Monday, March 31, 2014

Metal endorsed headphones?




rainman


Am looking for some new headphones, budget is between$60-$150. Almost every higher end headphone company pimps out rappers (ludacris, dre, quincymjones, etc) although those headphones are nice to look at, they are way overpriced and too bass heavy for people who don't even listen to that type of music. Are there any metal artists that endorse certain types of headphones? If not what would be a great pair of in ear headphones for metal music?


Answer
For low priced phones try the HD201 from Sennheiser...$22 USA or £15 UK and don't laugh. They outclass plenty of phones at four times the price.
http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews89379.html
http://www.testfreaks.co.uk/headphones-headsets/sennheiser-hd-201/

AKG 440 or 450....very good and very comfortable.
The 440 is discontinued so they're going very cheap. Good buy.
The 450 is the new version at $80...
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=akg+K450+headphone&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=17190699678556457131&sa=X&ei=NzksT9X_L6TI0QW8xfWsCA&ved=0CF8Q8wIwAQ

Have a look in a music store where they have a load of phones hooked up. You can do a side-by-side listening test then.
Best of luck

electric shock when touch casing, headphone metal parts.?




SAJID


I get electric shock from my PC casing. Also on the screws, headphone metal parts, usb cabel and metal parts. This happens even when the PC is turned off.

What is the problem & how I can solve it?



Answer
In Northern climates, winter means drier air.
Compounding this are central heating units which further decrease humidity.
When you walk across carpets, especially with rubber soles on, your body acts like a capacitor, and stores static electricity. The drier the air, the greater tendency to 'charge' yourself.
The computer (and other metals really) have a different 'electric potential'.
When you touch one of those items, that difference in potential causes electrons to rapidly migrate from one to the other (that's the shock you feel).
Going barefoot helps alleviate this, but it's an ongoing task to rid yourself of excess electrons without the shock.
You could try carrying a metal pen (or similar) and touch devices with that, which will reduce the snap and irritation.

There's an outside chance that the ground at the receptacle has not been done properly, which would contribute to the issue.
There are devices that can detect if the outlet wiring is sub-standard.
Here's an example: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Gardner-Bender-120-VAC-GFCI-Outlet-Tester-1-clam-5-clams-master-GFI-3501/202867890?N=boff
You might want to get one if you're in an older home, or one that's been remodeled: there could be more serious issues at several outlets.




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