Broke my Klipsch One headphones at the weekend and needed a replacement. These aren't listed as a Best Buy on What Hi-Fi but won the 2016 award with 5 stars. The K72s are a Best Buy because they were cheaper at the time, but both are currently the same price on Amazon at the moment.
Lowest price they've ever been according to Camel3.
Hopefully they sound good!
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rev6 to darthybaby
18 Apr 1731#5
Closed are better for louder environments or to keep people from hearing what you're listening to. They lack soundstage in comparison but generally have better bass by design.
Open are the opposite here, they aren't good for loud environments as there's barely any isolation, and if you have someone in the room with you, they would most likely hear everything at good volumes. They usually have good soundstage and worse bass, by design.
There are semi-open or semi-closed but lets not get into that.
It's not a perfect rundown of the pro's and con's but it's the general differences. There are caveats but Google will answer those :smile:
zizzles
18 Apr 1724#17
Vicks Sinex, mate, have you right in no time.
AbbaTheHorse
18 Apr 1718#2
Have some canned heat. See what I did there?! :smirk:
rev6 to lulub9
18 Apr 1715#8
That didn't make sense.
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mattmerch
18 Apr 174#1
AbbaTheHorse
18 Apr 1718#2
Have some canned heat. See what I did there?! :smirk:
ptgrav to AbbaTheHorse
18 Apr 17#3
Awesome
darthybaby
18 Apr 17#4
What does closed back mean?
rev6 to darthybaby
18 Apr 1731#5
Closed are better for louder environments or to keep people from hearing what you're listening to. They lack soundstage in comparison but generally have better bass by design.
Open are the opposite here, they aren't good for loud environments as there's barely any isolation, and if you have someone in the room with you, they would most likely hear everything at good volumes. They usually have good soundstage and worse bass, by design.
There are semi-open or semi-closed but lets not get into that.
It's not a perfect rundown of the pro's and con's but it's the general differences. There are caveats but Google will answer those :smile:
jayjayuk1234 to darthybaby
18 Apr 1711#9
Means the back is closed mate :wink:
CampGareth to darthybaby
18 Apr 17#10
Whether the back side of the speaker is sealed. Open leaks sound to everyone around but gives better quality. Closed doesn't leak so is better for offices and whatnot, in fact I'm wearing closed ones in the office now.
*edit* These or my current Sennheiser HD 215s?
Splashmo to darthybaby
19 Apr 177#42
It stops me punching you in the throat on the tube :man:
mikejbry
18 Apr 171#6
It means they are effectively sealed to outside noise. So if you are listening in public these will be better than open back, plus everyone else won't have to suffer your choice of music :wink:
ClarkyAC to mikejbry
19 Apr 17#36
These aren't as silent as other closed back headphones. Mine leak a fair amount of sound. Highly recommended though, great sound quality. I use mine in the home and the AKG 451s out and about.
lulub9
18 Apr 172#7
Seem far too cheap for a 5 star rating
rev6 to lulub9
18 Apr 1715#8
That didn't make sense.
thegamingkinginfo to lulub9
18 Apr 173#21
Since when does an item have to be expensive to receive a 5 star rating?
paulj48
18 Apr 172#11
just to add to that closed back can become quite warm, I have the AKG k550 and they make my ears and head sweat.
rev6
18 Apr 17#12
Yes. With open you can get away with velour pads for comfort and breathability. You don't want to do that with closed usually as the isolation is effected.
Batmobile543
18 Apr 171#13
Bought it on last promotion and it is brilliant better than my old beats. Not better than my ath m50x
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Opening post
Lowest price they've ever been according to Camel3.
Hopefully they sound good!
Top comments
Open are the opposite here, they aren't good for loud environments as there's barely any isolation, and if you have someone in the room with you, they would most likely hear everything at good volumes. They usually have good soundstage and worse bass, by design.
There are semi-open or semi-closed but lets not get into that.
It's not a perfect rundown of the pro's and con's but it's the general differences. There are caveats but Google will answer those :smile:
All comments (54)
Open are the opposite here, they aren't good for loud environments as there's barely any isolation, and if you have someone in the room with you, they would most likely hear everything at good volumes. They usually have good soundstage and worse bass, by design.
There are semi-open or semi-closed but lets not get into that.
It's not a perfect rundown of the pro's and con's but it's the general differences. There are caveats but Google will answer those :smile:
*edit* These or my current Sennheiser HD 215s?