The Sennheiser HD 280 PRO is compatible with MP3, iPod, DVD, and CD players as well as mobile phones supporting a 3.5mm jack plug. HD 280 PRO also supports (listen only) the latest generation of tablets, from the iPad to the most recent Android tablets and the Blackberry Playbook. .
But you might have to crank it up a little.
I use 32 ohm Grado headphones with no problems. Grados are open, not closed back, but they sound excellent.
There certainly is no shortage of opinions on this subject. Like certain body parts, everybody has at least one. The key is finding the ones that _ you _ like the best . . . at the price _ you _ want to pay. Here are just a few of those afore-mentioned opinions to get you started:
The Sony 7506 and V6 aren’t powered so well by Sandisk players. You need to use a headphone amp such as the Fiio E6($25) or something better to get the Sony 7506 or V6 to work well with a Sandisk player. I imagine the same is true for the HD280, although I don’t have one of these. I do have the Sony V6 and the Fiio E6. The Sony 7506 is basically the same as the V6.
I do not under stand what to look for in numbers… can some one dicribe what I need to not have to turn up the volume too much?
They’re basically telling you that those are very similar headphones, electrically speaking. Each does over 100 dB per mW. Since Power = V^2/R, and the clip+ will put out over a half volt, that means you’ll easily get about 110dB volume out of both with the player’s volume maxed out. That is quite loud, since over 100dB can cause hearing loss in the long term.
Get the JVC HA-S160 Flats headphone. It is only around $13 and sounds great. It is much more compact than the V6 and much easier to walk around with. I would not want to walk around wearing my V6.
For isolation, and good sound, what you want are IEMs–Inner Ear Monitors. They are basically speakers built into earplugs, so they block outside sound, don’t bother anyone, and get the music way inside your head. The are inserted deeper than earbuds and they can sound far better.
IEMs can get super expensive. But there are inexpensive ones as well. Some people recommend Brainwavz:
The thing about IEMs is that the fit is very crucial. Most come with different sizes of tip to fit various ears. Try every tip that comes in the package, and really follow the instructions about putting them in your ears–which may mean tugging down your earlobe, or giving the buds a little twist, or other ways to get a real seal with your ear canal. Once you do…you’ll be a lot happier with your music.
They are not $10 earbuds but they are under $50. You can also find a whole lot of headphone discussion at www.head-fi.org, where people really have given headphones a lot of thought. Put some of these models into the search box there.