Sennheiser - HD 558

Yeah totally agree with that, but the turtle beach was insanely bad. I have Sennheiser open backs and while the bass isn't anything to write home about, it's not a noticeable thing.

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.

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

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.

Open if you have a quite environment. If not closed. It's impossible to use open backs if you have for example someone watching TV in the same room. Also to get one of each over time is good. I use my openbacks 95% of the time. But when mixing low frequency content I switch, the difference is massive. Also as u mentioned, even if it comes down to brand. Most open backs are more comfortable. Can do severel hours without any problems with my senheisers. But over an hour with my ath M50 is torture. Last input, just for getting s good listening experience closed are much better. (All above is just my personal experience and over time I have learned that its a huge factor chosing equipment)

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.