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I will soon be in the market for a pair of good headphones and would like to hear comments (good & bad) on what everyone is using.

Does anyone have experience with cordless headphones?

Thanks

Believe it or not, Koss headphones are quite good.

Depending on your budget and listening tastes of course.

I don't listen to overly bassy recordings, but I do want my low strings to sound good. For most rock, jazz and classical I like my Koss Porta Pro headphones. At CDN$60 they're a steal!

Audioreview (4.35/5.00, 40 reviews)
http://www.audioreview.com/Headphones/Koss+Porta+pro/PRD_117873_2750crx.aspx

Good luck!
-Nick

i believe goodsound.com just did a review on these and two other headphones. all very inexpensive. I've had a pair of Koss for over ten years. Just sent them back to get the cover over the foam replaced. Great headphones guaranteed for life.

I'd suggest the excellent AKG K501 for a moderately priced(about$150)phone nearly as good as any. Check headphone.com for lots of info including measurements, especially in the "product stuff" section. Pretty good prices, too.

two words

GRADO LABS

they're a lot like Axiom
check them out
www.gradolabs.com

I bought the SR60's (their lowest model) for US 69$.
I have never heard headphones sound this good for that price. People say the bass is weak, I say it is realistic. It simply doesn't have that boomy make-your-ears-vibrate quality of those shitty panasonic things with XtraBassBoom on or some other ridiculous feature like that.

They are so clean, neutral, they remind me of the M22's, however just a tad less in your face.

Hi,

Nick_S and Ravi are correct. The Koss PortaPro and SportaPro rank among the smoothest sounding headphones for the least money. I've also used Grado SR125's for years, and the Grado SR60's are similar. Both those and the PortaPro's are also very comfortable.

Other Koss models vary in quality. The lower-priced Sennheiser phones are also very good.

All cordless headphones, RF-based and those with infrared transmitters, are compromised by occasional interference and noise, but they can be convenient. They're also heavier (built-in batteries to power the RF or infrared receiver) and have to be recharged. The Sennheiser models can sound pretty good. They're not my cup of tea, but if you don't want to be tethered by a cord like a pet on a leash, try out the Sennheiser cordless models.

Regards,

I'd have to disagree on the Sennheiser cordless models sounding good, though I suppose that could be a relative term; maybe they sound better than other cordless headphones, but I think they sound pretty piss-poor. I was extremely disappointed in the performance, the sound quality was poor and the range wasn't very good either. I couldn't leave the room the base-station was in without getting static/interfence, and sometimes I would get it even in the same room if I turned my head a certain way. I ended up selling them to a friend for about 1/4th of what I paid for them, because my conscience wouldn't let me charge any more without feeling guilty that I had ripped him off.

jkohn, try the ebay selling method next time.
Your conscience may be relieved if you didn't sell them to a friend but instead to a fanatic who loves the Sennheiser sound and would perhaps even pay MORE than what you bought them for.
Its amazing what people out on ebay go looking for. I once sold (not too long ago) a 486 motherboard for $40!!
I was going to throw it in the trash thinking, who in their right mind would want such an old piece of computer that is so incredibly outdated and virtually incapable of running anything modern.
Then again, i see Commodore 64s up on ebay now and again and people still buy them. Must be nostalgia.

Does that mean my Sony beta hi fi's might have a second chance at life?

I'll give you three Canadian pennies and a piece of sock lint for it