Monster Turbine vs. Klipsch S4

I'm not familiar with the Monster phones, but I've been using the same Klipsch speakers for 15 years now. I can attest to the build and sound quality of their products. Of course, their standards may have changed over the years. I've been looking at those S4s also. I'd go for those over some overpriced Monster products in a heartbeat.

Klipsch is a better product overall. I think you'll appreciate the sound more. Are you looking for intra-aural (i.e. earbuds) or actual headphones? If earbuds, you can't lose with Klipsch. I also highly recommend Audeo Phonak earbuds, as well. For headphones, I think Sennheiser has some of the best bang for the buck. Another good brand is Grado, but I found Grado headphones to be a bit on the uncomfortable side. Quite the opposite with Sennheiser. Also, stay away from the Bose headphones. I was not impressed at all, weighing quality vs. price. They are also notorious for breaking relatively quickly.

Look at the headphone section here www.djdeals.com, they have some of the best prices.

Especially look at the audio-technica studio series, Ultrasone studio and DJ series, and pioneer HDJ2000s. Fantastic headphones.

I work as a gigging mobile and club DJ and use Denon HP1000s- fantastic cans for the price, great for DJing, but given their weight and head-clamp, they can get a little uncomfortable. Isolation is a must for me however, and they do great.

Read up on your specs- human range of hearing is 20hz-20khz, so it's good to get a pair of cans that has a little more- my denons have 5hz-30khz, although really 15hz-22khz would be adequate range coupled with good specs- Power handling- most dj headphones (nice ones) handle 3500mw of power, I think you will want at least 1000mw. Most crap headphones only handle around 80-100mw (CHECK FOR THIS) and will not be able to handle the full frequency spectrum at higher volumes (which might not be as loud as you think). Driver-size, bigger drivers is an easy way for them to be more acoustically efficient, if I were you I'd look into headphones with at LEAST 40mm drivers. Up to you if you want an open-air or closed-ear design. I'd suggest a leatherette ear-cup material, as the velvet material seems to heat up my head a little quicker- look into headphones with replaceable earcups. Some really nice headphones will also have replaceable cables via mini-xlr- this is great, as the cable tends to be one of the headphone's weakest links.

I, like all professional musicians and audiophiles alike, despise BOSE. Much better can be had for the money. Unless you're into that overly bassy, trebly consumer sound.

Have fun shopping~

i love my Sure SE115's. priced at about 100 and i think the sound quality is amazing....plus, really how good sound quality do you need? MP3's are compressed to all hell, CD's sound like junk, online radio streams are terrible...so really, how good do they need to be?

i use my SE115s as earplugs when I dont want to listen to music and i dont want to hear anyone in my office...they work great. and come with a great variety of sleeves to fit your ear the best. 10 hours a day and i dont even know they are there.

coach_z said:

i love my Sure SE115's. priced at about 100 and i think the sound quality is amazing....plus, really how good sound quality do you need? MP3's are compressed to all hell, CD's sound like junk, online radio streams are terrible...so really, how good do they need to be?

i use my SE115s as earplugs when I dont want to listen to music and i dont want to hear anyone in my office...they work great. and come with a great variety of sleeves to fit your ear the best. 10 hours a day and i dont even know they are there.

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The OP might listen to FLAC, ATRAC or WMAL tracks, which sound much better with a good set of headphones or earbuds. Granted, you have to have an ear for it, and 99% of people don't and can't tell the difference to a certain point. At least I can't. That is why I went mid-upper grade in terms of what I use. Beyond that point, I've noticed, I cannot tell any significant difference and it won't justify the price for me.

Good point Amphiprion. That was meant to be more or less food for thought. There are some high quality productions out there, but how many to make it worth it? I know FLAC and ATRAC are able to produce virtually lossless CD Quality sound, but that comes back to my point...how good is CD quality sound?

^^Right. Again, try a mid-upper grade and see if that works for you and Klipsch fits that bill, IME. I don't doubt that many of the higher audiophile and studio grade headphones, etc. sound better, but can anyone but very seasoned individuals or professionals (and in many cases, they can't even tell the difference up to a certain point) tell the difference? That's like my sound card on my pc outputs in 96kHz and 24 bit, but can I tell the difference between most of those settings? Not at all. There are plenty of good ones out there, but what's the point if you can't tell the difference? I definitely agree there and, unfortunately, that is something that the individual user will have to find out for themselves. Makes it a bit aggravating, but a point in the right direction helps--coach z's suggestions are definitely a good starting point and I feel mine are also, so all that is left is to think about it.

SKULLCANDY! I have had a pair of skullcandy headphones for three years, no breaks. and im rough on mine. I drop them, step on them and they still sound great after almost everyday use!