Niece is off to Uni and I have promised her a pair of headphones. Looking for over the ear for c£100.
Any thoughts ?
Bluetooth, presumably?
Grado sr60?
Open or closed? Wire or not?
He said headphones not broadcast devices for the rest of her flat mates
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This, on the assumption you are buying for her not for you 
Would avoid Grado on the basis of build quality. I have a pair of SR80i that the plastic bracket keeps detaching from the earpiece.
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Sennheiser Circumaural HD380 Pro are very good.
Would make sense I guess
Closed. Mainly for use with a laptop but would sense to work with portable.
Not sure an 18 year old girl would pick these
Tell her to ask another teenager, they know everything.
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Dr. Dre?
Yeah, has to be Beats
My niece had Beats and wouldn’t hear a word against them. Until she borrowed a pair of Sennheiser Momentum over ear phones from me and realised how bass heavy and shit the Beats really are.
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Momentums. No idea about the wireless versions, and can’t remember how much they cost, but they are quality headphones
Yeah, but teenager reasons
Speaking as a very experienced academic with 30+ years of dealing with undergraduates I would spend 50% of the budget on some half decent cans. Then, when she has lost the first pair (or had them nicked), you can replace them and seem like the bestest uncle ever.
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I am a mere whipper snapper in comparison with a paltry 26 years of dealing with undergraduates, and I concur
Who’s most seniorest of you two then ? 