Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Headphones?

Huge is probably not going to make the wife happy, which is why I was looking at the smaller 150's for her as a possible option.

I also have the old PX200s (I think?) the original Senn noise cancellers. They work ok, but my pair broke down relatively quickly. And the sound was nothing compared to bigger cans.

Yeah, I think if I just wanted for portable with no noise cancelling then I'd consider the PX100 or 150's. and for just stereo probably the Grado's.

The fact that all sealed cans actually filter out some noise without needing the whole "active noise reduction" voodoo from some headphones probably makes the 280 one of my best bets. They dont look too big, but if you compare them to the 150 or in ear, then yeah they probably are huge.

Context is everything.

The 150's are sealed, so some of the sound should get blocked out.

And silly me for not clarifying in these parts....

Huge HEADPHONES are probably not going to make the wife happy

I think I am leaning towards the Beyerdynamic DT 231. It looks like they have good sound and comfort, with a sealed design for some noise blocking too.

There is something in the link I posted earlier about the 150's having problems with the attachment point for when the headphones are folded away, and there was mention earlier of the others I posted a link to not being comfortable. I'll have to see what else I can dig up on the Beyerdynamics. Anyone tried these?

I decided to play it safe and ask her what's most important here. The ranking, from most to least is:

Comfort
Style
Sound Quality
Portability
Noise blocking (last two are interchangeable, didn't care much about either)

The beyers have the comfort, but not the style. Looks like it's back to the drawing board. The 150's are in the lead again at this point, but I'm going to consider other options as well.

She's away until the 20th, so I have extra time for bday shopping this year (her bday is on the 15th).

What does style mean?

SkullCandy

Oh. My.