LuciferRising
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Are Shure SRH940 the best closed headphones for that price range?
Depends on what you are looking for. I found them quite warm - but with a sweet airy top end rather than dark. Very good mid-range, and great extension top and bottom. What I didn't particularly like on them was overall comfort (this is a hit or miss - some find the comfort great, some don't), and they also have a mid-bass dip - which for me rendered the sound on some tracks 'wonky' - just didn't sound right. I did find them very good for female vocals and jazz. I didn't like them for classic rock. A lot of people do love them.
For a little less money - I'd recommend the Fischer FA-003 / Brainwavz HM5 - if you're looking for an all rounder with reasonably balanced freq response.
Well Im gonna use them for music(alternative rock, hip hop, trance, pop-dance
I've been told by a couple of guys now that SRH940 are the best option for me(for my needs) in that price range
With your type of music, i don't understand why some people recommend you the SRH940 (?).
SRH940 is a very good headphone, with excellent mids, but its a bass shy headphone imo and with your taste you ll need more bass.
SRH840 ll be a better choice imo but its still not a bassy headphone.
HFi780 ll be, imo, a better choice. Sennheiser, yes, but if you want an open headphone.
A900 could be also a good choice (music/gaming), less punchy but better soundstage.
Pro650...
and couple of supposed to be experienced guys told me that for that price range, the best Closed phones that I can buy are Shures SRH940.. and that was that.
one thing that botheres me is that sensitivity of these Shures - 100dB, compared to HD598's 112dB. and my question is, do these numbers (100dB) show how loud headphones would sound or its a totally different thing? I was thinking this: example: 112dB would sound louder than 100dB. Maybe im wrong, not sure. you tell me.
is it possible a pair of Closed phones to sound as good as Open ones (in this case Sennheiser HD 598)?
Concerning value for money, HD598 is usually better than SRH940 in Europe, in US i don't know.
D2000 ll be also good for you, bassy headphone with a big soundstage but with recessed mids.
HD598 is slightly more efficient with 50 ohm/112dB VS 42 ohm/100dB for the SRH940.
Yes but they ll be much more expensive.
BUT on the other hand I REAAAAAAAALLLLLY want this kind of brilliant soundstage, great sound quality, accuracy, rich sound, critical listening + all those things built in the 598s.
HD598 are not exactly bassy cans either - I'd personally call them bass light - lighter impact than the Beyers anyway.
If you are going open or semi-open, I'd again suggest the Beyer DT880 (semi-open) or Beyer DT990 (open). Look at MLE's gaming guide - both are recommended - and both do well for music and gaming.
Well Im gonna use them for music(alternative rock, hip hop, trance, pop-dance, well I listen to almost every genre) and gaming(like hearing footstepsin Counter Strike and etc etc).