Hello everyone, it’s not my first topic on this forum, but right now I’m looking for a new pair of headphone under 500€ (I’ll raise my budget a little if it’s worth it).
I have some ideas, but I would love to hear your opinion or some suggestion maybe I didn’t consider.
I’m looking for a pair of fun headphone, but something that could be also considered on the audiophile side.
I need them to be first of all comfortable, I work for hours straight everyday on my pc with my headphone on, so I need almost to forget I’m wearing them. Better if they don’t warm a lot my ears as well.
Regards the sound, I start saying that I will use them only for music, not film or gaming, I have already headphone for that. I also already have some headphone for monitoring/critical listening.
I’m looking for a warm headphone, on the v-shape side. Better if them don’t have fatiguing sound.
I don’t mind if them are open or closed if them still sound as I described.
What could you guys suggest me?
I’m waiting for your opinions, regards.
If you could let us know what you’re using as a source to drive your intended purchase and the types/genres of music you listen to, this will make recommendations a lot easier
Maybe Sendy Aiva?
Mainly EDM, but I listen to everything. Not a lot of classical music tho.
As I said I use them with my PC which is connected to my FOCUSRITE Scarlett 2i4.
Limits it a bit but maybe the DT 177X good with EDM, easy to drive and closed back, I’m sure our headphone guys can help you even more
Seems from review them might have too much of a reference sound for my taste? I’m asking.
HarmonicDyne Zeus?
if V-shaped audio can be warm then i must have a misurnderstanding of what warm means, can someone explain it for me?
They like-a the bass.
In this context, I don’t think they really want “V”, but because V has the bass - they get an idea that this is good for them.
I try to look for what folks “mean” rather than what they “say”.
are you able to explain the quality of inherent warmth in a headphone? hopefully i did right by my english on that one
Warmth to me means an above neutral frequency response in bass and lower-half of midrange frequency. Colloquially I think that it does this with at-most neutral upper-midrange through treble — Sometimes intended to mean with significantly depressed upper frequencies, which I think is better defined in “darkness”.
For me, warmth defines a presence whereas darkness defines an absence.
Dunno how to describe tbh u ask a really good question, but I tend to think warm vs cold, bright vs dark. So warm v shaped is warm, bassy and bright (sth the Beyers v shaped cans are not bc I find them cold sounding). Sth like Zeus or Sendy would be warm v shaped
I also think that the subjective user-experience and that user’s sensitivities will also shape the perception. I know folks who find DT990 bass-lean because they are treble sensitive and the overall amplitude has to be so low to accommodate the treble-sensitivity, they never experience bass.
You see that with Beyer quite a lot, for example.
I checked the reviews on the Zeus.
Them seems to be ok for my tastes, and I really like that them seems really comfortable as well.
Now I’m left with few options, Denon D5200 (460€) the Zeus (324€) and the Beyerdinamic Amiron (485€).
How do you guys think them compare against each other? And also, is there any other option I should consider? I like to have multiple choiche, maybe I can order them as well and return the ones I don’t like. Waiting for your opinions.
Also it’s not a problem to spend a little more, but I’d rather spend my money for something that worth it’s value.
Thanks again.
AudioQuest Nighthawks…though you’ll have go buy them used. totally worth it!
iBasso SR2. It’s €460, so you’ll be maxing out your budget but it’s so worth it.
Meze 99? Some think the bass is bloated, others love it. With this budget I would get some kind of power, even a dac/amp combo unit.
You could also do Argons+dac/amp, which everyone praises
After a lot of reviews i ordered the Zeus, I’ll let you guys know.
Thank you:)