Recommendations?

[Dude™]

I'm looking for a quality pair of headphones for 100 bucks or less. No in ear or ear bud. I mostly listen to death/black metal and some prog. Thanks

 

[Heir Apparent]

Hey, I 100% recommend Grado headphones. I purchased a pair of the SR225's (200$) and they sound insanely good. They make a cheaper pair called the sr80's and they are 100$.

Grado makes excellent headphones for rock music, I have found that death metal (especially Opeth) sound absolutely outstanding in them. All of there headphones are hand made and are excellent quality. For 100$ you wont find a better sounding headphone.

http://www.gradolabs.com
[ame]http://www.amazon.com/Grado-80-SR80/dp/B0006DPMVS/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1216865872&sr=8-2[/ame]

Hope that helps.

 

[Lightbulb Sun]

I suggest avoiding Skull Candy. You pay sooooo much more because of its name. But everyone says they're so awesome.

 

[Necropeth]

^They are awesome...I used to have a pair of them and the sound was absolutely incredible, absolutely worth the extra cash.

 

[hibernal_dream]

Hey, I 100% recommend Grado headphones. I purchased a pair of the SR225's (200$) and they sound insanely good. They make a cheaper pair called the sr80's and they are 100$.

Grado makes excellent headphones for rock music, I have found that death metal (especially Opeth) sound absolutely outstanding in them. All of there headphones are hand made and are excellent quality. For 100$ you wont find a better sounding headphone.

http://www.gradolabs.com
http://www.amazon.com/Grado-80-SR80...2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1216865872&sr=8-2

Hope that helps.

Seconded. The only good headphone for metal i've found for under $300

 

[Dude™]

Hey, I 100% recommend Grado headphones. I purchased a pair of the SR225's (200$) and they sound insanely good. They make a cheaper pair called the sr80's and they are 100$.

Grado makes excellent headphones for rock music, I have found that death metal (especially Opeth) sound absolutely outstanding in them. All of there headphones are hand made and are excellent quality. For 100$ you wont find a better sounding headphone.

http://www.gradolabs.com
http://www.amazon.com/Grado-80-SR80...2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1216865872&sr=8-2

Hope that helps.

Thanks a lot man I might check them out. They look kind of goofy though haha. Any others?

 

[hibernal_dream]

Well, you would only listen to open-style headphones inside in a quiet room, so no one would see them. If you want to wear phones outside and around people you need a closed pair, which generally don't sound as good unless you pay a huge amount.

 

[el_serpiente]

I also have a pair of Grado SR225 and like them very much they are perfect for Rock. I don't think that they are that good for black metal, drone and the like .Music that have a thick sound. On the other hand they are perfect for AC/DC, metallica and the more groovy metal.

They are not recommended for jazz, classic or black metal, noise/power electronics and drone.