What are the best headphones?

[PogromStallone]

My ATH M50x just broke. One of the sides stopped working. I have no idea what I'm looking for, right now I'll just buy another pair since they have served me well in the past but theya re quite old now so I don't know if there are any newer, better, models.

 

[PogromStallone]

Okay, what the fuck. I just looked them up and they've gone up in price since I bought them in 2016. How the fuck is that possible?

 

[Meownaw]

Expect a bunch of retards to recommend ear buds. I'm so sorry, PogromStallone.

 

[Dog Eater]

There is no best. But something that sounds good to you and is reasonably priced.

 

[Lamont & Tonelli]

I call them "headspeakers"

 

[N64 Cube]

I tested these out once then found out the price and said fuck that. I have a pair of $150 Bluetooth headphones and they work fine.
Don’t know where I’m going with this

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[Papa Goldendick]

beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO listens pretty good

 

[RapistWithHIV]

Sennheiser 600 series are nice, but considering your avatar, something like this is probably more your speed:

 

[HH Brother]

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Sennheiser 600 series are nice, but considering your avatar, something like this is probably more your speed:

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[RaggotFetard]

My Bose QC 2’s listen pretty good, but were a waste of money cus it turns out I hate wearing headphones and would rather use earbuds.

 

[Wa4892]

I'll have to dig up the model, but the last few years I've been real happy with headphones and portable speakers from JBL. I usually buy direct at hamanaudio.com. That's the parent for JBL, Harman Kardon and a few other brands. If you can wait, they have unbelievable deals - like 70% off - around the holidays. My complaint with them, and this is more of an industry thing, is they are getting away from wired/corded headphones and everything is just Bluetooth. So the better on ear headphones are in their "Professional" category.

I liked the headphone market a lot more when the only headphones that were $100+ were made by Sennheiser or Bose. Then along came Beats and made $100 the price of 'normal' headphones. I'm guessing Sony sold a lot of $35 headphones for $100 because of Beats. But then the premium brands decided if the shitty Beats and Philips headphones are selling for $100 their headphones had to be $400. Then Apple indoctrinated their sheep and made them think they needed Apple brand headphones for $300, and of course the Apple flock bought it.

Bottom line is if you don't make a living in the sound/audio/broadcsst industry, $300 headphones are a waste of money. And anyone listening to shitty mp3 files on their phone using headphones more expensive than Skull Candy $10 inked earbuds is not making economically sound financial decisions.

Sorry for the Joe rant ........