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No love for Denon Headphones?

Bassmantweed

Bassmantweed

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I was looking for a pair of noise Cancellation headphones and what I found was that the technology may not be for me. So i am now changing my search for a good pair of over the ear closed back cans.

I will need them for listening at work and dont want open cans or any sounds to escape.

I have heard good things about the non-cancellation audio technecia's I know Grado and have a pair but they are open.

Not a huge fan of sennheiser don't ask me why...... but would be willing to take a listen.

I saw a pair of Denon AHD2000 that look very interesting but nobody around here mentions them?
 
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My brief experience with Denon was that they were ok, but overpriced for their sound quality production....especially when compared with something like AKG.

LouLoomis
 
What is your budget?
I Know several people here at AK have said some very good things about Denon Headphones, but mostly their higher-end stuff.
 
Well I just looked up the ahd2000's and they are farther up the denon food-chain than I thought, I think these were some that Arkay (sp?) had said sounded quite nice. might want to search the forums for some posts about denon headphones, not sure if all of them made there way to our new Headphone forum.
 
Beyerdynamic headphones are another to consider, I have read good things about them. Also do you want over ear headphones, or are you opposed to IEM's?
 
Yes I want over the closed ear phones I have a pair of shure iem's I use for running but I cant wear them for more than an hour before my ears hurt.

I want to wear them at work so they have to be quiet.

i am leaning towards the akg 272 HD's I have been reading good things about them
 
I think I would get a nice pair of Audio Technica closed back can's before the AKG 272's. I would really look into the Denon's as well. Headfi might have some more suggestions.
 
Bassmantweed said:
May i ask why?
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Hmm...guess bassed on your dislike of Senn's, which I also dislike, I didn't think you would like the sound of the 272's , as I didn't. I have listened to some closed back Audio technica's and they surprised me quite a bit, they were good. I had listened to some closed back AKG's and they were just lackluster compared to their openback counterparts. Do you have any way audition any headphones locally?
 
No -

I was told best buy carries AKG but according to their website they are available only through their website.

Denon - only one spot that looks like is run out of some guys garage.

Amazon has a pretty good return policy So maybe I will try the

Denon AH-D2000 and the Audio technica ATH-A700
 
Bassmantweed said:
No -

I was told best buy carries AKG but according to their website they are available only through their website.

Denon - only one spot that looks like is run out of some guys garage.

Amazon has a pretty good return policy So maybe I will try the

Denon AH-D2000 and the Audio technica ATH-A700
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Well that sounds like a plan, I don't think you would be disappointed by either of them.
 
you would have to be feeding it some pretty nice source to notice I'm sure, so if your at work, you probably wouldn't ever notice:smoke:
 
The closed back BeyerDynamic cans are leaner in the bass than the Denon products, from what I've listened to. I own a pair of closed DT831 and they have less bass than my DT880 open back headphones. Both of these cans are very clean sounding but require good amplification.
The Denon AH-D5000 and AH-D7000 both have lots more bottom end than the DT831. They are what most people call 'warm' sounding. The AH-D5000 and AH-D7000 sound somewhat different from each other, but both are very good. I'm planning on getting a pair of AH-D7000 in the next year or so.
Which Shure IEMs do you have? I use a pair of E4s with a professional style foam inserts from my local musician's supply store and they are much more comfortable (and better isolating) than what comes packed with the IEMs. They are very smooth and compressible, and expand to form a good seal with no pressure points in the ear canal.
 
I own the 2000's..... I have also owned Senn HD-600 / Grado RS1.

Put it this way, I have sold the others but still have the Denon's ;)

They are extremely easy to drive, no need for a headphone amp & I just cant fault them for the money....well, my only criticism would be they aren't ideal for classical but you buy Senns for that imo.
 
carbonman said:
Which Shure IEMs do you have? I use a pair of E4s with a professional style foam inserts from my local musician's supply store and they are much more comfortable (and better isolating) than what comes packed with the IEMs. They are very smooth and compressible, and expand to form a good seal with no pressure points in the ear canal.
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I am not sure which ones I have- They are about 5-6 years old They look most like the SE110 except mine have clear plastic where you see white:

http://store.shure.com/store/shure/en_US/pd/productID.105432000
 
Another happy Denon D2000 listener here. Unlike istariknight I didn't sell my older Senns (HD-580) but for most of my home headphone listening I use the Denons, hooked to a HeadRoom Portable Micro Amp. (I use IEM's for travel listening, and open earphones for working out.) I keep the Senns primarily as a reference for voicing speakers or car systems, as I've had them for over a decade and "know" them so well.
 
AH-D2000 very flat frequency response with a bit of a bump at the lower end of the bass spectrum. Mids slightly recessed in some spots - most notably some male vocals and guitar. Can't remember the frequency range at the moment. Not a deal-killer, anyway.

Very comfortable, but annoying cable.
 
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