Best Mixing / Mastering Headphones below $200

[rafa1981]

yeah i need cans to work with monitors.
I still love and use my eris e5 + samson sr950,which was the best budget solution few years ago,but need an upgrade,mostly new open headphones to translate right details in the mix and to be comfortable in long session as well,because samson sr950 is amazing in details,but it's closed type and can't work with it more than 30 min,pressure on ears become physically painful.
Speakesrs are used mostly to feel the mix in a living room,so for now don't need new ,but headphones are very important in my case.
Consider audiophile headphones with more neutral curve,if there is such or 'pro' with enough neutrality proven in many records in studio enviroment.
'Pro' headphones under 200 euro are far from linearity in most cases,hard to call them mixing headphones,don't know why people even use such...

Don't sleep on the Fidelio X2HR. I was about to buy the Neumann ndh30 or the Senn hd490 pro but after trying them I don't feel the need.

Great all rounder. Amazing sound. Great build quality. Cheap. None audiophile/pro-audio brand.

[scourtois]

Maybe a bit over $200, but I love my Sennheiser HD600s. I've seen them used where they go for as low as $200

[MasteringBOX]

Mixing on the M40x taught me to trust a balanced view but I always nudged the lows up a bit since they can feel thin. Moving to the DT 990 Pro was a revelation in clarity and space but yes, the bass does sit back in a way you have to learn to compensate for. Now I often run a quick calibration preset or gentle boost on the low end before I start making critical decisions.

[Igro]

For that price probably Audio-Technika M50x (not M40x. The difference is substantial. M40x lacks that clarity that M50x has. It's like two different products). But they are on heavier side. And quite close to your ears.

BayerDynamics? I have DT770 Pro and 880 Pro. Seriously, 25 Dollars headphones sound better than these. Blind buy regrets.... Good for listening the Morse code. But very comfy:)

Why under 200? These are the entry headphones for professional use and for listening to the music. Just like mobile phones for 200 Euro. I won't wonder if you have a mobile phone for 600 Euro which you gonna change in 2-3 years. Or that's a different story, lol. You can add another 200-300 hundred and get a descent headphone. Those are different brands, not the usual suspects like AKG, Sony, BD, Sennheiser or Audio-Techica which for some reason dominate in KVR topics.

[MasteringBOX]

At the end of the day it’s all about what you use every day, so trust your ears and keep experimenting until you find your sweet spot

[_leras]

BayerDynamics? I have DT770 Pro and 880 Pro. Seriously, 25 Dollars headphones sound better than these. Blind buy regrets.... Good for listening the Morse code. But very comfy:)

I have some beyerdynamic dt1990 headphones and they are amazing. Great build quality, very comfortable, great transient response, very detailed and balanced.

I do use an oratory headphone EQ correction curve (using Crave EQ), this corrects a (very nice sounding) bump at around 8k and gives a great flatter room EQ curve.

If someone is serious about mixing and mastering on headphones these are well worth the investment.

[Igro]

BayerDynamics? I have DT770 Pro and 880 Pro. Seriously, 25 Dollars headphones sound better than these. Blind buy regrets.... Good for listening the Morse code. But very comfy:)

I have some beyerdynamic dt1990 headphones and they are amazing. Great build quality, very comfortable, great transient response, very detailed and balanced.

I do use an oratory headphone EQ correction curve (using Crave EQ), this corrects a (very nice sounding) bump at around 8k and gives a great flatter room EQ curve.

If someone is serious about mixing and mastering on headphones these are well worth the investment.

Hi leras. I haven't tried them. But I'm not fan of opened back headphones. They pick all the noise from the outside. But yeah, they are breathable and not fatigue. The soundstage is to wide for my taste. M50x, on the other hand, are too claustrophobic though...