Newbie looking for best pair of headphones in £100-£150 range

[daftcombo]

I like my 1more Triple Driver Over Ear.
https://www.innerfidelity.com/content/1more-triple-driver-over-ear-headphones

I got mine on (Mass)Drop for less than £130 IIRC.

 

[daftcombo]

Beyerdynamic DT770 / 32 Ohm.
Sturdy, comfortable, prominent but not overpowering bass, used in many studios, pads and headband will be available for many years, closed and can be found in the requested price range.

There seems to be several versions:
32 Ohm, 80 Ohm, 250 Ohm?

 

[solderdude]

Indeed, they measure and sound somewhat different as well.
For portable usage the 32 Ohm is most sensitive and works well from a phone, the 80 Ohm is less sensitive, the 250 Ohm even more so.

HERE one can find the efficiency ratings of most popular headphones:
Look for the dB/V rating to compare.
The dB/mW rating should be ignored.

 

[THW]

You can easily find the Audio Technica MSR7 in that price range. It is on the bright side but is an excellent pair of headphones.

Don’t have the MSR7 but the MSR7b mainly because for me it looks better and according to reviews is more comfortable which is important for me.

I do like the MSR7b a lot myself, leans on the brighter side but isn’t particularly piercing. I use the HD600 most often if that’s any decent indication of the level of treble I’m used to.

 

[VintageFlanker]

Drop is currently shipping Sennheiser and AKG models from the EU so no importaxes for us EU guys for certain drop products.

drop.com/talk/23671/testing-local-shipping-in-european-union-part-2

Yep, that's great. Unfortunately the price grew up to 210€ instead of 175$ (153€) shipped to EU. Still, we may deal with taxes... And it is out of stock for EU at the moment.

 

[solderdude]

hmmm didn't know that.

 

[VintageFlanker]

hmmm didn't know that.

By the way, your 58X review is great.
I'm waiting for RTINGS review to confirm the performance. (as they buy their review sample as regular customers).

 

[solderdude]

The lastest review sample was bought as well (by skies) and performed exactly the same as the ones I got.

 

[VintageFlanker]

The lastest review sample was bought as well (by skies) and performed exactly the same as the ones I got.

Sounds reassuring!

 

[JJB70]

Don’t have the MSR7 but the MSR7b mainly because for me it looks better and according to reviews is more comfortable which is important for me.

I do like the MSR7b a lot myself, leans on the brighter side but isn’t particularly piercing. I use the HD600 most often if that’s any decent indication of the level of treble I’m used to.

I haven't listened to the the MSR7b but if it is an evolutionary improvement of the original it will be a terrific product. Here in the UK Audio Technica never seem to have managed to establish their headphone range in quite the way of Sennheiser, Beyerdynamic, AKG (or Sony, Beats or Bose) despite a heritage of making well engineered and good performing headphones. Odd. The MSR7 models have sat in a real sweet spot in terms of performance per $, I think they're superb.

 

[THW]

I haven't listened to the the MSR7b but if it is an evolutionary improvement of the original it will be a terrific product. Here in the UK Audio Technica never seem to have managed to establish their headphone range in quite the way of Sennheiser, Beyerdynamic, AKG (or Sony, Beats or Bose) despite a heritage of making well engineered and good performing headphones. Odd. The MSR7 models have sat in a real sweet spot in terms of performance per $, I think they're superb.

If its of any help, using the Sonarworks correction for the MSR7 on my MSR7b actually makes them somewhat sound like my HD 600.

I’m not that great a listener though so it would be better if you tried it out yourself.

Edit: If you have appropriate EQ software and don’t like how Sonarworks changes the entire FR, really the only thing that you need to do when EQing the MSR7b is to tame that 10kHz spike, that makes quite the difference

 

[Eurasian]

Don't know if they are still available, but two weeks ago I bought a set of NIB NAD VISIO 50s for $114 freight included from an Amazon vendor.

 

[bravomail]

AudioTechnica M40x hands down - closed, bass slightly boosted, they have V-shaped FR aka fun phones, cable is detachable, third party cables with mic r available etc.

 

[Name]

https://www.amazon.com/Philips-SHP9500S-Precision-Over-ear-Headphones/dp/B00ENMK1DW

 

[Name]

I own the above Philips SHP9500S as well as Denon AH-D2000, and Sennheiser HD650 and a few other nice headphones. If I were really limited on budget and could only choose one headphone it would probably be the Philips. They have a similar sound to the HD650 to me, though obviously not as good.