AIAIAI - TMA-2 Studio

i agree with the iem recommendations. i live in the tropics, even the cables fall apart. nothing survives. before i went iems, i went tma2. because they were modular and replaceable. but the cables, band, and cushion covers fell apart. every year. the covers fell apart. if you get the alcantara bands those last longer than the leather ones only because the connecting cables have a cloth mesh covering. but i dont like the alcantara in my climate. i slowly started to swap out all my headphones with iems. havent regretted it yet. it’s been a year and only had to replace a cable so far.

Aiaiai tma2 Stan here reporting in!

The AIAIAI studio headphones are on sale for $100USD right now. They may not be the "best" studio headphones (the Beyerdynamic suggested above are amazing but over the 100 price point), but since he's doing so much with them and playing live, they're fully modular so every single piece can be replaced if it breaks.

I think it's also highly dependent on which drivers you get, some are much worse than others. I've been generally happy with mine at least for DJing.

My most recent ones are AiAiAi Studio Pros. Wanted something more flat in response and had some coupons. When I am out in a noisey environment I have some Sony ANCs. If you want a cheaper option the Koss Porta Pros still sound pretty damn good and have that cool retro look.

I hear my Aiaiai TM2's just fine 🤷‍♂️. I have super sensitive hearing and just keep the headphones just over booth volume and it seems to work

I have the Aiaiai Tma 2. They're modular headphones that can be customised. So if you want them wireless, or with a specifically tuned driver you can get it. Also if a part breaks you can just replace it. It's genius.

AIAIAI Audio. They are modular so you can just replace parts. They are well built as well.

Over ears go for AIAIAI

You absolutely do not want hd25's then. Aiaiai is going to lead the pack as you can literally customize ever single part of it to your liking. Prolly want the tma-2's with the bass drivers. You could even go nuts and get the bluetooth to use with your phone or whatever. They use BT5 uncompressed and can go low latency if you want to use them in the studio.

I second aiaiai, it is modular and they are user fixable and have a good warranty.

Not for me. I hate how they feel on my head, they hurt my ears after 20mins and I’ve never had that much love for the sound (it’s fine but nothing that ever made me love them). TMA2 fit and sound so much better.