Porta pro and ksc75 are my most used headphones. I love them, but the original porta pro headband isn't for me, hurts my ears. With an express parts headband they are perfect, I also have the hd560 and ft1, but I prefer these.
I just wish there was a more comfortable and cool headband, some people make fun when I am using them.
Ive been thinking about trying a set of portapros for the headband. I love the KSC75s. Been my cheapos since I was a teen. I have glasses, so over ear headphones (especially bulky, modern wireless headphones) hurt after long periods. I also never cared for iems and buds. I remember the skullcandy craze (fuuuuuck skull candy) and I understand the value of a good iem. They just hurt worse during long sessions... and wax.
I learned how much of a cult following these headphones have, and will never pick up another cheap set again. It's Koss or bust. At least I know I can fix the cable and choose on ear clips or a super lightweight headband.
Despite BD having invented modern headphones I've always had a hard time enjoying their products.
Headphones are pretty impactful in your perception of media, then comes the media source, then probably the Digital to Analog Converter, and last but not least your amplifier.
There are some products that sound better than others for specific purposes, and some that have characteristics that usually don't belong in cheaper tiers.
I personally don't use wireless because of latency (declared ms timing values tend to be lies), and I mostly use in-ears for competitive FPS gaming because their imaging and separation is usually pretty good for the price.
I also own and use two expensive over-ear headphones (HE1000SE being my favorite overall) but I also sometimes enjoy the KSC75 with the KPH40 headband, because it can be enough.
The perception and psicoacustics journey is subjective, but devices do make a difference when the context is right and the whole chain from source to devices to ears has no qualitative bottlenecks deteriorating your experience.
You don't need to spend a lot, but it all needs to be something that serves your purposes enhancing the characteristics you demand from each device.
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Sennheiser
HD 560S
79% positive of 619 users
Budget gaming king with clear sound, but tight fit.
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