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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
I am looking for a good pair of headphones for listening to vinyl. Any recommendations? I was thinking Drop x Sennheiser HD 6XX but I know next to nothing about headphones.
My main thing is that I find over the ear headphones can feel like they are suffocating your ears, clamping your head, putting a lot of weight on the band or the top of the ears etc.
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I have had a pair of HD650's for many years and I still listen to them from time to time as I find them very comfortable to wear, they don't weigh a lot and being open back your ears don't cook like some closed back headphones do. For the price of purchase, especially when on sale they are a very nice headphone.
They are tad light in the bass frequencies but this can be EQ'd if you are inclined and don't listen to ear bleeding levels the low frequency distortion when boosting with EQ won't be a problem. Any of the Sennheiser headphones in the 6XX series are very similar.
Another bonus is they are very easy to drive and while they won't pair well with a cell phone, they do not require an expensive amp to drive them so if you already have one, or would need to purchase an amp you would not need to spend much to get a very nice setup.
I still listen to mine frequently.
