New companion

Time flies; 6 months in U.S., though it doesn't feels so, but that is true. For first time I am missing home. I miss almost everyone, family, friends, my cats, my Bose music system, dusty roads, freedom from traffic rule and everything.

I can't replace most of these things, but I atleast incase of my Music System, I can. So, I set out to buy a nice pair of headphones, it was on my wishlist since long time. As always in music, I don't compromise, Quality is top priority. I was inclined towards Bose headphones as I have already tasted it's quality in my music system. However after doing lot of reading on web, i found that there are better headphones than Bose. The best one costing $1000, unfortunately, I cannot afford that much. After doing lot of reading I closed on 2 headphones, costing around $350. Senheisser HD 650 and AKG 701.

Finally, I closed on AKG 701, because it looks much better than the other one.

And here's how it looks when unpacked. As usual, premium products come in premium packing to give you that feeling of exclusivity.

And that's how the baby looks like.

They are bulky no doubt, they are not portable so cannot be worn while you are jogging or while walking on road. As you can see, I almost look like a alien or a guy in recording studio.

These headphones are meant when you just want to listen to music and nothing else, when you want to feel the music, when you want to forget the world and when you want to feel each every small note that are easliy missed on big speaker because of impedance and other things. These are high impedance headphones, so does drink lot of battery. I feel they would sound best with amplifier, which again costs about $ 100 or above.

What I really like about these headphones:
The design - damn comfy, you can almost forget you are wearing these. And they look cool as well.
Music - ofcourse, the best part is music, it sounds heavenly. Atleast I haven't heard anything better, nobody keeps the $1000 headphones on demo, so, I don't know ;)
Tight midrange and good bass.
Cost - costing around 250$, I think they are good value for money.

What I don't like about these:
Bulky - they are bulky, but that is the price for the quality, that is probably how it achieves the great sound.
Need for an Amplifier - with mp3 player, these don't sound as good as they do on PC. Probably, they need amplifier, I still need to do more research on that.

My new companion AKG 701 !!! I have a new item in my time table 12 AM - 2 AM, spend time with my new companion :)