Can anyone recommend a pair of wired headphones - budget is £100-200.
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I'm James.
Best budget headphones under £100-200
Can anyone recommend a pair of wired headphones - budget is £100-200.
Main system : VPI Scout 1.1 / JMW 9T / 2M Black / Croft 25R+ / Croft 7 / Heco Celan GT 702
Second System : Goldring Lenco GL75 / AT95EX / Pioneer SX590 / Spendor SP2
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Headphones are really difficult to recommend.
Is it for serious listening, or just to see if you get on with them?
Kevin
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Not for serious listening Kev, these are for the Helen to watch youtube videos and a bit of music.Originally Posted by CageyH
Main system : VPI Scout 1.1 / JMW 9T / 2M Black / Croft 25R+ / Croft 7 / Heco Celan GT 702
Second System : Goldring Lenco GL75 / AT95EX / Pioneer SX590 / Spendor SP2
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I'm Lawrence.
What pay that much when you can get decent enough second hand ones for £20-30?
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00PEUBI...ding=UTF8&th=1
these were very good.. my bro got mine when i went upmarket
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Superlux headphones. The one that looks like the AKG K240.
S.
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I was going to suggest Superlux headphones as well, depending on your answer.
Kevin
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These get some great review Grant.
Main system : VPI Scout 1.1 / JMW 9T / 2M Black / Croft 25R+ / Croft 7 / Heco Celan GT 702
Second System : Goldring Lenco GL75 / AT95EX / Pioneer SX590 / Spendor SP2
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kinda wish i'd kept mine. great dynamics..well made too
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Grant
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Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
***SMILE, BE HAPPY***
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For not so serious listening I even use cheap ones from Lidl - both wired and Bluetooth, and recently the "earpod" versions. Otherwise we have several sets of Sennheiser cans, and I still like my Beyerdynamic DTX 900s bought over 10 years ago - though the foam pads are wearing out - and I'd like to get those sorted if possible - or buy an equivalent modern set.
I agree that for really serious listening it's worth paying more - perhaps a lot more - but for casual listening maybe not. Also check that the recipient of this "gift" really will value any extra quality. I know people who can't tell the difference between UHD TVs and black and white sets (oh - I am exaggerating ...) and between a real orchestra or band and a cheap transistor radio.
Dave
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