I need headphones that only an audiophile would love. I practically LIVE in my headphones and almost never take em off. I also dont wanna spend heaping tons of money on em tho ;w; maybe a budget of like- 100-200 I guess… I dunno what do yall recommend?
If you don’t want to spend a lot of money and are willing to put up with jank you can do what I do: get a pair of hearing protection headphones from the hardware store.
Just regular noise isolating cans for like mowing lawns or shooting guns. You can find a decent pair for less than $35. Look for a high NRR value (Noise Reduction Rating).
Then just wear earbuds underneath them. I use Samsung Galaxy Buds, but any wireless earbuds will do.
It’s a bit janky but it didn’t cost me $200
If you are going to use something that much I would say don’t cheap out. I currently have a pair of Sony WH-xm3. I purchased them over 5 years ago and use them daily. They have travelled around the world twice with me and I replace the ear muffs every 2 years. I still get a good 30 hours out of them.
I’ve worn my xm3s for thousands of hours over 5+years, but have never replaced the pads. What does it do? Does it make the NR of better? Or just a comfort thing?
You said audiophile and then said $100-$200, those don’t match. That said both my autistic son and I use Sony WH-1000xm4, they run $250 new but you can get them on ebay for under $200 and they are pretty great. When I’m able to sit still I have a set of open back planar ribbon cans run through a USB DAC or a desktop amp but when I’m on the move I use the Sonys. The noise canceling is good enough that I can use them on my lawnmower or tractor comfortably.
Either you practically live in them, or you don’t want to spend enough to get proper one. Chose.
