Best Music Headsets Under 500$$???

[halodude23]

Hi, I'm curious if there is any headset under 500$$ that has very very good sound quality+bass quality...Thanks.

 

[sargentchimera]

I haven't tried them personally but from what i read Sennheiser are some of the best headphones period. The HD 600 series is just over that at $515 but the HD595s are $330. Check it out Sennheiserusa.com, hope it helps!

 

[eylee86]

It is all relative to what kind of sound you prefers as many great headphones may sound different. I own HD595 (and I don't think they really cost $339 anymore I paid around $250 3 years ago) and they are some what neutral with open sound stage as if you're sitting front row of a concert hall.

I am confident that you will be able to find something excellent under $500 but HD600 and above for sennheisers will require you to have amps to get most out of them.

If this is your first time getting into audiophile-quality headphones, you don't have to spend alot of money to notice the difference coming from lets say apple earphones...

some of the headphones I went through/heard good stuff about are: Sennheiser HD280 pro, Sony MDR-V6, Sennheiser HD595, Grado SR60(i), Shure SRH-440, DENON AH-D2000(sounds the best with proper amp/dac but is not necessary; perhaps you can start without one and get one later).

I'd recommend HD280 pro or HD595 to start off with.

 

[halodude23]

It is all relative to what kind of sound you prefers as many great headphones may sound different. I own HD595 (and I don't think they really cost $339 anymore I paid around $250 3 years ago) and they are some what neutral with open sound stage as if you're sitting front row of a concert hall.

I am confident that you will be able to find something excellent under $500 but HD600 and above for sennheisers will require you to have amps to get most out of them.

If this is your first time getting into audiophile-quality headphones, you don't have to spend alot of money to notice the difference coming from lets say apple earphones...

some of the headphones I went through/heard good stuff about are: Sennheiser HD280 pro, Sony MDR-V6, Sennheiser HD595, Grado SR60(i), Shure SRH-440, DENON AH-D2000(sounds the best with proper amp/dac but is not necessary; perhaps you can start without one and get one later).

I'd recommend HD280 pro or HD595 to start off with.

Where could I get an amp, or is it included?

 

[eylee86]

you'd have to get them separately. you'd have to research what kind of an amp to get for different headphones though, which I'm not that much into. So I can't help you much there. But as i said, with HD280 pro and HD595, you don't need an amp. if you want to get into audiophile stuff check out head-fi.org. they have more information than you could possibly digest.

 

[sargentchimera]

i hear the a40 amp from astro is great. I'm going to be picking 1 up along with teh a700 headphones, should sound pretty good.

 

[halodude23]

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