Headphone mystery..

Miracle Mile

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Today I've ordered a pair of these just out of curiousity:



They reminds me somehow of the good old Sony MDR-V900's I've owned for years:



There is a huge difference however....

The pair I've just ordered will just cost only €19,-!!! ($21,27...)


I'm always curious about "bargains" like this....


Will report once they are in.
 
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It will be interesting to know how they sound, Miles. Are they brand new - because they look new? At that price, I wouldn't expect much, but would be delighted if they turned out okay.

Nando.
 
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Yo!

They are in...





First impression:

WOW!

The size, feel and build quality is very similar to the MDR-1 type:



but the sound and the costs of it....

They will surpass all the Sony's easily in every aspect!


I've tested them with two of my reference mixes which I know very well in every detail, copied to 24/96 Flac files :





These cans are certainly not usable as monitors during accurate mixing and mastering, but HELL...

They just only need a little piss to drive them properly (impedance <32 Ohm's)

For 'on the go' or just for mobile purposes these cans are sounding A M A Z I N G !


Info can be found here:

https://www.headphonecheck.com/test/behringer-bh-470/
 
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Great images, Miles. Now that you've revealed the model of headphones, I see they are currently out of stock at one of the stores I deal with. Price here at Long & McQuade is $42.99 Cdn.. How did you originally find out about them?

Nando.
 
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MDR's took a turn for the worse after 2012... or there abouts... with the lone exception of the balanced ZR1's. Plug those babies into one of these ...

WM1Z or WM1A

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and there are no words to describe the experience, especially with DSD files.

But it all comes with a steep price. o_O
 
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The cans list for $1800 but can be had for lower. I've seen em as low as $1200. Those two digital Walkmans start at around a grand ... and that gold one is over twice that. They have lower tiered models that also have a balanced input that are pretty stellar too and those start at about six hundy.

I own the WM1A via my review endeavors so it didn't hit the wallet. Even with regular Joe, unbalanced cans - the right ones - it sounds pretty freaking amazing with FLAC & above... even in blue-tooth mode. But I prefer wired.
 
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Miracle Mile said:
I've tested my 'foogazi' cans with two other favourites:






Did only one single modification replacing the spiral cable by a straight one, but for the rest these cans are really a steal.

@Nando: I found them here:

https://www.thomann.de/gb/behringer_bh_470.htm
Click to expand...
THey loo lovely, too bad you had to play that puissant Roger Waters on them, beware Brits with over size heads :p
 
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You got it Lee!

DSD is one of those esoteric formats. Cool - but you won't see me loading up a huge library of material formatted that way. I'm a FLAC guy :cool:
 
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So...I take it these fancy little portable players would walk all over an Ipod??
 
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