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?

  • Wanders with Wodan@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    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.

    • Nighed@feddit.ukEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Sennheiser sold off their consumer headset decision, it’s now just a licensed name. They also stopped selling spare parts! Very annoyed.

  • Oikio@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    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.