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Just a personal query. I'm looking to buy a set of closed-back headphones for personal listening. Don't need wireless, Bluetooth, noise cancelling or anything fancy. Don't want to pay more than £200 at the most! What would you choose if it was you?
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I have used SONY 7506 and various Sennheiser over the past 35 years and also have some Sony V700 V150 and Senny HD25, 26 and 380 Pro but my favorite set now are the Audio Technica M50XBT : https://www.audio-te...n-gb/ath-m50xbt

 

OK you can get the cabled only version for cheaper but the advantage with these ones is that you can have the best of both worlds and the Bluetooth sound just as good as the provided cabled option to me if you want plug them into an analogue output.

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I'll admit that I find headphone choice queries to be a bit like asking "what pair of shoes should I buy"... dry.gif

 

That said, Beyer DT770s sound nice, fit comfortably, are available in soft PVC or velour ear cups and also a range of impedances to suit the amp driving them. They are also just over half of the suggested maximum budget...

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As a negative review I would say avoid anything "folding", I have got some Audio Technica ATH-M50 which are nice headphones but the folding ear cups are like one of those 3d puzzles, always takes 3 or 4 attempts to get everything the right way round to put them on. Maybe I am just being inept. Edited by timsabre
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I have two pairs now of Studio Spares M1000 (a Mk1 on it's second headband, and a Mk2 with a steel bit where the Mk1 broke!)

https://www.studiospares.com/studiospares-m1000-mk2-studio-headphones_448760.htm

They are nice, but not suitable for "loud" headphone outputs with a high noise floor, because they are low impedance and sensitive - they can make some sources sound very noisy once the volume is turned down. However they work nicely from "consumer" headphone jacks as a result.

The think I like is they are large enough to sit round my ears, rather than on them, which I think makes them a lot more comfortable for long periods of listening.

The daily use headphones are still a pair of (open back) Wharfedale Isodynamic https://www.petervis.com/gallery/Vintage%20Advertisements/wharfedale-hi-fi/isodynamic-headphones.html but they don't make them any more (and you specified closed back).

 

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I have two pairs now of Studio Spares M1000 (a Mk1 on it's second headband, and a Mk2 with a steel bit where the Mk1 broke!)

https://www.studiospares.com/studiospares-m1000-mk2-studio-headphones_448760.htm

They are nice, but not suitable for "loud" headphone outputs with a high noise floor, because they are low impedance and sensitive - they can make some sources sound very noisy once the volume is turned down. However they work nicely from "consumer" headphone jacks as a result.

The think I like is they are large enough to sit round my ears, rather than on them, which I think makes them a lot more comfortable for long periods of listening.

The daily use headphones are still a pair of (open back) Wharfedale Isodynamic https://www.petervis.com/gallery/Vintage%20Advertisements/wharfedale-hi-fi/isodynamic-headphones.html but they don't make them any more (and you specified closed back).

 

That's interesting - I used these as monitor headphones in a previous setting because they are a) built like a tank and b) very good isolation. But I struggled with them for long periods of use because I felt they gripped rather tightly. Did like the sound, though.

 

I'll admit that I find headphone choice queries to be a bit like asking "what pair of shoes should I buy"... dry.gif

 

That said, Beyer DT770s sound nice, fit comfortably, are available in soft PVC or velour ear cups and also a range of impedances to suit the amp driving them. They are also just over half of the suggested maximum budget...

 

Quite partial to Beyer - I've been using a pair of DT231 for ages, and they are so easy to listen to. Earpads are shot, and I can't find pukka replacements.

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As a negative review I would say avoid anything "folding", I have got some Audio Technica ATH-M50 which are nice headphones

 

 

 

They are very comfortable for extended period and the folding portability means get used more regularly.

 

Been more robust than expected.

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