Headphones - Sony WH-1000XM3

[Kurt Cocaine]

All I'll use them for is with my iPod, which I don't use all that much anymore, so €200+ is just not worth spending TBH.

I highly recommend Sennheisers then. Always great value for money and top quality product.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MSZSL4I/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_YX4aFbYNFX6F7

If you're on a budget then these Cowin E7s are a great piece of kit. I have them almost 4 years now and and use them for travelling and knocking about working around the house. Great battery life and comfortable too.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01JLIY9LM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_W24aFbY8GHJ15

[Kurt Cocaine]

Here's the Cowin E7s at an even cheaper price (also on Amazon).

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01FX8P6WK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_l84aFbSV7G82Z

[Ducky]

All I'll use them for is with my iPod, which I don't use all that much anymore, so €200+ is just not worth spending TBH.

I highly recommend Sennheisers then. Always great value for money and top quality product.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MSZSL4I/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_YX4aFbYNFX6F7

If you're on a budget then these Cowin E7s are a great piece of kit. I have them almost 4 years now and and use them for travelling and knocking about working around the house. Great battery life and comfortable too.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01JLIY9LM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_W24aFbY8GHJ15

I have the 4.40BT (the Sennheisers minus noise cancellation) and they really aren't great. No warmth to the bass at all, max output wasn't great and they were so tight on your head it was like wearing a clamp.

(I'd actually stick them in the post but they've been subjected to my ear AIDS).

[Carnage]

  Thanks (I think?), but if I do buy, I'll get something decent. I'll probably end up spending the money anyway, and if I do I'll go for something that's worth spending on,(the OP ones sound very good, but £250 is out of the question for all the use they'll get) - I got a bluetooth transmitter for my Ipod recently, and it's very good apart from the fact that it eats the battery (gone in 3-4 hrs. max) so they'll probably be wired more often than not. I might just get wired ones, though the wireless ones would be handy for watching movies or telly late at night.

That site is a handy one for reviews though, I appreciate the link.

[Ducky]

No bother, it's a good site for sure, can lose a chunk of time trawling it. If you go with a wired set you get a lot more bang for your buck.

Thomann have a good selection, bit of a sale on at the minute too.

https://m.thomann.de/ie/headphones.html

If you really want to dig your heels into tech reviews/ratings, rtings.com is a rabbit hole and they're the go-to site for finding things like ideal picture settings on your TV.

https://www.rtings.com/headphones/reviews

[Carnage]

Might have a winner here, affordable but seemingly decent:

https://www.whathifi.com/news/sony-wh-ch710n-headphones-bring-smart-noise-cancellation-to-lower-price#xenforo-comments-112554

[Carnage]

Went for those in the end, €124 with free delivery (£30 delivery from Amazon, that's with Prime! Fuck off), so we'll see how they go.

[Ducky]

That delivery price is fucking nuts! Amazing there's still no .ie Amazon site.

Pretty sure those headphones support the Headphones Connect app, so download that and give it a whirl with them.

[Carnage]

Sound, I'll give it a go. Got them from https://northxsouth.ie/ in the end, decent deal. It'd make a man wonder why he's paying for Prime.

[Ducky]

I love the app, really improves the functionality of these yokes.

Decent site that, a lot of the hear would be over €50 anyway, so that's sweet for shipping... Honestly I'll only use Amazon if I can't find whatever I'm looking for elsewhere.

[Carnage]

Yeah they were £99 on Amazon, which was pretty good - compared to €159 from Curry's, for instance - but the shipping put the kibosh on that.

[Carnage]

That delivery price is fucking nuts! Amazing there's still no .ie Amazon site.

Pretty sure those headphones support the Headphones Connect app, so download that and give it a whirl with them.

Finally got around to downloading that app, it does nothing, won't let me past the bluetooth settings page. Uninstalled.

It's annoying as the max. volume on the headphones is set infuriatingly low. Just about enough for most things but on certain albums where they're mastered low (Rust In Peace, for example) they're just too quiet to listen to.

[Carnage]

The OP headphones have gone down in price a bit, as a newer variation has been released, just in case anyone's in the market. Might upgrade from the ones I bought after christmas - they're fine but basic, the volume issue I mentioned being the main bugbear, I assume an app-compatible set would let me workaround it.

[Carnage]

OP headphones are on sale now from Harvey Norman, €249 if anyone's interested:

https://www.harveynorman.ie/tvs-headphones/headphones/all-headphones/noise-cancelling-headphones/sony-wh-1000xm3-wireless-noise-cancelling-headphones-black.html

[Kurt Cocaine]

I love my over ear headphones but these noise cancelling Sony in ear jobbies are absolutely where it's at. My missus got me them for Christmas and I honestly haven't even touched my over ear headset since. I honestly can't believe the sound that comes out of something so small. The depth of the bass too.....
Highly recommended, and at £150, a snip....

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07T2FGG2Z/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_84FcGbNZ7XY7A?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1