As the title suggests, I'm looking for a new pair of closed back headphones. I've owned quite a few headphones over the years (both closed and open backs), so I've pretty much narrowed down my preferences.
The pair I keep coming back to despite owning more expensive headphones is the AKG K371, which simply sound superb to my taste. For comparison's sake, I also like my Beyerdynamic DT 700 Pro-x, but not nearly as much as the K371. I guess my brain really likes the Harman curve with some elevated bass. Another requirement is that the headphones won't be hard to drive because I intend to move around with a laptop as source (so I'm limited to USB powered DAC/Amps). The budget is up to about 400$. I don't know if there is much to improve over the K371's sound within my sound preferences (although I'm happy to be surprised), but there certainly is room for improvement in terms of build quality and comfort (which is ok but not great). Can anyone recommend?
The pair I keep coming back to despite owning more expensive headphones is the AKG K371, which simply sound superb to my taste. For comparison's sake, I also like my Beyerdynamic DT 700 Pro-x, but not nearly as much as the K371. I guess my brain really likes the Harman curve with some elevated bass. Another requirement is that the headphones won't be hard to drive because I intend to move around with a laptop as source (so I'm limited to USB powered DAC/Amps). The budget is up to about 400$. I don't know if there is much to improve over the K371's sound within my sound preferences (although I'm happy to be surprised), but there certainly is room for improvement in terms of build quality and comfort (which is ok but not great). Can anyone recommend?
