If you want satisfying bass for your music genre go with MDR-M1 or FT1 closed-back.
For open-back MDR-MV1 has the best sub bass & bass if your budget allow. Otherwise AR5000 or used 105 AER.
If there's any audio store you can go and test headphones I will actually recommend you to do that first. Otherwise I find the Sony mdr m1 pretty comfortable with minimal clamp force.
I have a pair i bought in 2019 and the headband and pads are deteriorating. I pad roll so when the pads went i wasn’t concerned, but the headband failing is not good because these have less than 80 hours on them.
They sound great, but the Sony MDR-M1 is worth the extra $30 because it has more peq presets available because Sony has a big community. Otherwise they are similar in sound quality. Off the shelf i found the MT8 more comfortable. I didn’t have to stretch them to get clamping force comfort.
Understand that a huge part of the cost of a gaming headset is spent on things that have nothing to do with the audio quality. If you don't need a mic or even wireless, a gaming headset is kind of a waste. You can get the Fiio FT1 for $160 (my personal fav) or pretty much anything made by Sennheiser under $300 and they will sound better and probably be more comfortable. I'm also a big fan of the Sony MDR-M1 but I seem to be in minority on that one.
That said, the older Arctis Pro/7+ is excellent and I still prefer them to the Nova series. I really don't like what they did with the headband and wish they would go back to the old fabric style. I don't do much co-op gaming so I generally use a good pair of regular headphones unless I need the other features.
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Budget gaming king with clear sound, but tight fit.
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