What kind of headphones should I choose?

[TomLee]

What kind of drivers do your headphones have? I am a music lover as well as a game lover. So sound quality is really important for me even though I am playing game. I am bit confused which one should I choose. I have read a few articles about headphones drivers like this  https://www.arkartech.net/blogs/blog/dynamic-vs-planar-magnetic-drivers  but is still difficult for me to determine.

[audiobomber]

I wouldn't give any credence to the linked article, which contains too many generalizations. 

 

Many people, I would even say most, prefer a headphone with boosted midbass (e.g. Sennheiser HD 650), but it really annoys me. Some people are very sensitive to treble, whereas I prefer a headphone with lots of airiness and detail, showing as a bit of a treble spike on a FR graph (e.g. Beyerdynamic DT 1990 Pro). Some headphones are thought comfortable by some, but tortured me (e.g. Grado RS, Hifiman HE). I have a friend with an expensive Audeze planar that he loves, but to me lacks PRaT, something I consider above all else.

 

Obviously you need to do some research, as you are, but the best way to compare headphones is on your head. Sonic preferences are very individual, possibly more so with headphones than anything else in audio. Physical comfort is extremely important for extended listening, and everyone's head, ears and tolerance levels are different. Can you get to a store for some trials?

[Samuel T Cogley]

This might be the best gaming headphones out there today.  A friend let me borrow them and I really, really didn't want to give them back.

 

 

[Axial]

Those ^ look real cool; comfy, performing, nice features, solid, affordable.

 

 

 

[davide256]

headphones are a bit like cars. Most of us appreciate comfort and ease in use. But some value "acceleration and road grip" as more important. You have to know yourself in choosing headphones.... are you a "daily driver" or do you live to drive your performance vehicle to its limits on the weekend?

[sandyk]

6 hours ago, audiobomber said:

Many people, I would even say most, prefer a headphone with boosted midbass (e.g. Sennheiser HD 650), but it really annoys me. Some people are very sensitive to treble, whereas I prefer a headphone with lots of airiness and detail, showing as a bit of a treble spike on a FR graph (e.g. Beyerdynamic DT 1990 Pro).

 Likewise. Yours are a bit out of my affordability range though .

 I recently bought a pair of ATH M 70X to replace a pair of ATH W1000 where one capsule had gone open circuit.

 I can't complain about the price, although they are not quite as good as them, which also benefitted from a little Butyl resonance dampening in the Bubinga wood cups.

 Due to the all plastic frame construction they can be a little microphonic which is quite noticeable when you run your finger over the top support when listening.

[sandyk]

I didn't notice at the time that the graphs had no headphone names.

 The top graph is for the ATH M70X and the bottom one for Audiobomber's  Beyerdynamic DT 1990 Pro).

[AudioDoctor]

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