These are amazing closed-back headphones, sound quality-wise. Sennheiser HD 6XX tier. If only the headband had a better design. Read more

I am an "audiophile" wannabe - aaaand on a budget. I haven't developed the ear to pick up on nuances that others can, but as a musician, I do listen carefully. I've owned a few pairs of headphones that don't fall into the Beats by Dre category, but take my limited observations with a grain of salt. I'm not particular about appearances so long as the headphones sound good, so I'm just going to mention what I heard. These are pretty good if not great sounding cans with some caveats below. The bass is well balanced with the rest of the spectrum, but for my purposes lacks a bit of impact - those big bass drops are there, but are somewhat unfulfilling. These are neither analytical and bright, nor terribly "fun" and tuned for casual listening - they do sound a bit warm though. Nothing really stands out as too present or too featured, but I did notice they can be quite sibilant at times where I expected them to be (certain bands have consistently more / less sibilant vocalists or mixes). The main problem is that the clamp force (how tightly the ear cups press against your head and ears) is waaaay too low. So low, in fact, that it dramatically impacts the overall sound of the headphones. Simply pressing the ear cups against my head improved the sound so much that pretty much every aspect seemed about 20% better. Maybe not much, but enough to make me wonder why these headphones were designed this way (maybe my head shape isn't the intended audience, but others have complained of the same thing on other websites). Ultimately, this is why I ended up returning them. The best suggestion I could find that seemed to work for that person was to bend parts of the headphone with pliers and such, but I don't like to permanently and irreversibly modify my headphones. I did try wearing a headband that fit around the yokes and this helped, but eventually the pressure of the headband on my forehead or jaw, depending on how I wore it, became uncomfortable and distracting. If you don't mind swapping out the ear pads for something that might bring a bit more clamping power or outright bending the head band and ear cup yokes, then these are actually pretty good sounding overall if you want a balanced pair. Get them on sale or used Read more

Good sound stage and imaging - very good instrument separation in the music I tested. This is kind of uncomfortable though so please check the other reviewa if this is for you. Rated it 5 since I knew about the 'issues' before buying. Bought this for my rock/alternative playlist. Got already a ton of IEMs for other genres. Will be using it for work. Got already the Beyer DT990 Pro for home us which is also very good. Read more