So annoyed that the Shure SE115 aren't in stock from Amazon it's only other sellers that are selling them.

As soon as they've got them in stock i'll instantly buy them.

Can't edit my post for some reason :|

Finally, got a date for the Shure SE115 in the UK:

Pre-order. | Due for release on 05/12/2009

Perfect

Suggested headphones with good sound cancellation around 150-200$ for someone in a poker house who can't stand the pokerstar's timer or roommates crying when they lose a pot?

Anything from Shure.

They are without a doubt the best for everything - apart from price lol

Seriously, get a pair of them.

If you check Amazon you'll get a them for cheaper than the price on their site.

Thanks for that. Are earphones generally better than headphones? If I don't care about logistics and only about sound cancellation + quality, would headphones be a better choice? If so, suggested company?

I personally don't like wearing headphones as they are too bulky and heavy to carry around.

If you've got to go for headphones i'd get a set of Sennheiser.

love these. light/comfy/great sound.

you're gonna get flamed but I've not yet worked out why

hey guys,

just got the beyerdynamic dt 770 and they are great except for im noticing a really persistent and loud "crackling" sound.

i just got them and have only used them for less then 10mins so far so not sure if this is normal breaking procedure or if they're defective....first set of high quality headphones.

any feedback appreciated.

nm hooked into my laptop and they sound fine so problem def on my phone side...brand new anderoid phone too shouldnt be so crappy

I wound up taking back the S4's and trying another pair, they had the same issue (I guess S4s have AIDS or something, I don't know how they got good reviews when I've encountered such a blatant issue with two of them), so I took those back 10 minutes after getting them and got the Shure SE115s, which don't suck and I've been enjoying ever since.

If I needed to take something back (which I did), I could do it quickly instead of suffering through days of work with no headphones/music while waiting on shipping.

Nope, exchanged for free.

Because they offer a terrible value. The 100$ ones are easily worse than the 100$ Sennheiser models. The 300$ models are much worse than many models from Sennheiser/Beyer/etc. from 100-250$.

They aren't total **** or anything, but Bose is really overpriced for what you get. They market themselves like geniuses, and therefore can charge outrageous prices for their products. Props to them for being smart, but you don't have to be stupid and fall for it.

Can't talk for the whole range, and it's very likely they are overpriced in general but the QC15's are by quite a margin the best noise-cancelling ones on the market.(Better the than more expensive Sony's imo.)

The sennheiser's are nowhere near as comfortable and don't do the job as well. I agree that the sennheiser pxc-300 > QC3's in overall value, but for full headphones there is no contest. The only annoying thing is that no batteries = no sound but its not hard to keep some batteries in the case.

The Bose are definitely fantastic quality and if thats the only thing you've paid slightly over value for in your house you're doing exceptionally well!

They look ridiculously comfortable, but having to replace the batteries after every day's session is gonna get costly and annoying

Any opinions on the Sennheiser HD 438 headphones?

I'm looking for something to use for audio from my computer while I'm working

http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD4...9090069&sr=8-1

I wish they could make some sort of filter that treats bose the same as any other swear word that should never ever be mentioned.

Can I ask what model you don't think are comfortable?

Can I also ask what other headphones you've compared to the QC15's?

You would literally be the first person I've ever met who compared anything to Bose side by side and picked them. It's been really funny to watch all of the poker players over the past couple of years slowly migrate away from Bose as they have found how crappy they are in comparison to other products out there.

I use DT770 Pros at home, and obviously don't even think it's close. But I even prefer my 80$ Sennheister 280's to the Bose products. The only thing that Bose offers over them is the ability to turn noise cancellation off.

I just bought a 100 dollar pair of Shure earbuds based on this thread. Impulse buy FTW.

The big wraparound headphones are tempting, but I'll have them on for 4+ hours a day straight, so my ears get hot.

http://www.iheadphones.co.uk/headpho...um+Earbuds.htm

Anyone have any experience with these?

Which ones did you buy, do you play poker with them and hows the sound cancellation with just poker and non-music playing?

http://www.amazon.com/Shure-SE210-So...9199693&sr=8-9

These. No idea. Just ordered them. I need a good pair of headphones to block out noise while I study for exams.

It really would help if you actually read it instead of getting hot under the collar and going straight into rebuke.

I was in the market for comfortable, over ear, noise cancelling headphones. I don't find any earbuds comfortable and they would only really be used for plane journeys and when I was at the poker table. Don't really get why you would want to use them all the time at home but each to their own.

So, given the above criteria I tried everything I could reasonably find in the range. I have no prior allegiance with Bose, never owned anything from them before, my choice was based purely on what I tested and found to be the best.

The QC15's came out only a couple months ago and given your obvious ongoing hatred for Bose it seems unlikely to me that you've tried them but if you have ok. I tried along with these the Sennheiser pxc-300 and 450, some $200 more expensive Sony's, a couple of Denon ones and I think an Audiotechnica. I haven't tried the Beyer one's you've got but from the reviews I can find they seem to have limited real noise reduction and are not really that much cheaper given that the value is had in having something that does exactly the job I want it to, if I wasn't bothered I'd use the iphone standard ones lol

Like I said, I can't speak for the entire range and no doubt in general you're probably right but in my experience of buying something catered to my needs they are perfect and I couldn't be happier. Btw I don't think owning Bose or having big earphones are cool, if anything it's a bit embarrassing.

I didn't mean to come off as some kind of audio snob, especially since I'm really not one at all. It's just very frustrating when people give opinions about products and I don't even know what they are really trying to say.

Saying things like "the sennheisers were less comfortable" or whatever, is really tough to figure out because we have no idea what model you're talking about, nor even what was uncomfortable about them. You stated very definitively that QC15's were the best on the market for your use, but you didn't even tell us what you had compared them against.

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The whole Bose thing reminds me of HP Printers. When I was in college, I worked as a consultant for different camera companies selling photo printers inside of high traffic electronics stores. I trained staff, but mainly I just printed pictures for customers on weekends and talked to them about printing photos. HP was the biggest selling photo printer by a huge margin. They had excellent marketing, they were the first company with those card readers on the printer, they were the biggest name, they had everything going for them. But they also were the most expensive, had the most expensive ink, and weren't all that great of quality to begin with.

The reason it reminds me so much of it, was that if you spoke to me in the store, and I printed you a picture on an HP printer. You would look at it, think it looked good, and be ready to go on your way. But if I took the time to show you what the equivalent Canon/Epson would do, you would very rarely ever purchase the HP. Headphones are the same way. If you hand me some QC15's, and don't let me listen to anything else for the rest of the day, I'm not going to complain about them. They're good looking, comfortable, headphones. But if I give you something to immediately compare them to, you are likely to be disappointed.

The same thing happened in regards to reviews in magazines. Reviews that would come from big companies not geared towards photo work, would give HP great reviews based on their name recognition, "features", looks, etc. But when any kind of serious review came from any real source it would always be much worse. Bose basically does the same thing. I can't tell you how many times I've seen a generally positive review from a magazine that reviews tons of stuff. But anytime you talk to a professional, or read a review on a site geared towards audio/music quality, they are basically a complete non option.

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If you are happy with your purchase, that's really great. It's not like Bose is a product known to break down, or catch on fire or something. But you did state in an earlier post why Bose gets hate on this board, and it's generally because they aren't viewed as being on the same level as other equivalent products from other companies. This isn't just my opinion, but is the general opinion of pretty much anyone I know who knows anything about audio quality. If you are going to state that the QC15's are the best on the market, I'm obviously going to comment if I disagree, since so many people on this board have used this thread to specifically make purchases.

I do only recommend them as the 'best', fitting to the specific criteria that I was looking for. Obviously they would be a terrible purchase for someone using them everyday as the batteries would cost a fortune. The main point is the strength in the noise-cancelling technology, i.e. being able to cut out any annoying bass yet still being able to hear things like people asking you a question, if necesary, and of course the comfort, which for use on planes at at the poker table is the top priority imo and the hightened sound quality (that my untrained ears are likely to miss anyway) are of secondary concern to me.

Hi,

I'm about to change my computer setup and I'm really lost in the audio field. My idea is to buy another computer exclusively for poker. I'd have two monitors (one for each) and one keyboard/mouse that will be shared using software. I also want to share the speakers/headphone but I'm not sure how to do it. I guess I'll need something like a KVM for audio. If you have a better idea let me know.

I'm not a sound freak but I love music and I definetely appreciate good sound quality. I have no idea how to get the best sound out of a computer. Do I need a sound card? or is it just pc -> amp -> headphones/speakers?
I want to have both headphones and speakers but how am I going to switch from one to another?

I currently own a pair of AKG K701 and I'd like to buy a new amp and speakers so please share your knowledge with me and tell me what would you buy. I don't want anything super expensive but no need to go too cheap either.