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Headphones .......... Huh?

I'm an old geezer. Have probably bought $250,000 worth of amps, pre-pros, speakers in the last 50 years. I mention that only to contrast it with the $150 I spent on bluetooth headphones, that sound better than anything I've ever heard. How is this possible?

Less than $100 for the wireless headphones. About $30 for the round bluetooth thingy I plug into the headphone jack on my tv. Call up Tidal on my Amazon Fire-thing and play one of my playlists.

I'm hearing details from this low end streaming mess, than I have ever heard over my systems. I have several hundred CDs, and those songs are most of the stuff on my playlists. So I've heard them many times. But, never like this!

Is this just a matter of me never using headphones previously? If so, I've been missing out.

The headphones aren't comfortable, so I can only listen a few hours, but it's totally worth it.

Thinking about placing some thick cloth over the cups to make it easier on the ears.

Who'd a thunk it!

Kind regards!
cgregory4

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big_greg
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I picked up a used pair of Sennheiser Momentum headphones to wear while mowing the lawn.  I wasn't expecting much, especially since I have an extensive collection of headphones and headphone amps, some costing thousands of dollars. 

I was really surprised at how well the noise cancelling technology works.  I can barely hear the mower with the music at a moderate volume.  I was also surprised to hear details that I hadn't noticed before in songs that I'm familiar with.  They have an artificial quality to them that I think would get tiresome for serious listening sessions, but for some music on the go, they're really quite good.  All for $125.
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