You will NEVER find a pair of headphones for less $ & get better performance than the HiFiMan "HE-400i"for about $200.00...Moving up to $350.00 moves you into the "Sundara"with better construction materials & slightly better performance your rig may or may not show..Both these headphones are open back so they leak a LOT of sound..If you need better isolation you need closed back & will loose soundstage & maybe muddy the bass a touch..For closed backs I have no good recommendations except Google...
Please recommend new headphones for listening to Qobuz on iPhone
I've been streaming Hi-Res music from Qobuz on my iPhone, attached (with the camera adaptor, of course) to an iFi hip-dac. My headphones are an old pair of AKG K240 Mk IIs. I've been having some fun, surprisingly -- I'm not much of a headphone guy, actually -- to the point that I'm wondering about upgrading the 'phones.
Let's say I was willing to spend about $400, and was looking for clarity, soundstage, cymbals that sound like cymbals instead of like, well, like tin cans.
Any thoughts or recommendations?
Also, if a bit more scratch -- another hundred or so -- could yield a whole lot more musical enjoyment, I'd be happy to hear about that, too.
Thanks very much.
-- Howard
Let's say I was willing to spend about $400, and was looking for clarity, soundstage, cymbals that sound like cymbals instead of like, well, like tin cans.
Any thoughts or recommendations?
Also, if a bit more scratch -- another hundred or so -- could yield a whole lot more musical enjoyment, I'd be happy to hear about that, too.
Thanks very much.
-- Howard