Sennheiser EH 150?

[hackworth]

Hello everyone. I've been looking for new headphones lately and during my research, I've almost decided on Sennheiser HD 497's, as they get great reviews and are in the right price range, but I was kind of wanting a more closed design. I've also seen Sennheiser EH 150's, which are similar in appearance and are closed, but I can't seem to find many good reviews about them. Anyone here tried them?

 

[sgrossklass]

eH150s don't seem to be in the same league as HD497s. Think of the eH*350* as the HD497's successor. eH150 and eH250 are a bit like (far less bass-heavy) cousins of HD202 and 212 Pro, respectively. Look at the frequency response graphs at Headroom. I guess the new eH cans were designed to be fairly neutral sounding so they are good for some monitoring (particularly eH250 and 350).

 

[Big Fella]

Just got mine today, orginally ordered DT231's (stock issue so I swapped to these) intermitantly as I intend to spend a lot more in a few months time. Initial impressions are good, we give more indepth impressions next week when they have had 100+ hours of play through them. But for price I don't think you can go wrong.

 

[jagorev]

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Originally Posted by hackworth Hello everyone. I've been looking for new headphones lately and during my research, I've almost decided on Sennheiser HD 497's, as they get great reviews and are in the right price range, but I was kind of wanting a more closed design. I've also seen Sennheiser EH 150's, which are similar in appearance and are closed, but I can't seem to find many good reviews about them. Anyone here tried them?

Do you really need closed? If you'll be using it at work or in public, I guess it makes sense (though I'd get something more portable for public use). For home listening, the EH 350 is excellent (successor to 497), possibly the best you can get under $100. I don't think there's any sub-$100 closed headphone that can match it.