[wanted] Headphones for $50

Monkey D, Luffy, are you looking for open headphones, closed headphones?
Do you prefer headphones (as in full-size cans), or do you mean earbuds, clip-on headphones, and IEMs too?
Are you planning on getting them from Lebanon, or from outside?
What audio player are you planning to drive them through?

Monkey D. Luffy wroteClosed Headphones (full size)
From Lebanon, no one that I know is coming to Lebanon recently...
I want to use it on my Ipod Touch 4, on my PC and phone!

Look for Skull Candy at Virgin or City Mall.

Hmmm...closed headphones (full size) for $50 is very hard to find on its own, let alone in Lebanon...

Skullkandy is about bass. It's not really about audio quality. But at that budget, there are few choices.

In Lebanon, Sennheiser earphones triple their price, from $30 to $90. I would recommend you try to buy from outside anyways.

Monkey D. Luffy wroteWhat if I try shipping from abroad?

The price has to be worth the amount you are going to pay to ship it. Sennheiser headphones weigh less than 500g. Others I am not sure of, but Sennheiser uses aluminum coils in their headphones, so they weigh less.
I don't think ordering headphones for $50 from abroad is going to be worth it. You might wind up paying $30 alone for shipping and customs and taxes. You have to make sure.

Virgin have a nice choice. I got mine from Virgin ABC. Not that great, and as usual Virgin are a bit pricey, but if you want the biggest choice of nice/interesting/good quality stuff in the same place I guess it's there. Do your research first, though.

Monkey D. Luffy wrotePS: Don't even mention Beats, they are just commercial, no real sound or whatsoever (tested)

I'm going to rehash this topic to discuss this point. I passed by megastore about a week ago and tried out the Beats headphones.

To summarize, when i tried them, I felt like i was in a night club. The sound they provide is unrivaled by bose/sennheiser/skull candy.

If i'm missing something, please enlighten me.

If you're passing by Virgin Megastore in City Mall, go to the back and give them a try.

xterm wrote

Monkey D. Luffy wrotePS: Don't even mention Beats, they are just commercial, no real sound or whatsoever (tested)

I'm going to rehash this topic to discuss this point. I passed by megastore about a week ago and tried out the Beats headphones.

To summarize, when i tried them, I felt like i was in a night club. The sound they provide is unrivaled by bose/sennheiser/skull candy.

If i'm missing something, please enlighten me.

If you're passing by Virgin Megastore in City Mall, go to the back and give them a try.

Hey xterm,

I know what you mean, and i have been in the same proccess before.

To clarify things up, Audiophiles love flat EQ, What beats does is pinching the BASS and the Treble while leaving the mid (where mid is the most freq. noticable to the ear)

In a night club, basically a sound system consists of subwoofer (bass) and the treble speakers also= beats effect, still no = to live band which is = flat

I guess you didnt try the real bose/sennheiser (not mentioning Skullcandy, cause recently, they produced new headphones with the same cans of the old skullcandies, discovered by some users)

+ listening to lossy music requires re-tuning, which i might agree, so you can just step away from mp3s at 128 kb. { mp3 128 kb + flat eq = high saturation (or fake saturation) no amp feel. Probably high mids}

Plus, hey, big lol if your planning to use those for BlackBerrys.
If you look at the sound quality benchmarking at GSMarena, you will see that its worse than a chinese mp3 player, the frequency response is like the sad smile curve meaning: No bass nor Treble. haha

So to sum up, get Flat Headphones + Flat freqeuncy response (unlike the BB, which uses sad smile curve freq) + lossless files (least 320 kb/s mp3)...

Also, you better stick with low resistance headphones, if your not planning with headphone amps... (+ save battery, louder)

Thanks for the explanation TPR0, I appreciate it.

TPR0,

I <3 Bass

Can you recommend an alternative to Beats that provide the same quality of Bass for lesser cost?

Skullcandy are the best! they were available for 30$ in BHV(Paul frank edition), last time i bought from about three months...

Xterm, I recommend the Sony MDR-XB500. Super awesome bass; you can find it at Virgin for 100$.