Headphones

[Lois Pallister]

I have decided on the keyboard I am going to get (Yamaha P95) with it's stand and pedal unit but now I just have to decide on a stool and set of headphones.

I was interested in the Yamaha headphones HPE-170 which I found for around £90. a musician friend of mine told me to get Sennheiser HD201 which is around £20.

Sennheiser have a large range and it seems to me that the closest equivalent to the HPE-170 is over £100.

Just for practicing so that my neighbours and my partner don't have to hear it, what would you recommend? Would I be crazy spending £90 when £20 will do the job?

 

[The Y_man]

We just bought a HD201 - it's comfortable (a touch shallow on the earpads) and blocks out other sounds quite well. Good bass. I think it is great value for money.

The Y-man