Ask PITTM: Headphones, basketball, smoking weed.

RJ! · #1 03-24-2006, 11:53 PM

those are my areas of expertise. i have over 1k in headphone amplifiers/headphones on my desk and have over 10k mp3s. ive played high level basketball since 5th grade and ive smoked weed pretty much everyday for the past 3 years(except for the last 2 days, i quit 2 days ago). i feel like i could answer any concerns in these areas quickly and accurately, so fire away <3.

rj

private joker · #2 03-24-2006, 11:59 PM

I want small, compact, but good quality headphones for my iPod that are not earbuds. I also want to spend under $30 for them. Is this possible? If so, where can I go (online or live) to purchase them for the best deal?

RJ! · #3 03-25-2006, 12:03 AM

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I want small, compact, but good quality headphones for my iPod that are not earbuds. I also want to spend under $30 for them. Is this possible? If so, where can I go (online or live) to purchase them for the best deal?

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Koss KSC-75 are exactly what you want. they are available from www.headphone.com.
(i recommended these to eurotrash and he digs them)

if not, i recommend the AKG K24 P, also available from the site above. both are fantastic cans for the price, while one has a headband and the other doesnt. depends on preference.

rj

EDIT: http://www.headphone.com/products/he...ser-hd-201.php

those are amazing headphones if you want full sized closed phones for the price.

private joker · #4 03-30-2006, 06:56 AM

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Koss KSC-75 are exactly what you want.

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These just came in the mail today. Thanks, RJ, for the reco. These sound pretty good. They're not brilliant, but for the price I think they're exceptional.

The songs I tested them with at first were:

"100 Miles and Runnin'" -- NWA
"Ball and Chain" -- Social D
"Portions For Foxes" -- Rilo Kiley

The bass in the NWA song was not lacking as much as I thought it would. Vocals were very very clear. The Social D song sounded okay; the original production of the song isn't perfect, but I expected a bit better fidelity, since it didn't sound as sharp as it does on my CD player. The Rilo Kiley track projects excellent treble without sounding tinny, and the separation between low and high is very good.

I listened to all three again with the earbuds for comparison, and there is no comparison. After the KSC-75s, earbuds sound like newspaper and string.

Overall review: 8/10.

beenben · #5 03-31-2006, 06:40 AM

Basketball question - playing pick up, you're on defense and your man tries to pic your teammate. Do you step up? If so, just for a sec and then go back? or do you expect your teammate to fight through the screen and just call the screen and stick with your guy the whole time?

PITTM · #6 03-31-2006, 04:40 PM

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Basketball question - playing pick up, you're on defense and your man tries to pic your teammate. Do you step up? If so, just for a sec and then go back? or do you expect your teammate to fight through the screen and just call the screen and stick with your guy the whole time?

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it depends on my teammate and the people im playing against. a lot of the time if a screen is called out correctly the person should have no problem getting through, i usually step up for a second and see how my teammate reacts, but if its a perimeter shooter you really have to step up right away. when people dont step out on a screen on me i will just hit 3s all day, but im pretty weak at taking the ball to the hole, so i would step out on me really hard if i was defending myself. i think you see where im going with this.

rj

dogdrool · #7 03-25-2006, 12:01 AM

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those are my areas of expertise. i have over 1k in headphone amplifiers/headphones on my desk and have over 10k mp3s. ive played high level basketball since 5th grade and ive smoked weed pretty much everyday for the past 3 years(except for the last 2 days, i quit 2 days ago). i feel like i could answer any concerns in these areas quickly and accurately, so fire away <3.

rj

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I'm also a fan of headphones and headphone amplifiers. However, I always have a hard time explaining what a headphone amp does when my friends ask. How do you explain a headphone amp's utility?

RJ! · #8 03-25-2006, 12:05 AM

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those are my areas of expertise. i have over 1k in headphone amplifiers/headphones on my desk and have over 10k mp3s. ive played high level basketball since 5th grade and ive smoked weed pretty much everyday for the past 3 years(except for the last 2 days, i quit 2 days ago). i feel like i could answer any concerns in these areas quickly and accurately, so fire away <3.

rj

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I'm also a fan of headphones and headphone amplifiers. However, I always have a hard time explaining what a headphone amp does when my friends ask. How do you explain a headphone amp's utility?

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i tell them that much in the same way that my marantz speaker amp sounds better than their computer speakers, my headphone amp makes my headphones sound better than being played out of an ipod. an amplifier adds depth to the highs and lows of the music, it also makes it sound louder and fuller. i think the biggest difference is in the clearness of the highs and the deepness of the lows however. gl with the explanation! <3

rj

skunkworks · #9 03-25-2006, 12:20 AM

I second my recommendation for the KSC-75s. They sound fantastic for the price. They may look like crap, but I was really pleasantly surprised by the tightness and clarity of the bass when compared to the stock iPod earphones that suck hard.

Popinjay · #10 03-25-2006, 12:31 AM

Why did you quit pot?