very best headphones

[steve2470]

"Very best" = you are filthy rich, have money to burn, and want the very best headphones money can buy

IDC if they are open-back, closed, on the ear, etc etc etc

I have Sennheiser M2AEBT headphones, which I love. However......

I've often wondered if I could really appreciate $5000 electrostatic headphones. I've lost a bit of hearing over the years.

Anyone wanna venture an opinion ?

I won't argue with you, at that level it gets pretty subjective (unless you have some kind of lab testing)

eta: https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/senneheiser-reveals-50000-orpheus-headphones/

At $50k, Sennheiser's Orpheus Are The World's Most Expensive Headphones

as I said, filthy rich


eta2: http://bit.ly/2sIwNAO (Google Shopping search)

Get out your platinum VISA lol

[msongs]

1. I use $4.99 phones from radio shack but you can buy them from me for 5K if u like :-)

bttw they sound pretty darn good

[ret5hd]

2. When I was a teen I made my own "headphones"...

A cardboard box big enough for my head with 2 holes cut for some speakers robbed from old AM clock radios. Put a small pillow inside for comfort and jammed away.

[Eko]

3. Huh,

I do a lot of recording and audio editing, I am not sure why you would need m2aebt's, they go up to 22k. Im in my mid 40's and have decent hearing and can only hear up to 17k. Here is a hearing test for you. Play the test file on the second down on the left. http://www.audiocheck.net/audiotests_frequencycheckhigh.php

[steve2470]

4. yea I top out at about 14k hz, unless I turn the volume way up

I don't need them, I just like them and they sound great. I listen to music for hours at a time. Each to his/her own.

[Eko]

5. True,

ya got the money get what ya want. Personally I love these audio technica ATH-R70x's. Considered gold in recording studios, wired and not wireless but I'm an audio purist anyways and I feel wireless is bad as they don't tell you whether it is at 16 bit or 24 bit for the decoding and encoding. I also like records and reel to reels better than cd's so that might give you some insight as to what I think, good or bad.

[Eko]

6. The AT's freq response

is 5 - 40,000 Hz compared to the M2's 16 - 22,000 Hz. More lows and more highs.