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Choose between SHP9500/00 and ATH-M20X.

Shred26

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I've been driving sennheiser HD206 for almost 5 year now and want to buy a new headphones mainly for gaming. But i have problem, i already try EPOS Sennheiser GSP300 and Razer Blackshark V2. They both felt terrible, like over bass and some sounds were like in another room. For now i have only 2 choices SHP9500/00 and ATH-M20X and idk what to take, cause cant test them. Can someone please help me with choose, and maybe give another options under 50-80$?
 
You can buy an open box HE400se for $90: https://store.hifiman.com/index.php/he400se-openbox.html

Here's Amir's review:

The HE400se has better bass extension and an overall more neutral frequency response than the other two:
 
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You can buy an open box HE400se for $90: https://store.hifiman.com/index.php/he400se-openbox.html

Here's Amir's review:

The HE400se has better bass extension and an overall more neutral frequency response than the other two:
I cant buy them in my country for that price. Its like 110$. And it over my budget. Maximum that i can afford is something below 80$. I can buy them used, or even "new" but i think i will spend money for nothing...
 
The Sennheiser 560S is sometimes available refurbished from Sennheiser directly for about 90 Euro.

 
For now i have only 2 choices SHP9500/00 and ATH-M20X and idk what to take, cause cant test them. Can someone please help me with choose, and maybe give another options under 50-80$?

Philips is open, M20X is closed.

For enjoying music the SHP9500 is the better choice, for monitoring sound in a studio or an electronic instrument the M20X is a cheap option.

If you want cheap with decent sound quality:

You could look into Superlux HD662-EVO as a cheapish closed headphone and HD668B as an open alternative.
Do not expect a long life from Superlux models.
When you prefer a bit of elevated bass and treble maybe the Mackie MC-150 ?

A headphone that is sometimes sold cheap is the Creative Aurvana Live SE.
Maybe when you can get a good deal on the Brainwavz HM5
or the Takstar PRO82
 
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