Vault Network Boards - Need new Headphones - Noise Cancelling, around $250.00. Recommendations?

DunesVladHarkonnen posted:

MP3s, and AVIs mainly

My ipod touch when I'm travelling, or my ipad2.

Comp has a dedicated Dolby 5.1 Surround Card. Mainly it's just music and gaming sitting here when I don't want to disturb people, but videos I watch from my bed and I'd need a 15ft headphone cord to manage that

So generally I don't use headsets for the computer, just travelling, the train in the morning and getting home.

I can find the ATH-M50 for $250.00, the M-80 for $189.00...

Might just man up, take ACF's advice (oh god), and purchase the M-80

ATH-m50's can be had for about $120ish currently. They had a price inflation a while ago.

If you haven't already you might look at apple lossless file format or setting up itunes so it rips your cd's at 320kbps to use with your touch.
for listening at home id download Foobar2000 and google "Foobar200 rip flac"

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posted:FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, an audio format similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because it is designed specifically for audio, and you can play back compressed FLAC files in your favorite player (or your car or home stereo, see supported devices) just like you would an MP3 file.

I buy CD's all the time now and purchase alot of music off of https://www.hdtracks.com/ Ill only use itunes or amazon if its a single song and I cant get it in higher quality.

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Also I forget what VNboards policy is with deals threads so Ill let you find it since Head-fi has a very nice user friendly search option that works. (unlike a outdated forum we all post on).
Just search 'The Deals Thread' and start camping. electronic expo had open box Denon AH-d5000's for $320ish a week or two ago. youv already set a limit on what your gonna spend might at least look at what higher headphones have to offer.

Edit:
I also forgot to mention earlier that that VModa is On Ear. Not Over Ear

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My last pair was 'on ear' and personally I liked it. It was noise cancelling but wasn't the greatest.

Never had 'over the ear' phones, not terribly sure I like that style. Might love it though. I hate the earbuds because I find them very uncomfortable and they hurt my ears after a few minutes, not even hours, or listening. The on ear ones I had....my ears get tired around the 6-8hour mark.

Then again it was just some random Sony ****** pair I bought for $100.00 at a local shop.

Was looking to upgrade.

Thanks again Nerf, I'll check out that site and that recommendation. Amazon has the M-80 delivered to my doorstep in 1-3 days for 200.00 with shipping. Still within my budget, and another big seller for me is the flexibility of the head set. I've been known to fall asleep with my headphones on and that's how I broke my last set.

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