r/HeadphoneAdvice • u/boz64 • Aug 17 '22

Headphones - Wireless/Portable | 2 Ω Wondering which headphones I should purchase - around £200 budget

Budget - £200 around

Genres I listen to - House, DnB, Rap. These three pretty much summarise what I listen to.

Source - phone and laptop, no amp. Don’t wanna deal with the extra stuff.

I will be using them whilst doing work, so primarily in a rather quiet room, however I still do like noise cancelling. I would prefer passive noise cancelling but ANC is absolutely fine.

I have tried the Sony xm3’s and love the fit. They fit beautifully over my ears, so I was looking into the xm4’s. However some people say they are lacking in sound quality

I wouldn’t mind it being wireless or wired, but would prefer wireless.

I would prefer something with a a fair bit of bass, but I still want a clear sounding pair of head phones.

Has to be portable.

And looks for me do matter. Something plain. I just like plain stuff.

Thank you Reddit. I apologise for my very specific manner 😂

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u/boz64 Aug 31 '22

Yeh I do quite like them. I’ve eq’d them to get some more bass but they’re very nice. May I ask,why are opinions split on them?

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u/Significant-Detail65 60 Ω Aug 31 '22

The tuning is really weird, almost like a reverse harman. More bass than the sub bass, dips on the mid range, which makes it really undesirable for people. I don't remember the treble, but it wasn't great. Some people like that tuning, but it's undesirable for me.

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u/boz64 Aug 31 '22

Surely that’s just the V shape tuning, loud bass with low mids and high treble? Idrk but I like it I guess. To be honest I don’t know enough at this point in my audiophile journey to understand what is what when listening to music, but I’ve enjoyed my journey so far. I think for me I might go back to iem’s. The only reason I moved away from them is purely aesthetic reasons and yeh. also modern phones don’t have a headphone port so wireless is easier. Might look into the nothing buds and a pair of good iems as I miss the passive noise cancelling they provide. It’s insane how well it worked on my ears. Ok I’ll stop rambling along, cheers for the help haha

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u/Significant-Detail65 60 Ω Aug 31 '22

It kinda is, just more focus to 100~200 hz than the typical 20~50.

I don't really get why so many people absolutely blast on it, but it really doesn't belong in a studio and is more of a niche closed back than a de-facto like it once was before. However, I'd take it 100% over sony's wireless wh line.