I’m in the market for some good headphones, I dont have the highest needs for soundquality though. I like EDM, so clear sound and nice bass is nice, and I really like ASMR, so some good sound staging would be cool, though I need closed backs. I prefer over or on ear, and bluetooth is nice for me (it never gave me any trouble and is convenient to me.)

I would orefer the top headband to not be plastic - my mum accuses me of pretending not to hear her when I genuinely cant, so I’ve gotten into a habit of having one earcup off, causing many a snapped headband.

ANC is a nice bonus but I know I cant ask for too much.

The ANC Altec Lansing Nanophones seem promising to me, but not the Nanophones 2 as they seem to be a full plastic headband.

Thanks in advance :3

Edit: Immediately forgot I made this thread, found the aforementioned first gen Nanophones at a really good price and went for it, thanks though! Feel free to share recommendations anyway if you want, it might help someone else

  • rowinxavier@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    For just a little over £50, £57 on Amazon, you could get these.

    https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/b00050763/

    I have a pair and they are absolutely fantastic. The reduction in noise means I can hear my podcasts, audio books, or music without having the volume up high. I find them to be light enough for long sessions and not too tight, but they also don’t fall off the moment you look to the side. I use them for mowing the lawn and other heavy work but also around the house or while playing video games.

    The battery lasts multiple days worth of usage, claiming and realistically reaching around 40 hours of use. I haven’t yet actually run them dry because I charge them at night but I will frequently have them on from shortly after waking up til bed time with only an hour or two of them being off, so around 14-16 hours, and they are still comfortable after that.

    The sound quality is perfectly good. I have some audiophile grade IEMs which do generate better sound quality but for normal headphones these do a great job. I bought them here in Australia and they were around $100 and honestly, worth every cent. Before these I had Tactix which were great but they eventually, after about 4 years, had a loose cable on the left ear and would crackle in and out of function. If I can get anything like the same out of these I will consider them a very good yearly cost, around $25 per year for my main headphones. I would budget for ~$75/year if I were thinking about what is reasonable, so a third of that for one pair of ear protecting headphones is pretty great.