Sennheiser - HD 558

Similarly went with a 558 almost fifteen years ago now. Kinda miss them still. 

I consider discontinued HD330 (later HD465 I think) as the best on-ears I've heard, but they are pain to refurbish - no direct replacement for earpads or rubber/silicone headband strap (straps can still be in good condition though). There is a higher model HD340 / HD475 which I haven't tried, nor anything Grado. I consider the above to be better than 60Ohm Koss (not a comparison really), or the very popular HD480 Classic II, or some more current lower-mid level over-ears like HD559, but not as good as say HD555/558/579. I might pick them over HD599 though, just because I don't like the bloated tonality of HD599. So all in all, it is still not the level of hundreds of dollars, but very usable.

I've had my Sennheiser HD 558 for 11 years. Only had to change the ear pads, otherwise the headphones are as good as new. Granted, they don't leave my room ever, but I've dropped them on the floor about a thousand times.

I have the HD558 model. They've seen a lot of use, but it's so easy tos replace worn parts.. I've replaced the cord, replaced the ear cushions. They are connected to my Marantz NR-1603. I wish I had DTS Headphone:X (the pre mixed track on Crimson Peak sounds great), but funnily enough, most reciever manufacturers don't stress their headphone capabilities.

HD558 on the budget used side, otherwise 560S or HD599.

Honestly using a pair of good Bluetooth headphones with ldac will sound great but wired is always better unless you use aptx lossless what's pretty dam close but you can get some very nice Bluetooth dac amps like the fiio btr5 or btr 15 fiio also make great iems and some very good headphones Genuinely you can get nice USB c dacs For your phone some by hidiz or hibby or fiio as the btr 15 and 5 both can be used as a USB dac and Bluetooth Alot of price ranges you can get a pretty good USB c dac for 100 to 200 pound and great quality earphones or headphones for around 150 to 400 If you want a more dedicated setup you could go for a dap a Digital Audio Player there are a many good ones from hibby and fiio with a price range from 500 to 1000 thses players run android but have powerful headphone amps and high quality dacs in with the ability to expand storage to 1000s of gbs 1tb personally I use the hibby HiBy R6III what's currently. On sale for 350 pound I use a plethora. Of headphones and iems from the HD 660s from Sennheiser to the hd 620s 558s 559 to fiio iems and Cambridge audio Bluetooth iems I'd be happy to help you out with any questions you have my my apologies for my terrible grammar I'm legally blind so it's pretty hard to see on a phone

I've owned a pair of HD558 for 10 years. Only thing I used. I own probably 20 other budget headphones and nothing beats my old 558. I've been telling myself for a decade I would buy something better and expensive but I don't see anything being better than my 558. Love those things.

My Sennheiser HD558's are close to 15 years old now and still work marvellous. Been through a few sets of pads and 3 cables in it's life time but the plastic and headphones itself are in great condition. Dropped many times, walked away from the desk forgetting I had them on a bunch of times. Replaced them 2 years ago with HD650's only for the upgrade, but they still do their work great in my simrig.

I haven't used a gaming headset in about 15 years. Went from Sennheiser HD298s to Sennheiser HD558s, to my current cans, Sennheiser HD6XXs with defenestrated sheepskin velour cups. They're incredibly comfortable and despite daily use for about 5 years and a total of 5 house moves, they're still holding up with zero damage. I've paired all three sets with Antlion Modmics and have never been let down. I goddamn love this setup. Congrats on the killer set of cans, OP (phrasing)

A lot of great entry stuff! I would add the HD558 for it's used price, but I'm not sure if it's that cheap everywhere. For 50€ it was amazing when I got it.

Koss or used HD558 are so good for the price. Samson and Superlux headphones can sound surprisingly good though. Also I can't get rid of the modern retro because every now and then i just really want to listen to exactly that bass sound lol.