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Re: Headphone Recommendations? [message #103342 is a reply to message #103336]

Thu, 30 April 2009 14:30

dnafe

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$500 USD if I rememebr correctly...came in at a little under $750 CDN after
shipping and taxes...which was $400 below the best price I could find in
Canada at the time

Don

"Ganatt Kushner" <ganttmann@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:49f9a2e2$1@linux...
>
> Hey Don - Do you mind saying what your low-ball bid was?
>
> Gantt
>
> "Don Nafe" <dnafe@rogers.com> wrote:
>>I have a pair of RS-1s and Mr. Massenburg is absolutely correct.
>>
>>In my journey to reach the holy grail of headphones I tried out AKG, Sony,
>
>>Sennheiser and Beyer top end headphones (sorry, I forget which models) and
> I
>>would have gladly bought any one of them at the time for reference
>>listening
>
>>purposes but I jokingly put a lowball bid on these Grado's (on EBay) and
>
>>damn if I didn't win them.
>>
>>Sometimes the cosmic comedian plays nice with you.
>>
>>Don
>>
>>
>>
>>"John Macy" <nospamjohn@johnmacy.com> wrote in message
>>news:49f7a55d$1@linux...
>>>
>>> Grados--my faves for years...George Massenburg says you gan hear the
>>> grass
>>> grow in them....
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Rich S." <studiodog_99@xxahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>HD280's or K240's - I have both, K240 I like better if isolation is not
>>> an
>>>>issue - the HD280's have pretty good isolation. Either one work for
>
>>>>you.
>>>>"Larry Hogan" <ooglybong@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>Greetings, PARISians,
>>>>>
>>>>>Still here after many a year but I've definitely been out of the loop.
>>> (Fairly
>>>>>frequent lurking, but too busy to contribute much. Sorry.)
>>>>>
>>>>>Two years ago, my wife and I moved. I had had a nice sound-proof studio
>>>>and
>>>>>control room I had built back in the mid-90s, taking over 1/3 of my
>>>>>basement,
>>>>>but now I'll have to be rebuilding that. (My summer plan, hopefully.)
>
>>>>>Anyway,
>>>>>after ripping apart my studio and PARIS rig, I now need to get up and
>
>>>>>running
>>>>>again in a temporary area in order to finally complete a project
>>>>>started
>>>>>a few years ago. My new home is such that I will probably need to do
> most
>>>>>mixing/editing via headphones (with occasional real-world auditions via
>>>>my
>>>>>near fields, of course) until I rebuild the studio.
>>>>>
>>>>>Any tips on some very good-to-great (yet hopefully cost effective)
>>>>>headphones?
>>>>>(What DO good phones go for?) I would like to be able to support local
>>> businesses
>>>>>and, of course, be able to audition the phones there, so hopefully
>>>>>nothing
>>>>>too esoteric. Can I get a really nice pair for, say, less than $200.
>>>>>
>>>>>Many thanks in advance,
>>>>>Larry Hogan
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

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[Message index]

		Headphone Recommendations? By: Larry Hogan on Mon, 27 April 2009 11:10
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Gantt Kushner on Mon, 27 April 2009 12:42
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: dnafe on Mon, 27 April 2009 14:08
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Larry Hogan on Mon, 27 April 2009 20:44
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Wayne on Mon, 27 April 2009 14:30
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Gantt Kushner on Mon, 27 April 2009 19:26
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Larry Hogan on Mon, 27 April 2009 20:34
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Aaron Allen on Mon, 27 April 2009 22:48
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Jamie K on Tue, 28 April 2009 11:18
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Martin Harrington on Tue, 28 April 2009 01:29
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Sarahtonin on Fri, 01 May 2009 06:00
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Dave EK on Mon, 27 April 2009 15:31
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Gantt Kushner on Mon, 27 April 2009 19:26
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: kerryg on Mon, 27 April 2009 20:18
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Erling on Tue, 28 April 2009 01:22
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Dale on Tue, 28 April 2009 02:40
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: AlexPlasko on Tue, 28 April 2009 09:41
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Riich S on Tue, 28 April 2009 12:22
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: john Macy[2] on Tue, 28 April 2009 17:32
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Gantt Kushner on Thu, 30 April 2009 06:08
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Gantt Kushner on Thu, 30 April 2009 06:28
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: dnafe on Thu, 30 April 2009 14:30
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: Tom Bruhl on Thu, 30 April 2009 15:07
		Re: Headphone Recommendations? By: dnafe on Sat, 02 May 2009 14:48

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