Sound systems!

good headphones are expensive because of two things:

Tolerances, and because they can. I'd pay twice as much for identical looking headphones if they sound awesome. Expensive headphones (some of them) cater to audiophiles. Same reason I run a mini surround sound setup around my desk.

Some headphones are expensive just so they can say "hey, we are expensive, so we are the best"

Benjamin Hall said:

Meh, I paid 20 bucks for Sony Studio Monitor headphones and I'm totally happy with them :)

Let me guess.....the MDR-V150? If so, believe me, you can do much better.....I had those for a while.

Prisoner said:

pparks1 said:

Here is the brochure on this exact model, it's 120 watts per channel or up to 150 watts per channel if PowerBoost is activated with a 8ohm load and this is only a 2 channel amplifier. So, it's nowhere near the 2000 watts that you estimated above.

Doesn't explain too well why it's blown 4 of my Cerwin-Vega's at once with half volume... and the channels are showing 300 watts per channel, not 120 or 150.

I don't know what to tell you...the model you posted a picture of was easily found online and I linked to the sheet showing power output and it is what it is.

Speakers don't often blow because the amount of power being fed to them...they often blow due to lack of quality power or what's known as clipping. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipping_%28audio%29. I used to own some Cerwin Vega speakers and they are highly efficient. Thus, they can easily pull a lot of power from a receiver.

noobvious said:

I run a line-out from my PC to my stereo, and it does sound decent....but my best sound comes from me plugging these into it....

http://www.gradolabs.com/product_pages/sr60.htm

Yep, gotta pair of Grado SR-125's on my desk at work. I love my headphones. Worth every penny that I paid.

pparks1 said:

Prisoner said:

pparks1 said:

Here is the brochure on this exact model, it's 120 watts per channel or up to 150 watts per channel if PowerBoost is activated with a 8ohm load and this is only a 2 channel amplifier. So, it's nowhere near the 2000 watts that you estimated above.

Doesn't explain too well why it's blown 4 of my Cerwin-Vega's at once with half volume... and the channels are showing 300 watts per channel, not 120 or 150.

I don't know what to tell you...the model you posted a picture of was easily found online and I linked to the sheet showing power output and it is what it is.

Speakers don't often blow because the amount of power being fed to them...they often blow due to lack of quality power or what's known as clipping.

noobvious said:

I run a line-out from my PC to my stereo, and it does sound decent....but my best sound comes from me plugging these into it....

http://www.gradolabs.com/product_pages/sr60.htm

Yep, gotta pair of Grado SR-125's on my desk at work. I love my headphones. Worth every penny that I paid.

When I bought the SR60i's, I had never spent more than $20 on headphones before, so spending $74 took a leap of faith....but I would do it again in a heartbeat.

If your listening to downloaded MP3's then less is more hell you already have a 10th of the audio information and for sure if all you do is gaming then maybe comfort and playing load is your thing. If on the other hand you like music and can discern all it's finer nuances then good is better and great is better still. Headphones can run into the thousands and would I pay that much for them, not likely but it's the same with everything especially computers. But if you can exploit the difference and appreciate them then spending a couple of hundred or more for outstanding cans makes all the difference in the world. Spend some quality time with some hi-res music or even standard cd's or lossless formatted music with real quality cans and you will notice all sorts of aural differences then the goal is to find the cans that match your tastes and fit your budget.

That took me forever to find a picture on the internet. Should have just taken one with a camera :P

My next audiophile investment:

Only 1,800,000 Yen plus freight. I definitely need to up my income before that's anywhere near feasible lol