Budget: 80-150€
I’m looking for a pair of headphones to purchase, mostly for gaming. I’ve been using earbuds for the last few years but want to try out headphones. I heard Sennheiser is a good european brand and that their headphones are pretty good. What do y’all recommend?
I can recommend BeyerDynamic Headsets. My brother is an audio engineer and spoke in high terms of this brand. Bought some and never looked back. They are a bit pricy though, but maybe you’ll find some models in easter sale. Cheers
Hard to go wrong with DT770 or DT990 depending if you prefer closed or open back. Super comfortable and great value for their ~120€ price tag
A bit above the budget you say, but FairBud XL are nice.
https://shop.fairphone.com/fairbuds-xl
Plus you know you can repair them and supporting a cool company.
I like mine anyway. 😃
Beyerdynamic DT 990 are about 150, nice open headphones. Both people with requests to sound and casual listeners enjoy (me and my wife as example). They are built very well. My pair is 12 years old and as new when I replace ear pads. They do have very high level of sound quality and detail, hard to beat in leven double price range. I play games, listen and create music in them, due to mindful construction and open back they can be worn for a long time. Sound is open, crisp, with a lot of highs and pretty detailed. If you don’t have anything to drive them, take 80ohm. If you need more volume or better sound, consider cheap, good sounding digital audio converter (DAC) and amplifier - check FIIO brand for example, ka11 (40$) is good and very portable, I also use it with my steam deck. But there are other models cheaper.
Sennheisers have a lot of good pairs, but I cannot recommend anything from expirience, Audio Technica is Japanese company and their headphones are good sounding, but a lot of their headphones are fragile.
Overall aim for open headphones as they are better when you wear them for long periods like during gaming. And use return policy to your advantage.
Sennheiser sold off their consumer headset decision, it’s now just a licensed name. They also stopped selling spare parts! Very annoyed.
Thanks for the recommendation. They seem like good solid headphones, though they don’t support bluetooth? While I would use the headphones mostly for gaming on my computer, I might occasionally want to use them for some other stuff, that might not have an AUX port.
You kinda have to choose between Bluetooth connectivity and being “good headphones” (sound, build quality, comfort) at this price range. Or, you could get a cheapish Bluetooth receiver and plug into that
I haven’t tested them myself AND their out of your budget range, buuuuut:
They’re a Danish (?) company and their headphones are supposedly easily repairable and have great sound. I know one person who has the „Prince“ but they’re an online friend, so I can’t test them myself. But that person is really happy.
So if my headphones ever need to be replaced, I’m thinking of getting these.
You do nothing wrong with Sennheiser. I used the Sennheiser 450BT for some years and I’m now using the 350BT for listening to music on public transport. Those are both pretty good but I wouldn’t recommend them for gaming. In general is it a brand that sells high quallity headphones but not specificly for gaming. Their prices are usually quite high. You get high quality for a high price.
Sennheiser sold off their consumer headset decision, it’s now just a licensed name. They also stopped selling spare parts! Very annoyed.
