HD 630VB

I spent a day in E-earphones in Tokyo, trying to buy a new set of headphones to make up for missing bass in my AKG K7XX’s. I was able to test almost any headphone I’ve heard about. I walked away with these not meaning to have bought BT headphones nor knowing what these were. Such sick headphones, nothing competes on so many marks.

I would strongly recommend the HDB630s even in that case. It has very powerful bass, it will just not EQ itself to have excess bass by default. It has the ability to produce very detailed and strong bass. I listen to a ton of techno, dnb and downtempo on them and it’s awesome. A big selling point of then is the EQ software and you can still exaggerate the bass if you insist.

I loved the sound of them; however, the cups hurt my ears and look-wise they're a fail! I could have coped with the massive cans but unfortunately they simply hurt my ears :( Shame as the sound is fantastic .

I'd throw the Sennheiser HDB 630s into your shortlist. I think they're better than both the Bathys and the Px8. B&W has a really treble-focused signature and I had to EQ the crap out of them to not have cymbal hits or the "s" sounds in lyrics to not get fatiguing super quickly. I've not heard the Apollo but the 630s from sennheiser are fairly well regarded as the best sound for less than $800-1000. They're absolutely magical. Their parametric EQ is one of the best implementations of EQ customization I've ever seen. They have basically no faults other than looking fairly boring and having mediocre ANC. Sound quality, comfort, battery life are all incredible. I can't recommend them enough. I've tried to see if I'm just up in the night or if they're really that good and nothing I've directly compared them to in their segment has overtaken them for me.

I also have a the astrals and love them for on the go and playing on my steam deck. I picked up the Hdb630 for a more immersive audiophile closed back option and love them. Can wire them or use them with the included dongle with low latency mode which is what I use on my pc most of the time. Plus the ability to EQ them in the app has been pretty fun.

I had the APM1 i had to trade them in which I was gutted about. I couldn’t get over the constant friction grinding sound cause by my metal frame glasses rubbing against the cushion. It’s the only headphone that did it and I have about 10 pairs of lots of kind. I’ll stick between APP2/ APP3 and my sennheiser hdb 630. I jump between APP2 and APP3 as the noise cancellation is great on 3 but the 2s are far more comfortable

I wish the app3 were as comfortable as the 2s. They would be my main commute headphones. The sennheiser hdb 630 with the dongle are incredible