I'm on the look out for some wired headphones to use with my DAC so I'm wondering what wired headphones you all use. Noise cancellation is useful to me so if you have any tips about that I would appreciate it.
I'll be upgrading from the DT 990 Pro 250Ohm headphones.
What AMP/DAC do you run, and what sort of budget do you have?
I have (or have recently had) in my possession the following:
Sennheiser HD598
Sennheiser HD650
Sennheiser HD800S
Beyerdynamic DT770 80ohm
Beyerdynamic DT990 Premium 250ohm and 32ohm
Hifiman HE400SE (great entry level planars)
Philips Fidelio X2HR
Audeze LCD2
I would say coming from DT990's and expecting an appreciable upgrade? I'd personally be looking at something on par with the Sennheiser HD800S or Audeze LCD2, I ran these on a WA7.
If you're looking for on par but with better noise cancellation? Give the DT770's a shot, they don't do the best job in the world but they are closed back and leak a lot less than the DT990's.
The LCD2's do have a
closed back variant, but again without budget expectations and knowing your current equipment it's hard to recommend given they're better part of a grand.