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Quality


Have only had them for a couple of weeks (only using mixing pads) but they are my new favorite cans for mixing.


My daily cans for mixing were (until now) the sennheiser hd-600 which i love for their honesty and intimacy.


I was saving for a pair of audeze mm500, but with these sennheiser hd490 don't feel the rush to buy anything else.


Also used (and still use) a pair of audeze lcd-x 2021, and even though they are nice with good bass response and extension and ...  Read More

Competitiveness


Finally went ahead and bought a pair of sennheiser hd490 pro from another vendor.

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    bright, new, bass, good and neutral.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 9 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 26 2024.

Helpful InsightsBETA

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    A sennheiser with a punchy bass non veiled midrange and crisp treble


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Had been using neumann ndh30 for a year but ended selling them as they were simply too 34muted34 on the top end for me


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    My mixes were too bright compensating for the lack of 34spark34 of the neumanns


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Neumanns can be boring and not engaging even if they do sound very neutral


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Had tried beyer dt1990 before for almost 2 years but are too bright and got exactly the opposite kind of mixes too tamed in the upper register to compensate for the exaggerated brightness of the dts


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    They do lack a tiny bit of low end


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Which is not the case with these new hd490 pros


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I was saving for a pair of audeze mm500 but with these sennheiser hd490 dont feel the rush to buy anything else

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