New headphone/headset

Grado SR 60 @ HeadRoom - Right Between Your Ears

The best-sounding headphones you can get for under $100, period, and also much better sounding than many far more expensive headphones.

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I think the reason why they get a lot of flak from the internets is because you've got a bunch of audiophiles that want music to sound exactly how it's "supposed to sound" which Bose doesn't really care about. They're about making stuff sound really nice to the average person

I think what Bose cares about the most is marketing and advertising, and maintaining their own reputation. The average person has no idea what an accurate transducer sounds like, which is how Bose gets away with creating headphones that have horribly inflated bass response, peaky treble, headbands falling apart, etc. They can't even properly attain the goal of sounding nice to the average person, as a $60 pair of Grados beats any Bose headphone utterly in terms of accuracy, extension of frequency extremes and build quality.

How ya doing, buddy?

I suppose that comes down to a matter of personal preference and the type of music one listens to. I would imagine that being somewhat bright and very punchy, an SR-60 would be more accessible to most people. They give a very immediate and up-front listening experience that most people find very enjoyable with most types of music.

Sennheiser is an excellent company, though, and the PX 100s are definitely right up there in terms of sound and build quality within their price range. They are also much smaller and less cumbersome than the SR-60s, and you wouldn't turn so many heads wearing them in public, either...

There's nowhere I can't reach.

The HD650 is a superb headphone. I owned one for two years and never regretted my purchase. The build quality is top-notch, comfort is high, and the frequency response is among the most neutral of any dynamic headphone I've heard, and I've heard plenty.

However, if you're really into neutrality, you should go for the HD600. The HD650 is a little on the warm side of neutral, with a slightly bassy and dark tonality. The HD600 has less bass and a bit more treble, and is certainly the most balanced dynamic headphone currently in production. I've heard all of the top offerings from AKG, Beyerdynamic, Grado, Denon, AT, etc and none of them come close in terms of smoothness and linearity of frequency response.

I've heard several AT headphones, including their top of the line one, and all of them have a closed headphone coloration, and the W5000 has a hard-sounding upper midrange.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.