I Spent More Than $200 on Headphones: You Should Too

[henrytcasey]

If you want to hear your favorite tunes the way they were meant to be heard, in a supremely comfortable design that’s built to last, it pays to splurge.

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If you want to hear your favorite tunes the way they were meant to be heard, in a supremely comfortable design that’s built to last, it pays to splurge.

I Spent More Than $200 on Headphones: You Should Too : Read more

Beoplay:
Electro-dynamic, 40 mm diameter
Frequency range:
20 - 22,000 Hz
Impedance
30 Ohm
Sensitivity
97 dB/mW @ 1kHz

M50x:
Magnet Neodymium 45 mm
Voice Coil CCAW (Copper-clad aluminum wire)
Frequency Response 15 - 28,000 Hz
Maximum Input Power 1,600 mW at 1 kHz
Sensitivity 99 dB
Impedance 38 ohms

hmm.
see the specs on the M50x are actually better, and it is cheaper.
Until headphone manufacturers actually advertise what drivers they are using and who makes them... i have a hard time paying too much for them.

I think the m50x at $150 is a good buy. More than that though and idk, i just have a hard time. The read was very anecdotal, but nice and something people should consider.

I'd like to see them do some pink noise attenuation and various physical, repeatable tests on some of these high end sets.

I just don't believe that one 40mm driver made in a factory in china is amazing in a high end set, but that same 40mm driver could be found in dozens of other no name brand sets.

I just don't trust it. we need more breakdowns of these things to see what the consumer is actually getting.