Originally posted by Kak
At the end, I got a SONY MDR-XB550AP to replace the aforemented cheapo headphones that disintegrated over time.
It definitely does a better job at filtering outside noise out.
I had an
older brother of those. Got them starting back around a decade ago. Ended up getting myself and my father a pair and then my pair slowly began to eat up over time. Ended up changing the ear pads out with some memory foam and then finally discontinued their use for a pair of Sennheisers, HD 580 I think, which were eventually superseded by another pair of Sennheisers that were wireless until they failed and then finally I'm at a stage of using the
WH-1000XM3's that I have which are the daily drivers for the main computer.
The first pair of Sennheisers I still have since they're really the only wired pair I continue to use from time to time and the second pair had a wireless failure so they've been decommissioned and the Sony's I gave to a friend with new pads on it. Think it was a base issue - wanted to use them for the living room TV but I've never gotten them to work and Sennheiser no longer supports the model (which is a sign).
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