Simple Living

When I pass all my exams for the MCSA I'll reward myself with a nice pair of headphones.  I currently own only the Audio Technica M50x which have served me well, but I feel it's time to add another selection to my growing collection.  I'm willing to spend $250 and reviewing my options.  I've started evaluating and studying the ATH M70x, MSR7 and Sony MDR-1A as possible candidates for my next set.  Before I do that, I wanted to catalog my current collection and see where I want to expand and focus on.  Excluding the M50's and WM77, the rest of my assortment are basic headphones and eventually I may 'retire' as my collection improves.  For now I'm leaning towards the MSR7's, but going based on simply specs is misleading and I would like to try each of them and a few other brands and models before deciding. While superficial, one area I would like to see improvement is overall build quality with metal for the hinges and areas that would have the most

I was at the Shopping Mall studying for the next exam and realized I didn't bring a pair of headphones.  Rather than drive back home (two hour drive), figured I just buy a pair of basic headphones.  Browsing the choices I came across the iLive IA54B for $ 10 @ Sears.  They are just basic headphones and fit my needs. Basic Specs: Range:  20hz - 20khz 100db Sensitivity 32 ohm Impedence 1/8" Stereo Adapter Sound Quality Don't expect much as these are $10 Headphones and when you take that into consideration you will understand tolerate them for what they are...something to hear music when you have nothing else. Initially, they sounded horrible as they were tuned to exaggerate the bass, mids are almost non-existent and certain tracks I know have some notes in the high and mid were imperceptible.  I was using my iPhone5 and to help improve sound quality required setting the EQ to 'Treble Boost' and at 65% Volume the IA54B were quite decent.  After this adjus