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Miles: That's quite a collection of headphones you have. For me, if I was to go purposefully hunting for vintage (80's and older) headphones, I would like a pair of Pioneer (I haven't decided on which model, yet) and another pair of AKGs - the K340s. Any of the Stax headphones are priced high - and justifiably so. That would round out my collection.

Nando.
 

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Im not a big headphones phan. Ive had one set of Sony's for about 20 years. A while back a buddy gave me a set of vintage Pioneer's that my brother currently uses. Pretty much the only serious phones I have ever owned. With that being said, a friend of mine has a set of the noise canceling Bose cans. I honestly didnt mind them. Of course, that was just a quick listen. To make a true evaluation of them, id have to do a long listening session. I also found them to be quite comfortable.
 

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I don't have anything against Bose.

In the UK they seem to have a reasonably high profile. Their success is probably due to (fairly) slick advertising geared towards general consumers as opposed to audiophiles.
 

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Im not a big headphones phan. Ive had one set of Sony's for about 20 years. A while back a buddy gave me a set of vintage Pioneer's that my brother currently uses. Pretty much the only serious phones I have ever owned. With that being said, a friend of mine has a set of the noise canceling Bose cans. I honestly didnt mind them. Of course, that was just a quick listen. To make a true evaluation of them, id have to do a long listening session. I also found them to be quite comfortable.
With working professionally in studio's and at radiostations a pair of cans is not something you simply use to enjoy music, it is a serious tool you have to rely on.
That's the main reason I began to collect them because I think every type of headphones has it's own characteristic sound which can be helpfull (or sometimes not) with working on different kinds of music.
 
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Good points Miles. Im more, an open air listener. The more I can feel the sound the better. Live music being my favorite. I dont have anything against phones, just not my preferred choice of recreational listening.
 

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Miles: That's quite a collection of headphones you have. For me, if I was to go purposefully hunting for vintage (80's and older) headphones, I would like a pair of Pioneer (I haven't decided on which model, yet) and another pair of AKGs - the K340s. Any of the Stax headphones are priced high - and justifiably so. That would round out my collection.

Nando.

I have a set of Micro Seiko headphones made by Stax.

http://www.thevintageknob.org/THEVAULT2/MS2MP1/MS2MP1.html

I haven't used them for a while.
 

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Maybe we should change this thread into an AKG one......
Anybody is welcome to post anything here provided it is audio/music related.

The current flavour is AKG and as a result, I now know more about their headphones than I did before. It is all good. :)
 

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I have at least eight pairs myself. I built a headphone tree from scrap lumber for them.

Nobody gave me my best fitting pair, Sony MDR-P1, which were introduced around 1990?



I'm wearing them NOW
 
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Although not using them very much, those are still my favourites......



The Sony MDR-V 700 Custom in.......

ORANGE.....
 

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I meant 16-24 oz cans of COURSE.

A good number of my 'phones are in disrepair and right now that includes my Pioneer SE-30 and 50s :(
 
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