I went for the Phillips SHP9600’s, absolutely love them. Efficient, good build quality, amazing sound. Quickly progressed to Sennheiser Game One’s (HD558) for my gaming needs, sound amazing with Dolby Atmos and some EQ, and then I picked some side work and went straight for the Sennheiser HD800S. All are pretty amazing. I really wish I had gone for the HD650’s first though and saved money over the HD800S.
This review is high-class one! Lately, I was looking for a monitor headphone under 100$, and I was seeing a lot of reviews, and this one is special. Keep going, Oliver.
Great video, Oliver. You and Kagan really did justice to these headphones. I'm getting a bit interested in audio, and surely would be following your channel for that, while it's Kagan's for coloring. Looking forward to you both's colab on coloring.
What?? I have both the 280 pros and 300 pro and will never use the 280 again. The 280s are not flat. The mids are forward and there it a super hyper ultra lows with a hole in the lows. They are way too tight on the head... I’m loving the hd300 pros.
I'm actually listening to this on my new HD 280 Pros, and I keep hearing an instrument playing occasionally in the left side. I tried hearing it in my Skullcandy Hesh 2 and the instrument sounded muffled and more distant, not as clear and right next to me as they were while wearing the HD280s. Best $100 bucks I've spent on headphones ever!
Totally agree about headphones that twist that way. My Apple AirPods Max twist that way and they £550… still interested in these HD280 for tinkering with GarageBand etc.
It is a professional device very well designed, with utilities for all cases, I do not know much about the issues but I know people who do, and I am sure that they will be pleased with this equipment
I've been using open back headphones for recording and mixing for the last 7 years. HD 480 and HD 558. I just found a bargain pair of hd 280 pros. I've been looking for a closed back set of headphones for a while. A lot of my vocal tracks you can hear the metronome bleeding out the back of the headphones and being recorded on the microphone.
Great review on some classic headphones. While I was attending Full Sail in Orlando (10 years ago lol) these headphones were apart of our “launch box” kit. Basically the reason they supplied these is because all of the parts were user replaceable. I still have mine to this day yet the pads are dry rotting. I think they are great for monitoring vocals or doing some foley out in the field. But not for making music or anything where you need accuracy. I agree they are a standard in anyone’s kit. Also great collaboration !!
Crazy, just watching this on my new Nuraphones and trying to decide how I feel about them - think to myself "I'd love to give these to somebody knowledgable like Oliver to hear what he thinks of them", and almost immediately you say "I just did a review of the Nuraphones". Crazy! Looking forward to watching it man!
It's tough as someone who a) isn't overly knowledgeable on audio/music and b) has some significant hearing loss in a lot of frequency ranges. I can tell there is a clear difference between neutral and personalised, but both my wife and I were kind of expecting a 'wowzer' moment and it wasn't quite like that for us. I mostly edit dialogue in video mixed in with background music - I wonder if I'd be better just using good but flat speakers in my office? No matter what, the finished mix sounds completely different on TVs/tablets/phones, and I always go back and tweak the balance again!
@@pigmintfilm256 Thanks for sharing man. Yes - flat is always preferred since colored sound will definitely influence your mix. But...So far I LOVE the Nuras for music listening, but I have many issues with them as well.
"Try before you Buy" Yesss! This will save you a lot of money and time from processing returns and trying something else. Personally, those 280 Pro were awful. The Build and sound quality were beneath subpar for me. Coming from the KRK Line, I was highly disappointed. I actually bought some MDR 6's and I would not turn back. Excellent video though!
Excellent content from beginning to end. Sharing useful and effective information in all your detailed and well explained review about Sennheiser HD280 Pro .
Excellent video about Sennheiser HD280 Pro, this product looks great, I would like to try them since I like headphones a lot, thanks for sharing this information.
Please suggest me a headphone for casual listening, I'm not looking for a headphone for studio monitoring purposes, but would like to have a 100$ headphones which would enhance my movie watching experience and should sound good when directly connected to my android smartphone.
I wanna see more of this kind of collab on RU-vid. You guys made this so informational and effective. The choice of music could've been a little better. Nonetheless, it was ok. Thanks guys.
is it better than Sennheiser HD 212 Pro? i used it for over 9 years now and it just broken.. i was using it for music production/mixing stuff i looking for change it to 280.. any opinions?
I would define casual listening as "on the go", and my go-to Bluetooth headphones are the Nuraphones or the Apple Airpods Max. Honorable mention to the Sony WH100XM3 for gym use haha!
Excellent content from beginning to end. Sharing useful and effective information in all your detailed and well explained information about Sennheiser HD280 Pro Review Ft Kagan .
How would you rate these compared to the Audiotechnica M40x and m50x? I currently have the M50x but I want a bit more warmth.These are for use with my Roland Vdrums. Thanks!
What's your opinion on the hd 599? I was going to go with the 280 pro but the Hd 599 were on discount for black friday. Have u tried them? I just ordered them and i hope i made the right decision.
For anything more than monitoring audio in real time, not necessarily. Say wassup to Kagan!!
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Thank you man! Great and very helpful video, but is the music not too romantic and emotional for a headphone video? :) I was almost cry, I just wanted to reseach about a headphone :)
Hey dude do i need an amp through my computer for this? I tried using my headphones but the sound is so quiet, i checked all my settings and boosted max volume but its still really quiet.
These you really shouldn’t need an amp - I can drive them pretty loud with just a laptop. What kind of computer do you have? And have you checked app volumes as well as computer volume output?
Oliver J Hughes I checked everything on my computer, its a gaming PC with Ryzen 5 motherboard. But my HyperX gaming headset is ungodly loud, just for some reason the Sennheisers i gotta put the volume at 100% to get 25% of the volume capabilities. I checked my windows volume mixer settings. Will double check it after this.
Hi Ben Affleck, I have a question. I'm looking for new heaphones for drum and bass music production. Can't decide between 3. The ATH m50's, DT770's or HD 280's. Hmm. What would you suggest for that style of music?
What headphones would you recommend for mixing under 200$. I know you mentioned the Bayer dynamic 770 pro. I primary record rock music if that helps. Cheers!
Beyerdynamic for sure! They CANNOT be beat for the price. IF you have a good interface or even a headphone amp go 250 ohm. Otherwise 32 is great as well.
@@OliverJHughes I have a Scarlett 2i4. Focusrite recommends the 80 ohm whit the 2i4, so have you tried them in comparison to the 250 ohm. How much do i win lose whit them?
Hi, great review. I have a question, when I'm using Sonarworks Systemwide it aks me whether I have HD 280 Pros or HD 280 New Facelift, how can I know which model I own ? I bought them in 2017.
Hello. Maybe you can help. I am looking for a pair of headphones for playing back vinyl. I was looking at the HD280Pro but am not sold on them. The price is a good ballpark but I would pay a bit more for something better. Also the comment about open back headphones have me thinking I need to look up the pros/cons of that. I feel you would be able to help me as you have a true passion I have yet to see on RU-vid for headphones. What ever help would be appreciated. Cheers.
Yeah man, if you want to take vinyl signal chain serious, open backs are for sure the way to go! Or, I would say look at the Beyerdynamic DT77pros 250 ohm version. Those are the best closed back headphones on the market. Sennheiser does a great job with their HD 650s, which provide a wonderful listening experience and are tuned pretty flat so as to not color the sound.
@@OliverJHughes I got Audio-Technica ATH-M50xWH.. as i did not notice the reply.. They sound OK.. the highs are a bit much and has some low end. I have the DT77 in my cart now.. I will check them out. Thank you.
