheiser Momentum as well as the B&W P7.

I didnt like the fit of the Momentums and the SR225i where not as comfortable but where very similar sound to the P7s but the bass was a bit flat for my liking.

I went with the B&W P7 which im very happy with.