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I'm involved in a vigorous discussion about headphones on a medical transcription forum. Somebody was running down Sennheisers because their $25 sets kept breaking. (This under daily use in a production environment.) Anyway, I did a search to refute their benightedness and goodcans.com/ was the very first hit. $1000 cans, anyone? I keep trying to convey to other transcriptionists that quality gear may seem expensive, until you have to replace the cheap stuff a couple of times. For the record, my phones of choice are the beyerdynamic DT 700. I bought a pair in 1996 (!) and still use them on a daily basis. I paid $86 back then; today they're $200. I haven't found anything at any price that equals them for the combination of accuracy, comfort, durability, and passive isolation. Just my two centibucks' worth. The website is the real reason I posted. Enjoy.
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I know a girl with thousand dollars cans..... <rimshot>
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Working for a company that makes hi-end in-ear headphones and monitors, I have to be careful not to be too commercial. As for passive isolation, there are no over-the-ear or on-the-ear headphones that can offer the isolation that an in-canal headphone can. This is simply a matter of facts of physics. The canal has to be sealed for high (20+ dB) attenuation. For home recordists, the isolation is actually something to consider - great isolation from room noise/sound will help you to place microphones more accurately - hearing what the microphone hears. You will find that the lower end of quality in-ear monitors/headphones using balanced armature drivers, falls into line with your Beyerdynamic models - even less on price. The goodcans site is interesting, but it seems like they are limiting their brand choice to a few brands. www.Headfi.org seems to list more manufacturers (well over 100) including those from the goodcans site. They also allow detailed user reviews. If you visit the site, prepare to be mesmerized for awhile with all of gear reviews and so forth. My favorite over-the-ear; or circumaural to be more precise, for listening purposes, are Sennheiser HD800 headphones. These are glorious, but offer almost zero passive attenuation/isolation. And the list on them is around $1000 if I'm not mistaken. -Scott
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I can just see me telling my wife that I'm going to buy $1000 headphones, so she can say, "You don't listen to me now; why would you spend $1000 to not listen to me!"  Just kidding; we get along great. But there's still no way I could justify $1000 headphones. Just sayin'...
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I have a pair of in ear headphones, bought on Scott's recommendation, from the company he is with - Westone.
I am delighted with them, they work well from everything from casual listening with an iPhone to jamming or studio work.
Have Fun!
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I can just see me telling my wife that I'm going to buy $1000 headphones, so she can say, "You don't listen to me know; why would you spend $1000 to not listen to me!"
That wouldn't fly very high around here, neither.
Don S.
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I have a pair of in ear headphones, bought on Scott's recommendation, from the company he is with - Westone.
I am delighted with them, they work well from everything from casual listening with an iPhone to jamming or studio work.
Peter, which model did you end up buying? Next year at NAMM, you should stop by the Westone booth and meet some of the guys. I was at NAMM in 2010 and talked with someone at the PG booth - but I had a grand total of 2.5 hours at NAMM; it was torture deciding where to go with such little time.
-Scott
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