shant
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yasamoka
@xterm: Beats headphones will get you louder bass, but it's overpowered. You need bass that fits in with the rest of the music and doesn't distort anything else. In the end, bass response is just a low frequency, compared to mids and treble which are middle and high frequencies.
Beats headphones mostly kill other frequencies and just give you bass.
You will notice that as headphones get higher-end, bass power goes down. The response is still there and probably even goes less (giving you bass at lower frequencies than lower-end headphones), but it's more of a flat response, such that the headphones do not add nor subtract to the audio source, making you hear the music "as it is".
Beats for bass is just like a saturation control for TVs. Jack it up and it'll make you happy for some time. But then later on turn it down and you'll be glad you did.
I can't provide you with an objective comparison for bass loudness, but I use $90 Sennheiser HD485s and I compared them to Beats. They have almost the same bass (maybe Beats have a bit more, I didn't do a side-by-side comparison) but the Senns simply kill those Beats in everything else - mids, highs, soundstage, etc... and don't sound like tin cans. Opinions are split about the HD485s between having muddy / overpowered bass OR tight perfect (just right) bass. Most of the people of the former opinion have changed their minds after breaking in their headphones, listening to them for tens of hours in total.
I can verify this. When I first got these headphones, bass thumps were distorting all the other frequencies being played. I was disappointed as my Yuin OK2s sounded much better (earbuds). After much use, bass fits in with the rest of the music.
I'm talking about the $300 Beats btw, @ Virgin.
Can't recommend Sennheiser headphones enough, although there are other choices if ordering from outside Lebanon, such as Audio Technica, Grado, Koss, Sony (to an extent), Shure (overpriced but great), etc...many brands.
It also depends on whether you want open or closed headphones. Closed headphones block out most sound from outside, but sound tinny and have a small soundstage, where you cannot pick out instruments or voices in space. Open headphones do not block out outside noise, but sound open and natural, and have better soundstage as you go higher-end, where you can single out instruments in space if you're good enough. They also leak sound to the outside like crazy. Not recommended at all for outdoors. These are to be strictly used indoors, and at a not too high volume, unless you want your parents to kick you out, or your girlfriend / fiancee / wife to leave you.
If you do not prefer to use closed headphones, earbuds are a great choice for outdoor use. They are much more portable as well.
For gaming, closed headphones are somewhat acceptable. For media, movies, etc... I recommend you avoid them. I recommend you avoid closed headphones anyways, for that matter. They cannot be up to par with open headphones, not possible.
If I'm not mistaken, Beats are closed headphones, as well.
yasamoka
Yes, closed headphones would be fit for use in public places.
However, do note that walking around the streets is dangerous with open headphones, let alone closed headphones, which block out most of the sound. You will not be alerted to potential dangers. I use earbuds on the streets and I have to pay very close attention to what I'm doing. If you get the chance, try some closed headphones on low and high volumes and check for yourself how much sound is blocked. Beats are closed headphones, so give those a spin for this test (maybe borrow a friend's).
