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
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.
Austrian Audio Hi-X25 are excellent open-back headphones available with or without Bluetooth. They punch above their weight for the price, sounding - to my ear, at least - as good as headphones double the price.
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.
Wow, free repairs and they are insured against theft? That really sounds like headphones that will last for a while. I’m not in the market for new headphones right now but when I am, I definitely will consider these. Thanks for sharing!
100% backing Sennheiser.
I’ve got several Sennheiser headphones/headsets for different purposes, like gaming, listening to music or conferencing. Why I buy Sennheiser: my parents used to have Sennheiser headphones, older than me. I listened so many hours to punk, rock and goth on them when I was young, it’s unreal. And they were like 10 years older than me! Nonetheless a crystal clear, intensive sound. Hell, I believe they still do have them 😅
You can’t go back to anything else once you’ve heard Sennheiser. They’re the only headphones that make me feel like the music comes to life right in the middle of my head.
Sennheiser sold off their consumer headset decision, it’s now just a licensed name. They also stopped selling spare parts! Very annoyed.
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.
