Best headphones for $300-400?

Was thinking of these , because they are on sale...and they're sennheisers.

Is there anything better?

My understanding is that the Denon AHD-2000 is the "best" headphone in that range. It's subjective, though, since the Denon is flatter in some areas and the Sennheiser in others (generally you want a perfectly flat response):

Further, you'll need a good Headphone Amp to power them (that's NVIDIATI's department).

Good luck,

Boz

My understanding is that the Denon AHD-2000 is the "best" headphone in that range. It's subjective, though, since the Denon is flatter in some areas and the Sennheiser in others (generally you want a perfectly flat response):

Further, you'll need a good Headphone Amp to power them (that's NVIDIATI's department).

Good luck,

Boz

Bozanimal

Want amp do you recommend?

Depends on the sound you like. There are quite a few headphones in the same quality tier, but with very different sounds to appeal to different people . My choice would be the Grado SR325is because I listen to tons of rock and metal, but I own the HD650s and they are pretty fantastic, but I can finally agree- only get them if you're going to properly amp them. DivergeUnify

Do you mean like how the guy above said? As in, i need a good one to get a nice, proper sound of how its supposed to sound like or what?

First thing I have to tell you. If you are, like me, coming from a dynamic background you have to leave your preconceived notion of presentation of bass behind. The stax system does not push air into your ear canal, in fact it presents it just outside your ear giving a slightly brighter presentation, fantastic detail and attack but perhaps not any bass slam. Now when I say bass slam I mean oomph not bass itself. This is what I mean - you have to re-educate yourself on how bass is really presented to the listener as more of an extension into the mix to give depth where needed or to emphasize a moment. This means you understand bass is there - in shed loads if I may say so, but not in a slam slam manner, but more in a deep cavernous manner designed to broaden what already is a massive sound stage.

[QUOTE="Bozanimal"]

My understanding is that the Denon AHD-2000 is the "best" headphone in that range. It's subjective, though, since the Denon is flatter in some areas and the Sennheiser in others (generally you want a perfectly flat response):

Further, you'll need a good Headphone Amp to power them (that's NVIDIATI's department).

Good luck,

Boz

kris9031998

Want amp do you recommend?

Depends on the sound you like. There are quite a few headphones in the same quality tier, but with very different sounds to appeal to different people . My choice would be the Grado SR325is because I listen to tons of rock and metal, but I own the HD650s and they are pretty fantastic, but I can finally agree- only get them if you're going to properly amp them. DivergeUnify

Do you mean like how the guy above said? As in, i need a good one to get a nice, proper sound of how its supposed to sound like or what?

First thing I have to tell you. If you are, like me, coming from a dynamic background you have to leave your preconceived notion of presentation of bass behind. The stax system does not push air into your ear canal, in fact it presents it just outside your ear giving a slightly brighter presentation, fantastic detail and attack but perhaps not any bass slam. Now when I say bass slam I mean oomph not bass itself. This is what I mean - you have to re-educate yourself on how bass is really presented to the listener as more of an extension into the mix to give depth where needed or to emphasize a moment. This means you understand bass is there - in shed loads if I may say so, but not in a slam slam manner, but more in a deep cavernous manner designed to broaden what already is a massive sound stage.

Well, im looking to use these for mostly alt. rock, possibly pop and maybe techno. For games, i plan on using them on FPS games mostly - As in something with very strong sound effects (ex. BF3). And the 300-400 price should only be for the headphones, so i dont mind shelling out another 100 for the amp. I prefer isolation. kris9031998

[QUOTE="kris9031998"]Well, im looking to use these for mostly alt. rock, possibly pop and maybe techno. For games, i plan on using them on FPS games mostly - As in something with very strong sound effects (ex. BF3). And the 300-400 price should only be for the headphones, so i dont mind shelling out another 100 for the amp. I prefer isolation. NamelessPlayer

[QUOTE="NamelessPlayer"][QUOTE="kris9031998"]Well, im looking to use these for mostly alt. rock, possibly pop and maybe techno. For games, i plan on using them on FPS games mostly - As in something with very strong sound effects (ex. BF3). And the 300-400 price should only be for the headphones, so i dont mind shelling out another 100 for the amp. I prefer isolation. DivergeUnify