Sennheiser HD 280 PRO Headphones - Review 

These badboys are all you need. I've had mine 12 years. Still going strong. Every time I change the pads it's like having a brand new set of headphones again.

I own them. Pros: build quality, noise-blocking, doesn't bleed noise, fits any head size, foldable Cons: imbalanced / lacking in high's, nonmodular cable, clamp is a little too tight Verdict: Great for vocal-tracking. Good for those who have a headphones collection, but necessarily ideal as a daily-driver. EqualizerAPO can be useful for restoring the high's.

Great work Tomas! Eries seems like a pretty cool guy.

Great review! Eries gave a very honest review of these headphones. I picked them up on sale at Sam Ash for $78 and that was a steal. What stands out to me most is the neutral-ish frequency response. A lot of other "studio headphones" tend to be more hyped in the high frequencies which adds (unnatural?) clarity, but can be fatiguing. These headphones would be great for someone working in audio OR a casual listener. They just sound "right." If I had to point out a negative it might be the all-plastic build... I do like the metal bits in the MDR-7506, but all in all --- the sound quality of these can't be beat for the price.

They are prone to micro cracking which is in the bracket. When you expand the headphones, the stress over time on the brackets causes cracking. Many who own these are unaware, but upon close examination you will see those cracks.

my uncle left these on my desk so I just kinda took em lol

Tomas educating folks.

I have these headphones and I wouldn't say they are the best of the best but for this price they are decent and very sturdy.

Got an old set from 2003 that I'm still rocking, listening to em right now.

Love these headphones, HATE the coiled cable. I wish I could have interchangeable ones like on my m50x's .-.

omg ty for saying that the "cups" are replaceable, my new puppy chewed them up and i can see the material inside the cushion. thought i was going to have to buy new ones. i love these headphones to death the only downside of these for me is that i despise the damn cable, it always gets stuck on my chair therefore mme accidentally pulling hard on it when i stand up

I have several of the popular studio headphones, and these are the most flat sounding. They have the same flat response as my vintage AKG K240. My favorite phones in the under $200 range are the Beyer-Dynamic DT770 Pro, but they are slightly hyped in the 4-7k range. The HD280 Pro are flat and very true.

😂😂😂 THE girlfriend analogy, hahaa

Okay, this is how youi do headphone reviews. Finally.

the thing about this is that its rugged solid. it went flying across the room. it took many scratches. it went to the trails with me once. still didn't break./

Great video Tomas. I'm gonna pick up a set of those headphones. A friend of mine recommended me those a couple of years ago, but never tried them.

SICK!!! loving the evolution of the quality in your videos bro.. keep it up... also i loved what you did at the end there with the sound

Wanted to gather some quick information regarding these headphones and came across your video. You have a great, helpful style. Keep on rollin'. Good fortune.

I like that you guys measure, and show it. Measurements will tell a LOT.

thank you so much for telling me about the headphone cable, I just ordered these and I will protect them from that.

Wow my headphones are horrible. I'm definitely gonna grab a pair

Didn’t the guy who was talking about the headphones make the Killshot beat?!

After watching this review, I'm 90% sold on these cans. Anyone know if Sennheiser sells a similar set with a detachable cord?

Check HeadFi for the 'jack mod' needed to give you the ability to replace the cable.

Got these bad boys at goodwill for 10$

The reviews say the Sennheiser HD 280 Pros are tight and heavy and they are tight and heavy. The sound was great but what I wanted was phones I could use for practice on my digital keyboard so I would not bother the neighbors. Dealing with the discomfort of headphones is something that apparently comes with doing mixing and studio work. I decided to get earphones and they are very nice. Surprisingly, my dollar store earbuds worked with the digital keyboard but the earphones I got are very good for my purpose. As reported, the Sennheisers do drive the bass. That was not a good thing for my purpose, which was simply to reproduce the piano sound samples programmed into the keyboard. As always, consider what you are trying to accomplish before you spend your money.

These make my ears hot and sweaty within five minutes of wear. Just ordered some velour and foam ear cups to see if they'll help.

Which one is good to buy as an in ear monitor:- 1.Shure se 215 cl 2. Senheiser Ie 40pro 3. Senheiser HD 280 pro???????

Great video, Tomas! It's also pretty dope that you do this kinda collab!

Excellent review ! I am a layman and the breakdown of the specs. for the 280s was great!

I love that you go by the Spanish "Tomás" (as opposed to Thomas) 😊

Listening to the test track with the headphones in the video. Think they work! Thanks bro!

Thanks man, this really helped me out!

For this section you should probably put on a set of headphones: Me: *looks at my set of earbuds*

Trying to decide between these and the AT ATH-M50x. I'll be using them strictly for podcasting and doing all the post and mixing on my Beyerdynamic DT 770 PROs. Most curious about the comfort between the two, but would obviously like to know the difference in sound quality as well. Thanks in advance.

I'm currently wearing some 7 dollar headphones lol

Full Sail alum here! And yes, these headphones are incredible.

Full Sail grad? You rock!!

It would be easy enough to add a jack where the wire comes into the headphone . This way you can plug and unplug a wire .

Great review without going into unboxing crap. I'm trying to decide between these and the classic Sony MDR-V6. Mostly concerned with having a flat response and being comfortable. At lot of headphone headbands cause pressure on top of the head and can get quite painful over a session. Any clamping issues can be easily remedied by stretching. By the way....a lot of foam in that studio. Where are the bass traps? Foam is NOT good for acoustic treatment. Peace.

Awesome video! I did not know I could unscrew my headphones for my iPad

The old ones I have which were white and square you could unscrew the cable and replace it!

Appreciate the review, but saying "it takes 64 ohms to power these" doesn't help your reputation as the technical guy reviewing these headphones. That is the nominal driver impedance, not the "power" required to drive the headphones. It would be better to point out that, having 64 ohm impedance, these headphones are technically "high impedance" (over 50 ohms) since low impedance headphones are usually in the 30 ohm range. Although, the impedance is low enough for them to function okay with a mobile device, their relatively high impedance will drain a phone's battery more quickly and generally produce lower volumes than a low impedance headphone. It might be better to point out the "sensitivity" of the headphones which indicates how loud they are with a given standard input. And the HD 280 Pros are pretty good in that respect with a sensitivity rating of about 113 dB. These headphone are really designed for home and studio use, not for a mobile phone.

i dont like reviews where the product has been given as a present, cuz for sure its gonna be sugar coated

I use my iphone 6s with these they are great in bass. Take it guys👍👍💖

for $79 man, these are thee best quality headphones on the market!

you need to compare headphones theres always something out there thats better but for the same or close to the same price

Full range at start sounded good.... and then bass demo. But Demo went straight from low mids to high (missed high mids). Then something wrong after 7.40. It’s not full range like the video says. Even the speaking sounds muddy.

Thanks video was very helpful ! I could definitely use a pair for my electric drum kit.

unfortunately, I have a pair of these that I got a long time ago. for some reason I never noticed the right driver isn't properly powered or something, because the balance is randomly leaning to the left. :/

Hey guys well done always good to see a review that has some attention to detail in it.. What I would like to know is when there is one cable coming out of the left hand side cup/speaker would that suggest quality, in there high end market, where as maybe the headphone with two leads would suggest good quality but for the budget minded.

Thanks for doing this video! I'm looking for my next pair of headphones (I'm super frugal when it comes to headphones, and it's time that I treated myself). I think I'm going for these... Also I love your intro beat, it's pretty slick!

Just bought these theyre great

How well do the Sennheiser HD 280 Pros do in VERY loud environments where I am video recording, like a rock band where I near the stage and near the loud speakers. Or at receptions where people are dancing and the DJ is blasting the speakers?

Very well done video.

Thanks for this great video review! If you get a chance - What is the audio DAW software we are seeing on screen? I use Mixcraft pro-studio 8 (I love it!) I like the spectrograph you show here - - what is it? I was going to replace my Sony MDR's but I think instead, I'll try out a pair of these. I also don't like the coil cable, but I usually just stretch the f*** out of it, so it's not so binding.

ATH-M40X the bass and mids sound great but the treble was very quiet, is it normal quiet?

Great review guys, they look awesome..

Don't like that you can't remove the cable easily. I mess my cables up too much for that. Ha. I'm back on the 380 HD train.

good video im thinking about getting some. thank you

thank you this video was great, it got techy but not so much that it put me off but informed me enough so i know what I'm looking at :)

Can I hook these up to an amplifier? I’d like it for playing guitar...

these sound amazing on the HTC10

Great review, thanks

How do the 280 pros compare to the HD6 MIX in terms of lows and highs?

Very informative review. Can I make a suggestion, could you guys please do a review on the Sennheiser RS range for entertainment / media consumption purposes? I recently bough the RS 195 and I am not sure if this was the best move.. Think it was the top of the range? They seem really quiet yet are very highly rated? Not sure if an amplifier will resolve this as they are wireless? Would be awesome if you guys could answer these questions. THANK YOU! ;-)

Do you think these headphones fit for drums? Like, to listen to the other instruments and all?

for me to like music i need all these modes in the music track in a certain layout to actually like it

sennheiser!!! Audio technica!! Sony! Beyerdynamic! Either one will give you great performance.

Have any drummers used these ? I’m keen on getting these for drumming. I’m assuming these won’t be good for bassist as they’re flat eq’d and not much low end ?

Not really sure how I ended up with these. I was looking for Christmas ideas but, looks like these are cool enough. They sound great. Ok... now for some studio monitor speakers.... Thanks gents. Cheers =)

So are these cans good for music listening? With DAC and some tweaks in equlizer?

Any concern with the headphone "band" breaking?I've seen a ton of headphones break because of that and it's pretty much the deal breaker for me

Is there a set of Sennheisers that are the same as these, but DO have the plug and play thing? Those Headphones are SOOO god damn tight.... Why are the best speakers plastic and cheap looking? i used to have speakers that looked and sounded amazing, but they were in a wooden box, check them out, can you ? and tell me if they were actually any good, they were the speakers that came with the Tecnics SCEH-750 stack, had something called a "Super Woofer", which is just a fancy nae for a Sub i'm sure. but boy oh boy were these things crystal clear at very high volumes!

You guys did great. Thumbs up

Me first good headphones. Now I own Bose QC35II and Sony WH1000xM3

great informational video. 👍🏼👌🏻

How would you guys compare these to the 660s hd?

im sold

Guitarists, they are great if you are using a Kemper or Helix.

"The HD 280s are great for mixing". What now? For tracking yes. For mixing, most producers use studio monitor speakers and open back headphones. It's possible to mix on closed back headphones, but they are not the first choice.

what about leak sound on 100% I need examples,please!! why nobody ever post leak test....

Hey, can I just use them for listening music and watching movies ? I want then cauz, I love flat Signature.

Is there a direct link to the song used in this video?

How do these perform on PS4

Good job Marine!

Eries your music is awsome

i think mine came broken, it is just too quiet

Great video. /Our subjective way of hearing.... Soooo true

Are they comfortable do they fit totally over your ear ?

I just got these I love them…☮🔥

BTW Nice Video! keep up the good work

You say it blocks outside noise really well, good enough to wear on a plane to block out noise or would I need to buy the specific cancellation noise headphones?

So i have a couple questions if anyone wouldn't mind answering for me... So how suitable are these headphones for recording? and what would be a similar alternative to this headset when it comes to just having an interchangeable cord for the headset?

Can we use it in DJing?!

the girlfriend comment hit home lol

Best review!

I broke my 200, but now I’m getting the 280

Mine don't sound clear, they just sound there is wind in my ear.

does this work ok for gaming?