Ogwaros Iwenâl » shilling http://www.brianupton.net Into the depths of the fiery abyss Sat, 10 Jul 2010 06:05:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 New headphones http://www.brianupton.net/2009/04/15/new-headphones/ http://www.brianupton.net/2009/04/15/new-headphones/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:33:32 +0000 Brian Upton http://www.brianupton.net/?p=63 I listen to a lot of music, and I tend to do so on headphones.  I’ve been using some Sony studio-style headphones for some time – I believe I bought them in 1999 or 2000.  They’ve certainly served me well, but the headband was beginning to snap and I’ve begun to notice distortion for louder volumes.  So I ordered a pair of Sennheiser HD 202s.

Wow.

The headphones themselves block out a good deal of ambient noise.  And the clarity is such an improvement – I’m picking up all sorts of nuances that I never noticed that much before.  One of the reviews on Amazon described the sound reproduction as being “analytical” and I can kind of see what the reviewer meant by that.  Certain genres or instrumentations may be a bit too clear, almost deconstructed.  I’m not sure if that is necessarily a bad thing, or just simply different.

My only real complaint so far is that they’re a bit too bulky for use on the bus.  They’re perfect at home, though, which is where I get the most use out of them anyway.

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