I’ve discovered light and portable headphones this year and I have been really digging the KPH40X! Can’t beat that zero clamp comfort. I usually EQ up the sub bass a bit. I’ve been searching around to see what else exists that is low clamp, light and portable. I ended up also getting a Sennheiser PX100-II and they are a bit darker than the KPH40X and have more bass. I picked up some KPH30i as well but they have really strong clamp. I wondered what a vintage pair of equivalent from Sony would sound like so I ordered some used MDR-20!

Do you know of any other headphones like these that sound good?

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  • K_ThomasWhite@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I have a couple of the models othes have discussed in this thread. The Porta Pro and the Sennheiser PX100-II. Both are quite comfortable, at least for me. The sound is quite different between the two. The PP give you a good deal more treble than the Senns. The Senns have what used to be referred to as the Sennheiser “veil”. Meaning a darker, non-sparkly sound. Pleasant enough but lacking in the upper range. They do have a cleaner, less “fuzzy” sound than the PP. With the PP, I always get the feeling I am hearing some sort of distortion in the sound. This is at low to medium volume.

    I don’t use these very much, as I don’t think the sound quality is all that good on either pair.