HD6XX

Massdrop x Sennheiser HD6xx. Incredible headphones, but you’d need an amp. They aren’t Bluetooth, and they are open back. They are super comfortable (better than the Sony XM6 I have that are $450 and hurt my ears after awhile). For $200 plus $100 for an amp, the HD6xx are incredible.

There's an argument that unit variation in the 600 series (600, 6xx, 650, 58x, etc.) can be greater than the difference between the models, but at least the units I've heard have been consistently bassier on the 650 (or 6XX, the North American version of the 650 originally sold by Drop.com). But it'

Soundstage means the area around you that you can hear and how far away things feel when you hear them. Not necessarily a spatial thing like the air pods pro that changes the location of sounds as you move your head. Personally my go to for movies is massdrop HD 6XX paired with a schiit DAC and amp

Honestly man “gaming” headphones are all marketing. Most of them just boost the treble and say “you can hear footsteps” other than a built in mic, it’s all fluff. That boost in treble will not be fun to listen to at high volumes or long periods of time and ironically make it harder to hear faint and

Open headphones, for sure. Either of my two massdrop phones, the 58x or 6xx (the latter are basically Sennheiser 650s). I have IEMs for use in band gigs, and closed phones (HD 280s) for use when recording, but I wouldn't want to wear either for longer sessions if I can use open phones instead.

As nigel tufnel wrote, open headphones will be more comfortable and should sound better--but they don't offer isolation. Personally, the only time I wear my closed Sennheisers is when I'm doing microphone recording where I don't want the headphone sound bleeding out into the mic. If you have annoyin

i've been down this rabbit hole. the natural step up from Kithara is the Sennheiser HD 600 or 6XX. they keep that open-back soundstage but add more detail and smoother mids. your K7 drives them easily. Sennheiser HD 600 is the classic for a reason - super comfortable for long sessions. just know the

Sivga Luan - open back, $300ish, doesnt need an amp (otherwise you may be able to catch the Sennheiser hd 600, 650, or 6xx on sales). Crazy comfort.

I couldn't make the HDB630 phone app EQ engage reliably using Android. It might work better with iOS. I do not like the minimized sizing of all Sennheiser or Sony wireless headphones I've tried, and the comfort falls far behind so many wired headphones, and maybe especially the HD550/HD560S, and the

I use wired open backs for gaming. Mainly because my gaming sessions are long and I, personally, feel strained wearing noise cancelling, closed backs for long. I went with the cheaper HD6XXs and am happy. https://drop.com/buy/massdrop-sennheiser-hd6xx