Affordable versatile headphones

IAmAndre · October 14, 2015

Hi,

I've been using a pair of Skullcandy Lowrider for a couple year but they stopped working a few weeks ago so I'm looking for a replacement. I didn't really like them by the way : the sound was okay but they weren't the most comfortable in the world, and they weren't usable at all for jogging (they were heavy, uncomfortable and would fall every time). I'm looking for headphones that could be used for jogging, PC gaming and listening to music (I mean deeply listening, in the dark... with the best sound quality possible).

Since I'm going to use them for running, I don't want them to be fully isolated, they should be semi-isolated, waterproof and very light and comfortable. For gaming, I just need some good sound quality.

I have a low budget of only €50 (the Skullcandy cost about €20-25, so it's a little upgrade). At first I wanted to get the Plantronics RIG which received very good reviews and are still advised even though they were released a couple years ago (the original price was over €100 and now they are available at half the price on Amazon). I like the fact they come with a Mixer that allows you to have several input sources, and this is using USB. That's a big deal for me, because I broke my internal sound card so I'm using a cheap external one (€3). These are fully isolated headphones, but I could get them then buy a cheap pair of headphones for running. Today I came across the Monster Adidas Response headphones : these are made for runners (waterproof, semi-isolated and solid sound quality), but I'd like to know if this kind of headphones can be any good for gaming and listening to music.

What other suggestions do you have?

Thanks