Today, I test out nine of the most popular and requested headphones under $200. I test them out with different people so I can tell you which ones sound the best for casual music listening PLUS which pair I would chose for professional sound/music production.
As a filmmaker, I want a pair of headphones that will sound good when mixing sound and music, but it also has to be something
I can use in the field to capturing production sound.
I’ve divided the headphones into three groups based on the price range:
Group A – $200 to $100
Audio-Technica ATH-M50x
Beats by Dr. Dre Solo2
Meze 73 Ebony Wood Headphones
Group B – $100 to $50
Senal SMH-1000
Sony MDR-7506
Sennheiser HD 280
Group C – $50 or less
Koss PortaPro
Audio-Technica ATH-M20x
Polsen HPC-A30
For the test, I had each person close their eyes or look away so they didn’t know which headphones they were trying out. This assured that nobody was biased towards a certain brand or judged the headphones based on the price.
Here are my test results
The overall winner are the Audio-Technica ATH-M50x headphones, which garnered three top votes (including my own). Close behind in second place came the Meze 73 Ebony Wood headphones (two top votes).
And here are the group winners:
Group A: Audio-Technica ATH-M50x
Group B: Sennheiser HD 280
Group C: Koss PortaPro
Here is how many votes each pair of headphones got:
Group A:
3 votes for Audio-Technica ATH-M50x
2 votes for Meze 73 Ebony Wood Headphones
0 votes for Beats by Dr. Dre Solo2
Group B:
3 votes for Sennheiser HD 280
2 votes for Sony MDR-7506
0 votes for Senal SMH-1000
Group C:
3 votes for Koss PortaPro
1 votes for Audio-Technica ATH-M20x
1 votes for Polsen HPC-A30
All the headphones are available at BH Photo Video, except for the Meze 73 Ebony Wood Headphones, which are available on the manufacturer’s website. Please follow the links above to purchase or find out more.
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