
Sennheiser
HD 560S
Budget gaming king with clear sound, but tight fit.

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Airpods sound like ass to whoever you're talking to. I make people take them out if they're talking to me on them. The point of a quality headset isn't just *your* audio quality, but the quality of your audio on the other end as well. My bp 650 has noise cancelling in both directions. They can hear my Garmin, and higher pitched sounds, but no rumbling of trucks or any low end at all.
Really? I've been using a blueparrot S650xt for almost 3 years now and I love it. Excellent noise cancellation, no complaints. I did replace the ear pads with the cooling ones, not sure how much difference it made
Blueparrot s650-xt. Had it for going on 2 1/2 years now, and still works like a champ.
I got the blue parrot b650 xt And it’s complete garbage. Constantly dropping calls will just mute randomly dies at 34% no warning or anything. Absolute garbage. For a $300+ headset it’s only worth about 5 cents. So I returned it and got me a random $30 headset and it’s a huge improvement. Edit: removed the “?”
I've had them all. I did like the 450 the best. The 650 makes my ears sweat when using both earpieces, and I never liked using it with one earpiece. But I still use the 650, as it grew on me and I got used to it.
The 450 is the best in my opinion. I bought a 550 or 650 at Love's and returned it.
Something about the 550 and 650 is absolutely fucked. Most buggy headsets ever. I never went back to the 450 after multiple warranty claims on 550 and 650, but I’ve wondered since if it was a new production issue or if another 450 today would work as well as my old one back in the day
As in, you could hear more of your environment than you wanted? Or people on the other end of a phone call did? I ask because there’s some things that can be tweaked in that regard… your calls might be defaulting to wide spectrum instead of voice isolation and if you’re using adaptive mode while listening to music, that can also be adjusted up and down. If you’ve tried all that already well then… I’m even more curious to get mine and see for myself. I expect them to be roughly the same as the 2 but I want the longer battery life and hoping the transparency/adaptive modes sound more realistic and less “filtered”.

Sennheiser
HD 560S
Budget gaming king with clear sound, but tight fit.

Sony
WH-1000XM4
ANC king, durable, but unreliable mic and touch controls.

Sennheiser
HD 6XX
Legendary mids, durable, but narrow soundstage and weak bass.

Sennheiser
HD 490 PRO
Super comfortable, wide soundstage for gaming, versatile pads.

Sennheiser
HD 599
Super comfortable, easy to drive, wide soundstage, open-back.

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Sennheiser - HD 6XX

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FiiO - FT1 Closed-back Headphones

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Sennheiser - HD 560S

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Sony - MDR-7506

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Sony - WH-1000XM4

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Sennheiser - HD 560S