• Great for mixing/monitoring and general listening

  
  As reviewed by John S on 10/18/2011

  You can read headphone reviews until you're blue in the face but you just won't know what's best for you until you actually audition several pair. Fortunately, Guitar Center has several top rated models in stock to choose from. So I headed over to my local store where the guys in accessories were nice enough to layout several models for me to audition. I brought an mp3 player with different types of music all sampled at 320kbs - high quality stuff - and spent 90 minutes listening to the following headphones. Here's how it went in listening order. Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro-80 - I went in thinking that I was going to walk out with these headphones based on what I had read, and they did sound good but they were first up so I had no frame of reference. Sennheiser HD 380 PRO - WOW, these beat the Beyer's hands down though I did go back and forth between the two of them with several types of music. Audio Technica ATH-M50 - Nice form factor and the critics love'em, however, to me they sounded cheap: lacked clarity, accurate tonal timbre, and soundstage. I did come back to them again but was reminded of their inferior sound quality each time. AKG K240 Studio - These are nice and a real bargain. Had I not needed sound isolating headphones I may have purchased these and saved a hundred bucks. These were number two in sound quality for me. Sennheiser HD 25-1 II - Very nice. These clamp on the ear and offer outstanding sound isolation but they don't have the soundstage of the HD 380s. I think they're intended primarily for session recording, and for that they would be very good. KRK KNS-8400 Studio - Don't bother, even worse than the ATH-M50s. honorable mention: on my way out of the store I noticed the Shure SRH840 which are supposed to be good, but I didn't listen to them and I'm so happy with the Sennheisers I'm not worried about. IMPORTANT FEATURES: The Sennheisers fold flat and come with a great case. They also have a replaceable cable that plugs into the phones with standard 3.5mm jack.

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• Awesome - even better than the HD 280's

  
  As reviewed by MARK REID on 12/10/2012

  I've owned a set of HD 280's for about a year, until my daughter broke her cheap headphones and like a fool I let her try the 280's on. She was awestruck at the sound and fit and comfort quality of the HD280's. Well, since she is daddy's little girl, I coughed them up ... they are hers ... and I bought myself soem HD 380's, hoping all the review hype was right. Well, the 380's are just stunning. More comfortable, better audiophile quality ... just perfect and well worth the additional c-note. Now, my challenge is to keep the 380's away from my daughter....

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• The Best

  
  As reviewed by Gary Reed on 9/10/2012

  These have to be the best headphones I have ever used. Not a huge expense and the sound quality is great. Tried some for much more money and was not willing to pay the difference in price for very little improvement in quality. Solid, lightweight.

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