Hi there,
I'm in pretty ... Sadly, urgent need of advice regarding sound and headphones.
I'll try to make this brief: Music has always played one of the most important roles in my life, so (good) sound is what I've always been after.
I think like three-ish years ago, I did some extensive research and ended up getting myself the AKG-K545 headphones. I instantly fell in love with the clear/crisp/true sound (hope I'm using the correct terms here), and I haven't looked back since.
Really. I've worn and played them to almost literal death in these three years. Now, for my birthday recently my girlfriend wanted to get me new headphones, and frustratingly that has become a more difficult thing than hoped or expected by either of us.
We went to a store (on Black Friday, birthday day...), crazy crowded, it was hard to get some good assistance from store clerks and to get past the horrible sounding overpriced popular recommendations (Beats, Sony, Bose). After some time I went with the Sennheiser PXC 550's.
Now having tried them for a day and a half, I kind of feel like they aren't what I hoped they'd be. Obviously it's hard to say, and from what I've heard sound is also a personal thing.
On the other hand, because I listen to a plethora of types of music, I feel like I'm most suited to sound that's 'true' or 'clear'.
So, thinking the PXC's might be a downgrade, I think I'll return/exchange them tomorrow. This will also be the last day that that's possible, as they're regarded as a 'hygene' product.
Well, here goes nothing. I hope I'm posting in the right part of the forum. I really need some general advice on sound and headphones in general, and on what headphones I should be looking at.
It's become so hard to try headphones as, like I said, only a select few I'm allowed to try on, sometimes not even with my own music choices, and that's even IF they have one available.
Not to mention storeclerks of course wanting to sell rather than providing me with what I need.
Did anyone here try the AKG K545's? With my budget of a maximum of €300,-, I'm sure it should be possible that now, 6 years later, I can get an upgrade over that one?
NC or Bluetooth aren't really a thing for me, never had it so I won't miss it. Wouldn't hurt I guess, except for maybe sound quality or price, so I'd rather not.
If I understand correctly, Open Back is for home listening. I'm on the road a fair bit so Closed Back is quite necessary I'd say, sadly.
Well, thanks so much for your time. I'll be back tomorrow to hopefully discuss what could be best for me, so I can return the headphones within 24h if that's what I choose to do!
I'm in pretty ... Sadly, urgent need of advice regarding sound and headphones.
I'll try to make this brief: Music has always played one of the most important roles in my life, so (good) sound is what I've always been after.
I think like three-ish years ago, I did some extensive research and ended up getting myself the AKG-K545 headphones. I instantly fell in love with the clear/crisp/true sound (hope I'm using the correct terms here), and I haven't looked back since.
Really. I've worn and played them to almost literal death in these three years. Now, for my birthday recently my girlfriend wanted to get me new headphones, and frustratingly that has become a more difficult thing than hoped or expected by either of us.
We went to a store (on Black Friday, birthday day...), crazy crowded, it was hard to get some good assistance from store clerks and to get past the horrible sounding overpriced popular recommendations (Beats, Sony, Bose). After some time I went with the Sennheiser PXC 550's.
Now having tried them for a day and a half, I kind of feel like they aren't what I hoped they'd be. Obviously it's hard to say, and from what I've heard sound is also a personal thing.
On the other hand, because I listen to a plethora of types of music, I feel like I'm most suited to sound that's 'true' or 'clear'.
So, thinking the PXC's might be a downgrade, I think I'll return/exchange them tomorrow. This will also be the last day that that's possible, as they're regarded as a 'hygene' product.
Well, here goes nothing. I hope I'm posting in the right part of the forum. I really need some general advice on sound and headphones in general, and on what headphones I should be looking at.
It's become so hard to try headphones as, like I said, only a select few I'm allowed to try on, sometimes not even with my own music choices, and that's even IF they have one available.
Not to mention storeclerks of course wanting to sell rather than providing me with what I need.
Did anyone here try the AKG K545's? With my budget of a maximum of €300,-, I'm sure it should be possible that now, 6 years later, I can get an upgrade over that one?
NC or Bluetooth aren't really a thing for me, never had it so I won't miss it. Wouldn't hurt I guess, except for maybe sound quality or price, so I'd rather not.
If I understand correctly, Open Back is for home listening. I'm on the road a fair bit so Closed Back is quite necessary I'd say, sadly.
Well, thanks so much for your time. I'll be back tomorrow to hopefully discuss what could be best for me, so I can return the headphones within 24h if that's what I choose to do!