Will Rickards
Storage Is My Life
So my headphones at work are starting to fall apart, the rubber around the part you put in the ear became separated. Basically the glue wore out.
But just about every pair of inexpensive headphones I try doesn't sound right to me. I wish I could try out a good pair for a few days to see what it could sound like before comitting to paying over $100 for a pair of headphones.
I have the Philips SHS420. And these sound good (clear crisp sound) but in trying the others I think I'm actually missing out in some of the bass. This could be because they only go down to 20hz.
I tried the ipod headphones and while they are similar in sound, they aren't as good. I can't pinpoint this as they are very similar.
I tried a $8 pair of Philips SHE2642. These seemed okay but what I really noticed was the bass in these. Something I was probably previously missing. At first these sounded wrong somehow. But the sound is growing on me. But still probably not good enough. Too much overlapping of the sound maybe? Hard to describe.
What does the size of the driver tell you?
How important is that 12 - 20 Hz range? The 20Khz to 22Khz range?
So I'm tempted just to buy another pair of my original headphones. But is there anything that is decent in the inexpensive price range?
Maybe I've been missing the bass and it's supposed to sound this way?
But just about every pair of inexpensive headphones I try doesn't sound right to me. I wish I could try out a good pair for a few days to see what it could sound like before comitting to paying over $100 for a pair of headphones.
I have the Philips SHS420. And these sound good (clear crisp sound) but in trying the others I think I'm actually missing out in some of the bass. This could be because they only go down to 20hz.
I tried the ipod headphones and while they are similar in sound, they aren't as good. I can't pinpoint this as they are very similar.
I tried a $8 pair of Philips SHE2642. These seemed okay but what I really noticed was the bass in these. Something I was probably previously missing. At first these sounded wrong somehow. But the sound is growing on me. But still probably not good enough. Too much overlapping of the sound maybe? Hard to describe.
What does the size of the driver tell you?
How important is that 12 - 20 Hz range? The 20Khz to 22Khz range?
So I'm tempted just to buy another pair of my original headphones. But is there anything that is decent in the inexpensive price range?
Maybe I've been missing the bass and it's supposed to sound this way?
