Highlights
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
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