Sennheiser HD280 closed backs. Bought for home recording tracking, and when you want that "cocoon" head space vibe listening to tunes, movies etc. Great with Roland V drums. The thin vinyl covering of earpads is starting to flake, tear, crack at about 10 years in now.
AKG K702 . Great looking and sound very clear, they lay everything bare..well my pair does when it feels like cooperating. The left channel works..sometimes. Has been intermittent pretty much since I got them. I set them aside to return and forgot. Doh..
I've tried new cables. I've taken them apart, couldn't see any loose wires. Maybe a cold solder joint somewhere? After tiring of futzing around with these I finally went for a pair of...
Sennheiser HD650. Had read about these for years, finally got a pair. Yeah, they're nice. They do sound a bit backed away from the music to my ears, If you press them closer to your ears the sound gets more direct I suppose a thinner pad "mod" might be something somebody might come up with if they wanted to move forward a couple rows towards the stage. As far as the famous vice like headband, I finally had to bend out the metal strap a bit so they wouldn't stop the blood flow around my ears. From a purely aesthetic viewpoint, they could make the plain plastic framing underneath the grills look a little more finished.
The little
Westone UM3 earbuds up top there, pricy when I got them, have lasted for 15 years. Rolled off highs, nice midrange and bass is full but not overpowering.
