Sennheiser HD-650

Price: 344.99 - 499.99

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Very accurate reproduction1133400054

Pros:

Accurate reproduction. Good high and mid-range

Cons:

Very "open" headphones. Not such great bass.

I decided to splurge on these since they sounded so great at Magnolia hifi. Overall, they were very accurate and sounded better than the Bose Triport's I had been using before, but there were a couple things that disappointed me:
1. I didn't realize that "open" basically means that everyone around you can hear your music. Should have read up more, but that aspect was very disappointing.
2. The bass wasn't that great, even though the quality of the mid and high-range was very good.
3. They were very finicky. I had to adjust the headphone plug to just the right angle in my USB DAC to get both channels to work and now I can almost never get both channels to work.

If you're going to spend this much you can do better.