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hi I am a first time over ear headphones buyer and I am wondering whether I should go with wireless or wired???
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jklemmer08
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Jan 5, 2022
What will you use them for mainly? Wired will almost certainly give you better quality sound than wireless but there are tradeoffs. If you are going to be listening to music through your computer or smart phone, you also want to consider getting a DAC/amp. Also, what is your budget? There are a lot of really good sounding wired headphones in the $100 - $300 range, wireless will be more expensive if you are looking for hi fidelity.
tuga45
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Jul 21, 2021
If you want the best sound quality you can get, it´s wired, no doubt. If you want to listen to music on the go, then go wireless. I have both kinds. Wireless these can offer good sound quality, but it will cost you. I have a B&W PX it´s wireless with ANC, but you can connect them to dac/amp and they do hi-res music.
Rhamnetin
172
Sep 30, 2018
Get a Stax SR-009
phoenixsong
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Sep 30, 2018
If you intend use it mainly on the go and need noise-cancelling features- or if you think cables are a real pain or want to look cool- go for wireless. That said, wireless headphones are usually way pricier than their equivalent counterparts
Mazuly
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Sep 30, 2018
Go wired if you can. It sounds better.
Having said that I have a pair of B&W PX for travel and if you plug them in to a decent AMP/DAC (well it defeats the purpose I guess) they sound very good.
For travel they are great. You can have a listen to them at Best Buy (Magnolia) to see if you like them. They have other headphones as well including some open back ones.
Best is to go have a listen and see what you like and buy the one that sounds good to you.
Napostrophe
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Mar 15, 2018
Wired all the way. I'd only say to go wireless if you're okay with the exorbitant price tags and really need to have certain features (such as the convenience of not having a cable or the great noise cancellation that come with headphones such as the Sennheiser PXC 550s or Bose QuietComfort 35). Overall audio quality will always be better on wired headphones (given they are paired with a good DAC and amp), but it really depends on what you want to use them for. I will always have a preference for wired headphones just because the technology for wireless headphones isn't quite good enough yet to beat out wired headphones. I say give the market another few years before wireless technology is really good enough to make it a fair comparison.
gluon
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Feb 13, 2018
Well, if you want better sound quality then go wired. If you want clsed backs for home, gaming and to be successfuly used with an entry level dac/amp then take a look at the dt770/32 ohm which is cheap and really good. If you want same ok priced allrounder for home and gaming also, you can take a look at an dt990pro/250 ohm. For that you need a better amp, though. For cheapper and somewhat portable open back you can also check the yamaha hph200, though the build is on the plastiky side but the sound superb. For in ear high quality at a fantastic price you can check the meze 11 neo. You can't go wrong with those. I recommended those for a starter, as I know them all and they are very good price/quality. For portable allrounder and hifi music from phone go for the 11neo, for home use gaming, dt990, for office isolation dt770, for portable openback allrounder the hph200 or something like that. They all are in $60-150 range so, ok for a starter. Sound quality wise they are all very good. So hope that helps. First you need to find out how you will use them mostly then chose your first :)
ViciousBunny
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Feb 11, 2018
Personally I recommend you buy cheap wireless headphones that sound mediocre so you’ll never end up spending hundreds or even thousands of dollars on headphones and audio equipment.
On the other hand you could pick up the wired HD6XX but don’t say I didn’t warn you.
adartzivion
23
Feb 9, 2018
I love wired headphones
Wired. 100%.
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