Portable Headphone

heya folks.

I am in the market to buy a foldable or with some sort of hard/soft case pouch headphones that can bear the strength of frequented movement.

I initially had a altech lansec the base model, but it has fallen apart because of my frequent taking in and out of my school bag

So i need a headphone that can withstand abuse of frequent in and out, that can be stored so the wires do not get damaged....

like the example: sennheiser PX100. but expensive, i am looking for under $30.

thanks
madengineer

 

I can fold my Ultrasone HFI-780's but they're to expensive to try and abuse. I had some PX100's and I'd say they are very nice for the price. I used my PX100's for 2 years of putting them and out of my bad a minimum of two times a day and they held up for that, I gave them away and they're still working(coming up around 4 years old).

 

I have had the SONY MDRV700 headphones for 7 years. They still work like I first bought them. They fold up nice and they are the most comfortable headphones I have ever used. I am sure they are cheaper now, but they were around $200 when I bought them. There might be better ones out there now, but these are the best ive ever seen or used.

 

Are you opposed to earbuds?

They are much easier to move around with.

 

@ Syndrome - thanks for the review of px100 if nothing else i will get those, they are still for 40+ despite being so old....

@ Snowm0bile - SONY MDRV700 - yeap looks good but way out of my budget

@ jooooeee - yeah my ears are not symmetrical or earbuds friendly, they do not stick and those rubbers ones irritate me

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any other headphones with cases and all?

 

why did you give them away

 

Ah Im sorry about that, I didnt see you had a budget there

I looked up teh price for them and they sell for $85 now.

The only headphones Ive used besides those, are cheaper sony ones like mdrv300 and a whole bunch of the regular in-ear ones.

If you choose to get the in-ear headphones, I would not prefer the apple ones. Every pair Ive had, the bass blows out easily.

There is not a whole lot of ones worth buying around $30 imo.

If you have a local guitarcenter or other electronics store like best buy, I would go see what they have and try them on to see what fits best.

 

Because I had a friend who wanted some nicer headphones, and I no longer used them because I have my superior Ultrasone HFI-780's. If I was limited to that price range though, I'd most certainly get the PX100's again without a doubt.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Koss-KSC75-Po...2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1239911788&sr=8-2

or

http://www.amazon.com/Koss-PortaPro..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0T9FJH7W6G69G1CG6HHF

 

@ Snowm0bile = thanks for the info. Will go to local store and see what they got.

@ Clutch = Thanks for the links, I saw those before, but was not sure about the sound / build quality of that company as i never heard about it before. Also they do not seem to have a case in which i could store it, they fold nicely but the wires would still hang out

 

Koss is one of the best headphone makes and for $6 you can return and get a replacement if it ever breaks.

 

I second the Senn PX100... my local Sears was selling them for $39.99

 

sorry for digging up an old post...

I was going to purchase px100, just saw that they have no volume control! neither does the Koss headphone....

any other idea?

 

Use the volume control on your source(PC, DAP). Or you could get a inline volume controller that you just plug into series with the headphones, but then it will be right near your source anyways.