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what type of headphones do you prefer (for portable use)?  

  1. 1. what type of headphones do you prefer (for portable use)?

    • over the head (light 'n' portable)
      5
    • over the head (hifi, less obviously portable)
      11
    • in ear
      11
    • earbuds
      8
    • clip-on/streetstyle
      0
    • other
      0


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well, I was just wondering two things about headphone behaviour:

- what type of phones do you all prefer (= this poll)

- what cordstyle do you prefer with 'buds and in ear-style 'phones (= part 2 of the poll)

my opinion...

I'm the proud owner of:

- sennheiser HD497 (over the head/hifi)

- senn MX350/sennMX450 (earbuds)

- panasonic RP-JE50 (in ear)

and for comfort I'd prefer the sennHD497's, but not for portable use, when the pana's really shine (although I do not really like the amplification of your 'own' noises, like footsteps, with the in ear type...), buds are comfortable, but let too much noise in and to much music out as far as I'm concerned... so my vote would be for the in ear type

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Big overhead phones at home for the best quality sound (I use Senn HD595 or Grado SR80). I'd never use them outdoors and risk looking a bit silly (or more than I do anyway), so I'd go for portable overheads like PX200, though more often I use earbuds (Senn MX550), which is what I voted for...

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What are these eggos you speak of?  There is the only one phone that's acceptable for portable use, and everyone knows it's the hip, the chic, the evar retro (from the 1980s!!) ...

KOSS Porta Pro!!!

they are rad esp if you want BASS. also they do look like nineteen eighty free

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I was just wondering... did you label eggos as over the head portable or hifi (I have actually never seen them in real life so I do not know how big they are...so sorry if this is a stupid question)

if eggos are portable... I'm wondering who the hifi ppl are, I used to walk around with my Senn 497's but I got a lot of strange looks and they are open type so almost the entire train was 'enjoying' my musical choices so I quit using them outdoors

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now Im looking for a replacement for the indoor headphones, my wish list:

Sony MDR-V700DJ

Sony MDR-XD400

Sony MDR-V7506

Pioneer HDJ-1000

ummm if you do research on the sonys, the v700 falls apart and has muddy sound. V7506 are exactly the same as the V^ which have bright sound but heavy bass (what i heard). id say go for the XD400, im getting the 300's myself and heard they are good.

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