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Advice requured.
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:37 am
by SCALEBACK
Before I ask for advice, I'm going to give you some background.
I've recently had to endure the torture of earache which meant I couldn't use in-ear headphones due to the earwax on them after the use of ear drops and the one quid ones I've been using on a temporary measure aren't to bad but the last thing you want when you've got earache is in ear headphones. I decided to get a new pair and have weighed up the pros and cons of the different styles and decided to use the over ear style ones. I prefer cheap, easy to use
hard/software (my creativity equipment and software're proof of this) and I have a USB DJ2go mixing deck and M-audio Keysattion 32 minii, both complete with the free easy to use software (these're relevevant). I'm looking at a decent pair for between 10-15 quid (but twenty's my absolute limit as I don't want anything fancy. Just for Youtube and music making.
Suggestions/recommendations pkease...
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Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:49 am
by koopa42
I've just picked up a fault in the AE35 unit. It's going to go 100% failure in 72 hours
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Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:55 am
by Megamixer
SCALEBACK wrote:Before I ask for advice, I'm going to give you some background.
I've recently had to endure the torture of earache which meant I couldn't use in-ear headphones due to the earwax on them after the use of ear drops and the one quid ones I've been using on a temporary measure aren't to bad but the last thing you want when you've got earache is in ear headphones.
Best story eva bro. Deep stuff.
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Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 2:13 pm
by Antiriad2097
May I suggest an audio forum instead of this one for your post?
In fact, maybe all your posts?
Please?
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Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 3:26 pm
by The Hardest of All Freds
8 Bit music is crap anyway. That's why they made 16 bits.
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Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:38 pm
by markopoloman
Megamixer wrote:SCALEBACK wrote:Before I ask for advice, I'm going to give you some background.
I've recently had to endure the torture of earache which meant I couldn't use in-ear headphones due to the earwax on them after the use of ear drops and the one quid ones I've been using on a temporary measure aren't to bad but the last thing you want when you've got earache is in ear headphones.
Best story eva bro. Deep stuff.

You made me spit beer out. I really don't like to waste beer!
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Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 11:11 pm
by SCALEBACK
markopoloman wrote:Megamixer wrote:SCALEBACK wrote:Before I ask for advice, I'm going to give you some background.
I've recently had to endure the torture of earache which meant I couldn't use in-ear headphones due to the earwax on them after the use of ear drops and the one quid ones I've been using on a temporary measure aren't to bad but the last thing you want when you've got earache is in ear headphones.
Best story eva bro. Deep stuff.

You made me spit beer out. I really don't like to waste beer!
It was a serious post about headphone recommendations from other posters and I gave some background as to why I wanted it.
Its alright, I don't like to seek good Kronenbourg 1664 go to waste either.
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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 3:35 am
by silvergunner
You will never get a good pair of on ear head phones for under £20. But if your budget really won't stretch to say £50 (richersounds and other places) for so AKG Y50's which are normally £80 then the best of a bad bunch I have heard are some Motörhead branded headphones for £20 at HMV.
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Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 9:58 pm
by SCALEBACK
Who said anything about a fancy pair?
I just want a decent pair to connect to my lappy so I can create music without annoying everybody else with the racket and to watch youtube.
I just like cheap easy to use, nothing fancy hard/software and I'm practically on glorified (paid) work experience at 90 quid a week.
Whats wrong with an amateur hobbyist using cheap hardware?
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Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 4:11 am
by silvergunner
Nothing's wrong with that and they are cheap what I have suggested. Not like I suggested some beats at over £300.
Just trying to give advice. If you are making music would it not be better to be able to hear properly what sounds your making by getting a slightly better pair. Then your recordings won't sound as poor.
Advice over I will say no more on the matter as you clearly did not like the advice given.
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Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 5:23 am
by BennyTheGreek
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/p ... 662336.htm
there are quite a few over the ear ones for less than £15 at Argos....
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Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 5:24 am
by BennyTheGreek
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/p ... 344819.htm
hmm...
it seems tricky this internet thing, but I did a `search` on the `internet` and found `these`
might be worth actually trying it out...it only took me a few hours to get these 2 results...

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Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 11:09 am
by SCALEBACK
I got the Sony MDRV15 headphones, twenty quid, from HMV today.
Thanks for any advice,
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Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 11:01 pm
by markopoloman

After scaleback said he got the sony ones, I had to look to see what they were like in your links... Hello Kitty! Quality stuff there!
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Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2014 6:30 am
by BennyTheGreek
SCALEBACK wrote:I got the Sony MDRV15 headphones, twenty quid, from HMV today.
Thanks for any advice,
£13.97 from Argos.