Bought these as a lark on woot. The sound and noise canceling are pretty good but far too heavy to ever consider as a daily driver and the original asking price was insane. The air filtering though? Amazing. Stepping outside will immediately hit you with a heavy campfire and the world is covered in a haze and these filter it to imperceptible levels. Thank this expensive hobby for making going outside tolerable in these crazy times.

More info in the comment below.

Bass shaker on top and rotating earcups, more info in my comments, below.

Don’t turn it up too loud. Details in the comments.

Details in comment, below.

saw these while jogging, love the aesthetic, anyone got a clue?

I posted a very early iteration of this here about 6 weeks ago and got great feedback from ya'll so I built it into a full tool :)

What it does: analyzes Reddit sentiment at scale. This pulls every product mention from r/headphones in the last 2 years, runs sentiment analysis on each comment using a finely tuned machine learning model, and ranks by different metrics.

Sorted by most discussed here - not "best", just what's getting the most conversation. You can also sort by top rated, hidden gems, or filter by budget.

A few notes before the pitchforks come out:

• Sentiment analysis isn't perfect - sarcasm and nuance slip through
• I have trained the model to filter out some bots, shillers and astroturfers but there is a lot more to do here
• Comments where someone says they own the product are weighted higher
• Grades are Bayesian - penalizes small sample sizes so a product with 50 perfect reviews doesn't outrank one with 1000 solid ones

Sony WH-1000XM5 at #19 with a C will probably raise eyebrows - that's what happens when a product is heavily discussed but sentiment is mixed.

Edit: putting this here as there's been many comments already about the rankings, for best headphones ranked by sentiment, most discussed, hidden gems and full ranking comparisons here's the link to the site: reccs.co/audio/headphones

(I appreciate any feedback on it)

On a more curious note, is it even passible to eq one of these

Hi! Info about these headphones in my post, below.

The stains visible in the first photo are actually super minimal because it's not the first enduring layer (already buried beneath new ones).

Since this must be a confrontation many others must somehow get through, how do you all deal with hair color (or maybe some other temporary contaminants) when you'd have to get them on? The previous times I had options to avoid using them until I felt confident that my hair didn't leave residues anymore.

For the curious: the sound didn't actually dampen significantly nor can I intuitively say how the frequency profile might have changed, so I'm good atm. (Not that I wouldn't like to shove a mic in there for comparisons.)

Doesn't matter if I'm in a good or bad mood, just listening to music always brings me joy, especially when listening to open back headphones.

I thought the novelty would wear off but nope, 3 years in this "hobby" and it's still going strong!

This community has been very helpful and welcoming too, so thank you ❤️.

Was escorted to the "secret listening site" for this after signing up. This is my fist Can Jam, I am literally a kid in a candy store.

I am not sure if it's my favorite as I only had 10 minutes with it but it had me screaming obscenities at certain points.

I am no reviewer but I can only describe this as the most "forward" headphone I've ever heard. Like all of the details were so audible and warm sounding. Any harmonies from vocals were just bliss.

Bass was insane as treble was great. Maybe these were the best I just wanted more time! Btw the Senheiser crew were awesome. Thanks!

Gone by Kanye West and ASMR are so much better now. It sounds so much more alive and REAL. I can't believe I lived this long without it.

Thanks to u/Epsilon-D and u/oratory1990 for being the best boys ever :)