[+] Audio-Technica ATH-SJ55 - High durability and portability

[+] Audio-Technica ATH-WS55 - Better bass response than ATH-SJ55

Extra bass + Comfort + Isolation + Budget RM300 IEM:

[+] Audio-Technica ATH-CKS55
[+] Audio-Technica ATH-CKM300
[+] Final Audio Design Adagio II

Mic for Android (SGS3) + Budget RM300 IEM:

[+] Audio-Technica ATH-CKS55iS (solid bass)
[+] Audio-Technica ATH-CKM300iS (balanced)

- Rig: Workstation PC, laptop
- Type of usage : movies and music (while working), some gaming (but not so important)
- File format : nothing specific
- Music genre : various, from classical to ska to hiphop to pop to nusantara
- Budget : Less than 300
- Headphone/ earphone type : headphone
- Other requirements (if any) :
> wireless highly preferrable,
> mic not needed,
> prefers something that dont get stuffed into my ears,
> prefers something that encloses the entire ear rather than sits on the ears (cuping telinga) itself
> prefers something that dont mess my hair, meaning the strap design dont have to go on the upper part of the head



sorry, i dunno much about headphones. most of my audio equipments are logitech speakers simply because i dont really know what brands to buy. so do recommend me something, anything. THANKS!

This post has been edited by azarimy: Oct 20 2012, 04:30 PM

My rig : phone and Laptop
- Type of usage :
- File format : High bitrate mp3(mostly all 320) and some wav
- Music genre : dubstep, house and progressive,rock mostly all except jazz and country
- Budget : max rm300
- Headphone/ earphone type : full size headphones
- Other requirements (if any) : noise isolation will be good

Is IEM recommended for long hours usage?

some may fatigue some may not, YMMV

What type of headphone is the most comfortable for long hours usage? Is there any headphone that provide comfort up to the level that you can't really feel its presence?

Earclip/ Clip-on type of headphone would suit you best I guess.

My HD 595 can do

KSC 75 also not bad.

ms1i and dr150 with vero cable...
not bad though

while for me i wanted IEM so badly it cos of the sound isolation!

when i get better sound isolation, most of the sound i listen is from the earphone itself. hence i just open very softly while enjoying my music.

while for headphone, if the isolation is not good enough, i have to blast the volume which would be worst case

while for my budget, IEM isolation seem better compare to the headphone on the range

hehe~ hope this would help!

Yup...you are right indeed...
Iem do have great noiae isolation....but like some iem like se535 ....they have a noise cancellation whuch is build in ....but the effect doea not protude out most of the time...

Headphone have noise cancellation like bose headphones....
Noise isolatuon is something quite impossible to be done in headphones but I. prefer headphones to iems most of the time....

Closed back will have noise isolation.

Budget RM300 headphones:

[+] Audio-Technica ATH-XS7 (over-ear / fullsize + neckband + stylish)



Budget RM300 headphones:

[+] Audio-Technica ATH-XS5 (over-ear / fullsize + closed back + stylish)

Is it recommended to get headphone that costs >RM500 with laptop as source? What price onwards for headphone is recommended to get a DAC?

laptop as source, but need to get an external dac and a powerful amp, then you can think of some headphones to start, if directly take a headphone and into the laptop audio jack, you are going to have a bad time

Depend on your laptop sound card, if is decent enough then no need external DAC.

less likely, the mobo power will cause distortion and many types of undesirable effects on the sound quality, an external dac can clean up the signals better

Agree, but for casual listening and budget this can be compromised, lol.

* sigh * can portability and sound quality come in a same package? I travel to work in LRT, so I prefer something like wrap-around or clip-on headphones. I do not like IEMs, coz of hygiene and comfort issues. I already have a pair of Fanny Wang, they sound really good, but they are too big, so it is banished in the store room. (What a waste huh?) I have a pair of Koss Porta Pro, they are really good, but they are very uncomfortable especially after the foam paddings are worn off.

Any good suggestions?

-rig :mp3 players and laptop audio jack
-What type of usage :Gaming(dota2 cod, bf3) and watching movies ,music
- File format used in your source :mp3
- Genre:mix but more to songs with bass
- Headphone:comfortable(3+hours usage) and sound isolated
- Other requirements: RM150 max.

currently thinking of either ifrogz dj style ronnin or superlux hd330. but need recommendation.

This post has been edited by Nakedskin: Oct 22 2012, 03:46 PM