Audio-Technica - ATH-M20xBT

If you want the absolute best sound quality, the Sennheiser HD 560S is currently on sale in Amazon for 11,000. But those are open back headphones, and you can't really use them for work as they don't have microphones. Commuting is also something that's not intended. If you want reference grade Bluetooth headphones, the Audio Technica M20x BT is available for around 7,500 rupees. For Bluetooth headphones wirh ANC, the Sennheiser Accentum is available at exactly 10,000.

I have the 400s and the M20x BT variant, and the M20x is comfier on my above average sized head.

If you want REALLY big, Audio Technica ATH-M20XBT. No noise cancelling but great sound quality with wired and Bluetooth for $100-$150 (depending on sales). For noise cancelling, 1MORE Sonoflow SE is around $90-100 on Amazon. They're a slightly tighter fit than the ATHs, but they're still comfortable for my big head with glasses. I use them for 4-5+ hours at a time comfortably. The sound quality rivals my $400 ATH earbuds lol.

Audio Technica tend to lean more neutral but they're still good for all music types. The 1MORE headphones are probably heavier on the bass just because they're more isolated/closed. I wouldn't say either one are super bassy, but they're pretty well balanced. They're around $300 for the new model, but if you want BASS bass, check out the Skullcandy Crushers. They might be a bit tighter though, as a warning. Definitely look up reviews of these!

At least looking at the soundguys.com frequency response curves, the Sonoflow SE's seem to have less factory bass roll off than the ATH-M20XBT's, so if you want to just have good bass out of the box, then maybe go with the Sonoflow SE's. However, the ATH-M20XBT's have a similar bass roll off to my pair of Sennheiser HD 599 SE's, and I find these to have good bass for me after some EQ, so if you're fine with some EQ, you could pick up the ATH-M20XBT's if you prefer them. Honestly, assuming you just get a generally good pair of headphones with a fairly neutral sound profile, having good bass out of the box doesn't matter *that* much since you can always tweak the sound profile with an EQ.

Audio Technica are great! They make the music sound how it is meant to sound.

I have the M20x and tbh I don’t see why you’d need anything else

I’ve never had a problem with the M20, you don’t need them for high performance you just need them to listen to the song as you’re queueing it up

I'm interested in the m50's, but i can't find anywhere local to try one on. I did get to checkout a pair of m20x and they felt fine and sounded ok (lacked a bit of thump and energy for my taste but it was adequate) so I'm hoping the m50x's are similar but better.

If you experience ear pain the same way I do, then open back over ear headphones are the answer. I have very small ear canals (I need the smallest size ear plugs on my CCA C12) and wax build up happens too often, it would happen a lot with closed back (my guess is because they’re more isolated and causes my ears to sweat). As soon as I got open back, my problems were solved and could wear them for more than 5 hours straight. I used to use Razer Blackshark V2 X which were closed, then AT M20X which sounded better but were still closed and very annoying to wear. Now I’m on Philips SPH9600 and plan to get the DT 990Pro some time soon.

If you just want to mix get semi-open/open like AKG k240 or 141, AT M20x, Senheiser hd280, Yamaha MT5 The only problem with closed back if you mix for longer than 2-3 hours you might start feeling like you’re got hit with a very soft oar For recording get the closed back to minimize sound feed You’re not going to be able to fully hear everything as the bass waves are hard to reproduce but generally you’ll be fine