"Cooking" headphones

[dave2010]

Has anyone found a reliable source for the Superlux HD 661s?

[DaveK]

Has anyone found a reliable source for the Superlux HD 661s?

I may be wrong but I do not think they are generally available (released) in the UK yet. I understand that the ones currently being discussed are a batch of 12 provided to members of a headphone centred forum for pre-release testing.
Dave.

[dave2010]

I may be wrong but I do not think they are generally available (released) in the UK yet. I understand that the ones currently being discussed are a batch of 12 provided to members of a headphone centred forum for pre-release testing.
Dave.

Looks as though it may be a choice between the Superlux 668 (cheap?), 668B (not so cheap) and the Sennheiser HD202s which I've already heard, and which are quite widely available (e.g. from Amazon) for under £25.

If the 661s are almost here I might wait, but price and availability are factors.

How many headsets does one need, anyway? I could probably justify one or two more after this - maybe one considerably up market model perhaps with associated headphone amp.

One use I sometimes put these to is to listen in bed, and to fall asleep. Chunky ones not so good for that. Maybe in ear models and hope I don't strangle myself on the wires overnight.

[dave2010]

Going up slightly in price are the Sennheiser HD 205-IIs, which are around £30 - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sennheiser-H...511466&sr=8-28

Are these better than the HD202s? A major complaint seems to be that they squash your head in!

[Toby]

Some Sennheiser headphones do clamp with quite a pressure, it can be worse if you wear specs.

[alan47]

Another vote for Superlux 668B's,sound good out of the box,very comfy and not the end of the world if my jack russell takes a liking to them.Rather them than the Grado's eh?.

[Pete The Cat]

25 years on my "cooking" cans are still 80's local radio station faves Sennheiser HD410s. They've survived house moves, holidays, parties and family. The foam disintegrated a decade ago but replacement was easy to come by. Although obviously well short of my HD600s I may nonetheless ask to be buried wearing them.

Pete

[dave2010]

I bought a "spare" pair of Sennheiser 102s a few weeks ago from Amazon.
At first they sounded good, but now I'm detecting some scratchy noises in the background.

I've been trying to eliminate the reasons for these - possibly compressed audio artefacts etc., and I wondered if listening from my iMac headphone output could be a source.

However, I'm coming round to the conclusion that the phones may be faulty, and have a small but irritating fault - perhaps a loose wire somewhere inside.

When I plug in my Beyerdynamic DTX900s the background noise levels drop to near zero on the same music.

Has anyone else noted problems with low level background noises using headphones? If I can confirm the problem, then I think I'll have to send the 102s back, but if I do that should I just go for a refund, or try another pair?

[synsei]

Another vote for the Superlux 668B's from me, easily the best headphones I've ever owned and I have owned some good phones. One recommendation though, fit them with AKG pads when you can as the standard leatherette pads that come with the 668's can get a little sweaty over long listening sessions

The build quality of these phones is excellent and they come with high quality removable cables and adapter...

[goraman]

Superlux 440 got far better press.