Looking for a good budget headphone Sennheiser?

I’m looking for a good headphone on a budget of arround €50 / $50 max.
I was in a shop to listen to a couple of models they had as demo, and i think that the cheap Sennheiser HD202 II did exaly sound pretty good for a €35,- head phone.
It has a good bass reproduction, and the mid and high´s were also not that bad.
But unfortunatly they dont have this particular Sennheiser in stock atm, they will restock in two weeks.

So i´m looking for some decent alternatives to it.
Of course i do understand that for the budget i´m looking at, there isnt anything highend.
I will mainly use it behind my pc, listen to music, and watching video´s and stuff.
I prefer a pair of headphones that have a good warm sound, with a nice bass reproduction.

My brand choices are a bit limmited as far as the store goes.
But i might check out some other stores eventualy.

  • JBL
  • Sony
  • Philips
  • Pioneer
  • Sennheiser
  • Beats by Dree

If you guys have any good recommendations post them below.
I´m eventualy willing to pay a littlebit more then €50,- if there is realy something decent that i should grab.

I love my Sony MDR-7506's, but they are more than $50 (around $75 to $80 depending on where you look) and they don't make the greatest portable headphones, due to the long coiled cable. I only use mine at my desk and rarely take them out of the house. I would honestly spring for the $80 to $100 dollar range if you can, as you can get stuff that's significantly better. I have had like 30+ pairs of headphones over the years and used to write reviews about them, let me look through my archives for anything that I liked in the $50 dollar range.

Thanks i will take a look at the Sony MDR-7506 since they have them aswell.
I forgot to mention that a long cable is highly prefered.

Any more recommendations are welcome ofc.

For warm sound, a little bit bass heavy, slightly repressed midrange but good highs :
Audio- Technica ATH-M40X - $100
Shure SRH440 - $100

(Cheaper options):
Audio- Technica ATH-M30X - $60
Shure SRH240A - $60 (sounds good, but cables are a little thin for my liking)

For very neutral response (studio monitors) tight/ accurate controlled bass, fantastic midrange, highs a little sharp:
Sony MDR-7506 - $80
Sony MDR-V6 - $100
Sennheiser HD280 Pro's (head clamping force very heavy on these) - $100

Open-back, a little bit bass light, good midrange + highs:
Sennheiser HD 518 (62% off on Amazon right now, $50)

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I used to have a pair of Sony MDR-V55s. They sound good, but the clamping force is a bit much for on-ear headphones.

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Also any recommendation as far as open or closed headphones are concerned?
Its mainly for listen to music, gaming so now and then.

Yeah, those are all very similar as far as I know. I only have the HD 280 Pro so it is basically hearsay but a lot of people have told me so.

The 280 Pro will squeeze the brain out of your skull but they sound pretty natural and the isolation is crazy.

Open vs. closed depends on your environment, if you don't need the isolation there is no reason to go that route.

Yeah i understand that, i think that closed might be a better fit for me.
Since i often sit behind my pc wenn my parents are asleep the room next to me.

Unless the walls in that house are made of paper it should not be a problem.
But if you really need closed, isolating cans then go with the 7506 V6 or 280 Pro.

Might be worth looking at the AKG K52, K72 and K92. They're quite new sets, so there aren't many reviews about.

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I will see if those are getting sold anywhere uphere.
Unfortunatly in the Netherlands the brand choices arent that widley as say US.
But its possible to purchase something via online retailers ofc.
The only downside of that is that i cannot listen to them before buy.

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i had these before i got my HD598's , they sound great for the money but they were really tight on my head i often found my self trying to stretch them after about 2 hours of use (I do have a big head and i whear glasses but still) would recommend for sound but not if you plan on useing them for 8 hours at a time.

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They clamp heavy on your ears, the top of your head, or both?

For listening to base-heavy music you would want closed-back headphones. For music that needs equall distribution over the whole spectrum, you would want open-backed headphones. If your surrounding is very noisy, closed is the best option.
I have the Audiotechnica ATH-AD500X and am pretty happy with them. They are much more expensive in Europe (140€) then they are in the US ($89). Open over-ear and no clamping!
The Sennheiser PX 100-II is nice, a bit low on the base response though.
The HD 202-2 has a bit more bass (closed back bonus) but looses some treble (closed back drawback).

I have also listened to that version of the Sennheiser and indeed it did had a very good sound reproduction aswell.
Unfortunatly i wasnt able to test it directly against the HD202 II version.
Because they played at diffrent sound sources.
The HD202-II was playing over an amplified instore solution and the HD-205-II was played over a phone device.
So i could not realy do a decent compairisson between them.
But i will go to another shop to see if i can test them both again there.
Sennheiser HD202 II and Sennheiser HD205 II cost arround the same uphere.

I have to say that the Sennheiser HD202-II sofar was one of the loudest headphones ive heard in the shop.
It was way louder then its little brother the HD201 atthe same sound source.
But it was also loader as some similar priced Philips and Sony headphones aswell.
But it also had higher DB ratings then most other concurents.

Unfortunatly i have not seen a shop with Audio technica headphones if im right.
But i will definitely take a look at them.

Maybe somebody here will know what i'm talking about, there'sa $50 pair of Sony headphones that can be easily modded to sound like $300 headphones and I can't remember the model for the life of me.

Likely hard to find, but I'd also throw the Superlux 668 into the mix. The semi-open design is either a love/hate kind of thing, but they're hard to beat for the price. 38 USD in the Amazon US store.

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Manny thanks for all the suggestions and recommendations.
Realy appreciate that.
Unfortunatly most shops uphere did not offer much choice in variantions wenn it comes to headphones.
I listened to a couple of models.
And decided to go with that Sennheiser HD-202 II.
I was one one the best sounding headphones in a price range below €50,- that i was capable to test.
This Headphone is realy loud, and has a very good bass response in my opinnion.
Of course its not something fancy highend, but at this price range it was one of the better headphones,
that i was able to test and listen to.

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