honestly, no. if you want to move up..go for gold.. save your money
i spend a lot more money "upgrading" my way to the top. if I had just saved my cash in the beginning and went for gold I would have saved more money and can spend it on source and amp.

my shure e2c with silicone tips have a very good seal. i use it at the gym, no issues even when i sweat like a hog. i don't think foams will do well though.
and the ultimate ears triple fi probably won't do very well due to the not-very-optimal-strain-relief design.

so you want something that sound nice to your ears, or sound nice to your eyes? if the latter, how about beats by dr.dre, i don't know if it sounds nice to the ears, but definitely nice to the eyes.

depends..best in which area? my extended usage of MS1 coming from HD580/600 hybrid is that the MS1 is more enjoyable with music.. to hell with the details, it gets your feet tapping and just enjoy the music..watching movies..such as Behind Enemy Lines, starting with the fighter jets in the alps.. its definitely the HD580/600. classical? the senns again.. something like hotel california? MS1 places you right at the action.

This post has been edited by Jason: Dec 15 2010, 09:59 PM

DO NOT get an IEM for him. jogging+good seal iem = accident waiting to happen.

yes that is the reason. IEMs with good seal you would be oblivious to your surrounding and thats very dangerous when you are out jogging. even when you are jogging in the park and there's bicycles coming from behind who ring their bell to tell you they are approaching and you didn't hear them + you do a turn.. = crash

IEMs are great for listening in office when you need to focus, at home when you want to relax, commuting in public transport when you want to isolate yourself from the noisy hectic world, in the plane to block out the engine drone..but definitely not when you are on the streets.

depending on where you intend to use it, i would recommend IEMs. if you find one that fits you, its more comfortable than full cans, and isolating out the ambient noise, you'll isolate yourself to only your music and you.. you're in a world of your own. i like it when i lie down on my bed and look out the window with the rain.. if i do that with my cans, i'll hear the rain "tak tak tak tak".. whereas with IEMs its just my norah jones and beautiful rain..

more info needed to make a proper recommendation.

Ultimate Ears SuperFi.5 would fit all your requirements, except budget gotta be stretched a bit.

i thought he wanted mini OR foldable hdphones. sorry. IEMs are quite mini. lol.


i agree, portapros are indeed a sound choice.

This post has been edited by Jason: Dec 22 2010, 03:44 PM

The Sennheiser HD280 was the first "high-end" headphones I owned (I owned HP890 before that), followed shortly by the HD580s. are you absolutely sure you want the HD280? You are aware that the HD280 was designed as studio/dj headphones.. I'll describe it as cold, revealing, unforgiving, neutral. It will reveal ALL weaknesses of your equipment and your source. To my ears, even iPod with apple lossless sounded like crap unamped to the HD280. Notebook headphone out playing CD, utter rubbish (the notebook that is). only bearable time was when it was playing headphone out of my Sony MD player, that also it lacked some dynamics as it wasn't amped.

Its not a bad headphone, in fact is a great headphone, thats if you have the equipment and source to feed it properly.

my review on head-fi.org from 6 years ago. was a noobie, that was back then.
http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/69698/...ns-56k-friendly

can stretch your ringgit a little and get the Ultimate Ears SuperFi 5vi. a steal for the price really. least you know its among the top of the range.

i'm trying to convince myself not to buy bose. but..i don't see anything out there better than the Quietcomfort 15 for in-flight noise canceling. sadly, in this arena, Bose is the benchmark.. or are they?

budget: USD$300, approx RM1k or less
usage: in flight entertainment/noise canceling for 17 hour flights
source: in flight entertainment system (movies), mobile phone, no source (just NC to sleep)
amp: none
style: comfortable..i want to sleep with it. QC3 is not comfortable..

any full cans? these are on-ears, similar to QC3..it will hurt if i'm keeping them on for >5 hours. i've got dumbo ears.

hi, thanks for your recommendation, i currently own Shure E2C and SuperFi 5vi. they do work BUT
1. it cuts the noise level of the engine drone, but its there... and in excess of 10 hours its really there
2. gets uncomfortable after 6 hours or so

i've been using IEMs for my past trips.. time to up the game.

as i grow more tired and try to sleep, yes, mentally its more audible. the volume of the noise didn't change, just that the perceived loudness is more cause i'm trying to fall asleep.