Audio Technicas ATH-AD300, A300 or M30.

Philips SHP8900 is not a bad choice as well.

campare between these headphones ,Audio Technicas ATH-AD300, A300 or M30,
1) which one you think is better for music listening ? prefer clarity and every detail
2) AD300 , A300 ,,, AD and A , what is the difference ?

1) All of them have good clarity and detail. That's what AT cans are good at.

2) AD is open-back while A is closed-back. M30 is closed-back.


Open-back cans sounds airier and may have wider soundstage than the closed-backs. Closed-back cans sounds warmer.

Sen's HD205 / iGrado / Beyer Dynamics DT231 ??
Which one is the best ? Help me pls. Im going back to college.

1) for A300 and M30 , both of them are closed back and having hood clarity and detail . Apart from that, what are the difference ? because they are almost the same price, cant decide .

2) about soundstage and warmer term , I dont understand because i am new in audiophiles

3)for close back and open back , what are the difference ? From the google result , I found that open are semi close and closed back are full size headphone ? need real user experience ..

4) Mostly of the time I am using in my own room which only me using it . And about surrounding , quite quiet most of the time.
I need full size headphone earpad to cover my whole ears to immerse myself in " MUSIC WORLD " completely,listen to every essence of music and another reason is i already have one semi open headphone.

So open or closed back , which one suit me ?

This post has been edited by blueyan: Aug 22 2009, 10:17 AM

Hi, should i go for ATH-ES7 or HD 555 ?

What did mr. google say about audio/sound terms? lol There's even a thread about it lying around here somewhere. Time to put that search function to a good use, don't you think?

And you can try to google for reviews regarding the headphones that you're interested in. There are plenty out there if you know how to look for them. I also think there's already plenty of similar (or exactly the same) recommendations around here. So again, you might want to give the search function a whirl first before anything.

We can give recommendations and a little comparison if possible, but you yourself that have to decide which one to pick (or which ones really suits you) in the end.

Cheers.

AD300, A300 and M30 can be considered as full-size cans, those can cover your entire ear.

what kind of songs you usually listen to anyway? certain genres like orchestral such can be benefited by the wide soundstage found on open-can (AD300 in this case). closed-can (A300) is said to have narrower soundstage, but better bass compared to open-can.

how u get the T22 for So Cheap?

usually listen to lastest Hitz music ( lady gaga poker face, flo rida sugar, Kelly Clarkson I Do Not Hook Up, and many many more ) =) ,prefer clarity + detail... So what's your suggestion ? I afraid bass will affect the clarity , if I want to bass , I think i will play it with 2.1 speaker system , more "boom " , dont you think so ?

Then i think sennheiser is the best choice! They have a balance bass, not that boomy and colder which you still can feel the clarity and background sound but not as clear as the open back due to they are produce more airy sound stage but still very good mids and highs.

Senn 212 or 205 is quite a good pick but bare in mind 205 has longer and thin cable which is quite annoying. If not, the PX series will do and it's portable. Px 100 has more bass, the brother 200 has reduce it's bass but very satisfying Mids sound.

FYI, the bass that play out from the speaker system, even though it's so call very warm and boomy bass, for most normal 2.1 speaker it's more like a fake bass and too boomy will cover up all the background sound. Normal say it's like reviving bass killing the total sound.

This post has been edited by jayxunned: Aug 22 2009, 09:00 PM

replied in ur PM.

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Added on August 22, 2009, 8:59 pmreplied in ur PM.

This post has been edited by CLF: Aug 22 2009, 08:59 PM

Only muddy/boomy bass will affect the clarity. The A300 is nowhere near muddy. The amount of bass produced will be sufficient and adequate for a particular song. Meaning if rock music for example, you'll be hearing the bassline strings and the drum beats that you're supposed to hear, nothing more and nothing less. Now that's quality bass.

AD300 airy signature might lack the amount of bass necessary for the types of music such as pop, dance, R&B, hip-hop or techno (the typical kind of music that Hitz.fm would play). But if you're willing to try it out anyway then by all means go ahead.

Personally, I'm gona go Grado. haha..No 1 here seems to recommend grado that often huh?

Well, I like KSC75's sound sig more than my HD 555 and AD700..So does that mean Grado's the way to go for me?

You like those forward sounding?

erm, are you gonna to amp it? if yes, DT440 will be a greater choices

As for the range, i will think that Ms1i shall be on the same range also, if u love to listen to pop/rock, it might be the better choices. For me ES7 is abit on dry side, where HD555...erm....it doesnt sound on the price u paid

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Added on August 23, 2009, 1:00 amif the sound is refined to 5 frequency...the strong bass will not affect ur clarity, it will push u if u have great pairing.
for ur budget range, will AD500 be a better choices if budget allowed

This post has been edited by yuheng: Aug 23 2009, 01:00 AM

I more into New Age and Instrumental. Yeah i'm thinking of that too. Was considering SR125i to pair with my Tomahawk to see the difference. But the grado was open back right? i kinda shy of sharing music in public.

ATH-T22 used to be that cheap before the price hike which is due to the uprising JPY at that time.

Yeah...Sounds great

Then you should go for grado or alessandro which give a much more forward sounding.