The Personal Audio Price-Performance Pundit: The best headphones for $500 or less?

Friday, September 19, 2014

The best headphones for $500 or less?

Q: What would you consider to be the best headphones for $500 or less?

A: HD600/650 depending on your preferences
HD600 from a pure price-performance perspective.
HD650 if you don't want a neutral pair of headphones (most folks don't)

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The term "audiophile" has become a stereotype -- people who spend vast amounts of money on equipment, typically for modest enhancements in performance. For them it's all about the newest, greatest, most expensive setup they can build. This blog is not for them.

This blog is for folks who want to get the most value for their budget, for folks looking to maximize the "bang for their buck", and those who place equal emphasis on price and performance.

Sometimes folks trying to get to summit-fi get so caught up in the technology and the hype generated by other personal audio sites that they forget it's actually about the music.

Eventually we all (normal folks + audiophiles alike) buy audio equipment because we all enjoy (love?) music. And there is an incredibly huge amount of music out there, far far more than I can ever hope to hear.

The joy is in discovering something new, something extraordinary every day, whether it is with a pair of headphones you bought for $5000 or with a pair of headphones you stole from United the last time you flew with them.

You won't see hype on this blog, or inflated audiophile claims, or snake-oil. You will see a price-performance perspective that will assist you in attaining your personal audio nirvana without going bankrupt, and in finding the true meaning of Life -- what extraordinary music did you discover today?

Friday, September 19, 2014

The best headphones for $500 or less?

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