They're all open-back, over-ear, with a neutral profile. Frequency response, waterfall plots, specs, and external appearance all look effectively identical. What's the extra money going into?

I've bought two pairs of HD558s and they both have the same problem: the sound seems slightly panned to the right. It's not an artifact of me or my setup as it also affects mono tracks, the shift swaps if I turn the headphones around and wear them backwards, and it doesn't happen with other...

I need to plug a normal male 1/4" trs into a normal female 3.5mm trs jack. I can't use those solid 2-inch long "straight tube" adapters because of space constraints, so I'm looking at short (<6in) cable-type adapters. However, everything I can find is stupidly priced and that's even before...

Onboard sound on my computer has a few minor issues, I'm thinking about getting an external DAC/amp/whatever but don't want to throw a lot of money at it. Everything I see is $100+, is there anything out there worth buying that's more like $25? Only requirement is that it needs to work...

Shipping to my place is a royal pain, packages too big to fit in a mailbox often get lost stolen or damaged. If I want to pick something up at a walk-in store, where can I go? Target and Walmart only seem to carry generic low-end crap. BestBuy has some Sennheisers and other stuff tucked away in...

I have an old pair of Apple iPod earbuds (not the newer "earpods", I mean the old kind without a mic, from the pre-iPhone days). I also have a pair of Sennheiser HD558s. Supposedly the earbuds are supposed to have a very poor soundstage, and the HD558s are supposed to have a very good...

I don't know that I "get" soundstage. I have an old pair of Apple iPod earbuds (not the newer "earpods", I mean the old kind without a mic, from the pre-iPhone days). I also have a pair of Sennheiser HD558s (over-ear, open-back). Supposedly the HD558s are supposed to have a very good...

I find IEMs, on-ear, and over-ear to be uncomfortable. However, it seems that earbuds are the redheaded stepchildren of the headphone world and it's hard to find any reviews or recommendations that are serious. I've used Apple iPod and iPhone earbuds a lot and they seem reasonable. If I wanted...

Not sure where to start with this. I don't know if I know what constitutes "good sound", and don't know if I know what I want. I don't know if I'm buying the wrong gear, if my ears are messed up on a physical level, if I don't have enough basic experience, or if the people I've been talking to...