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Originally Posted by Chucky
Ah well I shall look into the Grado SR60.
Also, one thing that I have always wondered about is whether good headphones are worth it when you are listening to compressed audio? Most songs that I have ripped myself are in the OGG format at (from memory, havent done it in a while) quality 3 - the manual says that quality 3 is roughly equal to an MP3 at 192kbs. I guess at 192kbs there is very little difference to the CD, however say I download (of course legally  ) a 128kbs MP3 will it still be worth listening to it on a $70 headphones as opposed to say a $30 headphones? |
I think it would, the improved dynamic range and better frequency response will be noticed, especially at 192bps. I notice that even 128bps sounds better on good equipment, but you do notice the encoding artifacts much more. One last note, if you have a bit of environmental noise check out some 'closed ear' headphones (Sennheiser has some at the same price point).
-chris