Bart
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My brother is after some reasonable earphones for xmas.
Any good suggestions for around the £50 mark?
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Whittie
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I've been using the iphone 5 ones and I must say i'm bloody impressed. Didn't make much of it at first as a generic car hands free but for films and music, they're decent.
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John
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I'm interested in this for my dad, over ear ones (does that make them headphones?)
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Dom
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Got a cheap pair of Klipsch S4's and there aren't too bad; sound a lot better when i use my CMOY though.
Otherwise Senn CX870's or CX500's. The Shure SE102's are suppose to be alright once driven in.
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Originally posted by John
I'm interested in this for my dad, over ear ones (does that make them headphones?)
Budget? Where will he be using them?
Grado 60 or 80's would be my choice 
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John
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Grado's are probably a bit out of budget, closer to the £50 would be better.
They'll maybe be plugged into an iPad occasionaly, won't be used for any hardcore listening. At the same time I'd rather not buy rubbish.
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noshua
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Save your money and get some CX500's.
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Grado's are probably a bit out of budget, closer to the £50 would be better.
They'll maybe be plugged into an iPad occasionally, won't be used for any hardcore listening. At the same time I'd rather not buy rubbish.
AKG K420/430/450 (K430's tend to get decent reviews and have a few friends that swear by them for iPod listening; personally i thought they were bottom heavy and a bit cack but it was on pair that hadn't been ran in) otherwise Senn 238/218 perhaps (haven't listened to these).
Balling might have a few other ideas......
Edit - Head-fi comparison http://www.head-fi.org/t/614729/compact-portable-headphone-roundup-16-phones-including-portapro-px-100-ii-v-jays-tracks-k430-and-more
[Edited on 29-11-2012 by Dom]
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John
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Cheers
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AlunJ
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Sennheisser in ears are good, I've got cx-200's which I've had a few years and they sound just as good at the beats I had with my sensation XL. Don't think much of the new iPhone ones.
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Munchie
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Senheiser cx500. I need to buy some more actually
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Bart
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are we sure cx500 is that good? they're like £15 to buy?
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Balling
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Grado's are probably a bit out of budget, closer to the £50 would be better.
They'll maybe be plugged into an iPad occasionaly, won't be used for any hardcore listening. At the same time I'd rather not buy rubbish.
Have a look at iGrado. Fantastic pair of headphones for the price. They look and feel cheap (like most bottom end Grado's) but the sound is completely unlike how they look.
Best point about the iGrado's is that it takes almost nothing to drive them.
AKG K430 as Dom mentions is a good bet also. Definitely don't sound as open or 'full' as the iGrado's, but they fold in to a little storage bag and actually fit in a (largish) jacket pocket. Also, the K430's are better in a noisy environment, where the iGrado's don't really shut out anything.
Very impressed with the build quality of the AKG's as well.
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AlunJ
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quote:
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are we sure cx500 is that good? they're like £15 to buy?
Haven't tried them but I would have expected then to be an upgrade to mine and they cost me £30
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Munchie
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Originally posted by AlunJ
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Originally posted by Bart
are we sure cx500 is that good? they're like £15 to buy?
Haven't tried them but I would have expected then to be an upgrade to mine and they cost me £30
Get them from an authorised retailer, alot of fakes about
http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/How-to-spot-fake-Sennheiser-CX500?ugid=10000000006176066
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Matt L
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I have some audio technika ones cant remember then name of them but they were around £40ish, personally love them although if they are on my ears for most of the day they start to hurt.
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by Munchie
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Originally posted by AlunJ
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Originally posted by Bart
are we sure cx500 is that good? they're like £15 to buy?
Haven't tried them but I would have expected then to be an upgrade to mine and they cost me £30
Get them from an authorised retailer, alot of fakes about
http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/How-to-spot-fake-Sennheiser-CX500?ugid=10000000006176066
They still seem to vary from £24:
http://www.imusicgear.com/sennheiser-cx-500-headphones-inear-earbud-binaural-titan-p-609.html
to £69;
http://www.audioelevation.co.uk/Cartv3/Details_options.asp?ProductID=168
Thats a huge difference
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jacko198
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CX-500 gets my vote, as said, dont get fakes, look for a decent website and youll be fine
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noshua
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I got both sets of mine off Play.com ages ago for about £15 a pair
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Bart
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Bought a pair of cx870s from amazon, job done and thanks guys
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Wrighty
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sound magic E10's
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John
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Ordered the AKG450's.
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