Cheap newbie looking for earcup headphones

[itaintrite]

Hello, hope I won't disgust any of you audiophiles out there with my question

Here's the thing. I'm looking for a cheap set of studio headphones, by cheap I mean REALLY-cheap-around-30-cheap. I only need them to be able to play some games or watch a movie at night without disturbing anyone else so there's really no point in getting an awesome set.

So, anybody has any recommendation for me? I read a pretty good review of Altec Lansing AHP524. Is this the best I can do with the very limited budget I'm on?

Thanks

[noddin0ff]

Check out this site. It gives reviews for most every style and price range for headphones.
My quick pick would be the Senn 201 or 205. No experience with Altec Lansing.

http://www.headphone.com/products/headphones/

[Feanor]

Hello, hope I won't disgust any of you audiophiles out there with my question

Here's the thing. I'm looking for a cheap set of studio headphones, by cheap I mean REALLY-cheap-around-30-cheap. I only need them to be able to play some games or watch a movie at night without disturbing anyone else so there's really no point in getting an awesome set.

So, anybody has any recommendation for me? I read a pretty good review of Altec Lansing AHP524. Is this the best I can do with the very limited budget I'm on?

Thanks

Hi, itaintrite, and welcome to AR Forums.

Excellent advice and headphone ratings can be got at Headroom. Go the following link and click 'Selection Guide' ...
http://www.headphone.com/

[itaintrite]

You both gave me the same website. It must be good Thank you.

update: I did take a look at the website. While it's useful, the selection it provided is rather limited with only 3-4 under-40 earpad headphones with reviews over 4 stars. Do you guys know of any other similar websites with more reviews?

Also, what is the difference between Sennheiser HD 201 and 202?

[noddin0ff]

headroom.com is the main headphone site I can think of. If you google "headphone review" you'll pull up every other site I know. Head-fi is perhaps the best forum to ask around about headphones.

According to headphone.com the Senn 201 is a full-size headphone that would sit around your ear. The 202 is mid-sized, it would sit on your ear. If you look at the full descriptions, headphone.com gives about as much info as you can find (including frequency response charts) short of actually putting them on.

http://www.headphone.com/products/he...ser-hd-201.php
http://www.headphone.com/products/he...ser-hd-202.php

[itaintrite]

I just ordered a pair of HD201 from amazon. Hopefully they'll be decent enough for the price

Thanks for all the help.