Good headphones around $50.?

oXYnary · May 2005

They can be slightly above. I was looking around neweggs refurbished section. I dont know what to look for. Some kind of surround emulation would be nice. I guess more than anything the quality of sound/build. No mic is neccessary since I will frakenstein the one I have now unto it. Only real stipulation is the pads can't be made of leather.

flaagan · May 2005

get a set of the logetich headphones that come with UT2k4. they have a mic built in and i find them very comfortable. I use them both for chatting and games, and the volume control nub has a easy lil switch to turn on / off the mic.
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=103,CONTENTID=6339

and if you're feeling snazzy, i believe they come with different color panels for the earpieces.

oXYnary · May 2005

Thats what I have now! They hurt my ears and the sound quality sucks. Plus recently the left channel has gotten a distortion.

killingpeople · May 2005

these are mine. i enjoy them.
http://www.streetprices.com/Electronics/Consumer/Stereo_Headphones/SP449902.html

JKMakowka · May 2005

http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=110&code=023

I got these, they are real 5.1 headphones (no emulation). The surround sound is quite good (although not perfect) and the general sound quality is good enough for normal music and gaming (don't expect high quality headphones for music listening though).
Comfort is exellent, you can wear these 24/7 without probems.

Just be careful with the soundcard you are using.. those crappy onboard soundcards (at least the one I used; AC97 something) had a lot of 'static-noise' with these Headphones (wasn't noticable with normal speakers). But it works perfectly with my Creative Audigy2 ZS.

hawken · May 2005

you should get a set like mine, I found them in the 1960's when time travelling.

Eric Chadwick · May 2005

I recommend going to a brick-n-mortar shop and actually trying them out. Earscrews are very subjective. If you're unscrupulous, leave the store and buy them online.

Last year, one of the guys here bought these headphones for everyone at work. Nice. I like 'em.

Cool cans btw hawken.

Steve Schulze · May 2005

You can get a nice pair of AKGs for around $50 dollars (thats US, isn't it). I believe the pair I have at work are 90 model... perhaps 190. They have excellent quality sound, are extremely comfortable and drown out the incessant whining of producers and art directors.

PaK · May 2005

Are the bose headphones worth the money you pay for them? Does anyone have an opinion about those guys?

-R

Slayerjerman · May 2005

I got a pair of Aiwa HP-X222 headphones at bestbuy for about $38...they are pretty good and got a mute button on the left ear for when ppl want to talk to you

But they dont have any volume control on the cord which i think sucks...But thats what volume control in winamp/windows is for i suppose.

War_Destroyer · May 2005

I have a pair of these Sennheisers http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/det...cs&n=172282 The sound is incredible and the fact that it cancels out noise is a plus. The only draw back is the short cord.

Ryno · May 2005

Sennheisers are the best.

JKMakowka · May 2005

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Not the wireless, at least the one I got before getting the Zalman sucks big time.

Dravalen · May 2005

If you going to talk Sennheiser, the HD280 can't be beat for price/sound. It might be a bit out of your price range(~$90) but the sound is great, bass response awesome and they block pretty much any outside sound.

Ryno · May 2005

Yeah, I'm a bit biased. Maybe not all Sennheisers are the best, but I'm very happy with the pair I got. The subltleties that they pick up, and the depth of the bass is just outstanding. Great for music, and amazing for gaming. My frag totals went up by 20% after getting them, just because I could hear footsteps, and locate activity so much more accurately.

oXYnary · Jun 2005

Update: After looking around the mall Best Buy choices sucked. They only had the high end noise reduction hooked up. But the receiver they had them hooked into was staticy, so I couldnt tell sound quality.

I found one of the Brookends? I forget that high end electronics/comfort store. They had a smoking deal on a Sennheisers pcx-250. It was the last display model. He would have sold it for $100 (even newegg sells it for $150). Damn, sound quality was awesome. Plus its sound cancelling really made a difference. When I turned it on, the mall noise dissappeared. Perfect for a loud work enviroment. (If anyone is interested its the one in Northgate Mall in Seattle).

I couldnt afford that, even at the price. However Radio Shack of all places had display models AND a decent receiver of all there models.

I ended up with this model
http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&product%5Fid=33-1222
For half price sale (20 vs 40), the sound quality is excellent! In fact it sounded clearer than the higher end model. Its actually quite amazing! Anyone looking for a replacement headphone setup for a ipod or something, you might try these out. The only thing is they have a pretty short wire (something I overlooked). So I ended up monstering my old headphones wire and mic with some soldering and shoo goo. So now I have a headmic on these as well. (shh-dont tell radio shack).

Edit: I also have to add these are made in the US (with foreign parts) believe or not.

Good headphones around $50.?

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