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budget: 50-500
music preference: I actually want the headphones for computer games
form factor: over ear (like computer ones)
source: computer
Great sound quality needed
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For $275~, you can get yourself an AKG K701 - read up on it in my previous post I wrote for Pazx. In short, it has
legendary soundstage (can pinpoin where ANY sound comes from), and has the most realistic midrange sound, perfect for movies and music alike. The problem is, you'll need an amp as well. I'd recommend the AudioQuest Dragonfly at $250 - it could perfectly drive the K701 and it's the size of a thumb drive! It's crazy good for the price too.
Regards.
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I bought a pair of Skull Candy for £10. They broke with in a week. I reccomend JVC in ears, they've lasted almost a year, pretty good sound quality.
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Yeah, Skullcandy has the WORST build quality out of any recognized headphone brand I've ever seen. JVC actually has some really nice in-ears that are less than $20. I think you have the JVC Marshmallows (very popular and found @ Best Buy/Target/Wal-mart), which I have as well, and I would go as far as to say that they could compete with my $90 Audio Technica ATH-CKM500.
They say audiophilia is all about chasing the last 20% of the full 100% possible price-quality ratio. Say if a $25 product is 70% of the possible 100%, a $75 product would probably be a 75% of the 100%. It gets worse as you go higher up the scale; at one point, you're probably paying $50 per extra 2% on the theoretical scale. My $300 Beyerdynamic T50P isn't all that much better than my $150 Audio Technica ATH-M50. It's better, but not by a whole lot.