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I love the 490 Pro, incredible headphones. Use mine almost everyday with the velour pads... mixing pads were pretty solid for critical work out of the box; producing pads with EQ, however, are warm, e
Sennheiser HD 490 Pro Headphone
HD 490 PRO Open-Back Professional Headphone
By Sennheiser
1mentions100%positive$429.00typical+6pros/−4cons
What one Redditor said
“Keep it on low gain for HD 490... this setup is pretty dang amazing. Legit endgame setup for a lot of people. ... Also the cable on the 490's is terrible in my opinion.”
What Reddit thinks
Pros
6- +Comfortable
- +Light
- +Soft and pleasant pads
- +Precise noise placement
- +Not hard to drive
- +More than enough volume on low gain (with k13/k11)
Cons
4- −Poor vocals
- −Poor treble
- −Cable on the 490's is terrible
- −Not a substantial upgrade (over r70x for mixing)
Where Reddit talks about it
489 comments · 10 subreddits
r/HeadphoneAdvice49%
174 mentions↑ 464
r/headphones43%
158 mentions↑ 821
r/sennheiser52%
96 mentions↑ 241
r/audioengineering15%
27 mentions↑ 137
r/dataisbeautiful0%
14 mentions↑ 208
r/buildapcsales44%
9 mentions↑ 60
Reddit reviews
+ 214~ 224− 51
r/headphonespositive95
it is now collecting dust and HD490 became my endgame headphone pretty much.
r/headphonespositive33
I pretty much only exclusively use the HD490 Pro. They’re even better with the EQ someone posted the other day.
r/headphonespositive6
Love them!
r/headphonespositive5
The 490s are the only Sennheisers that I love. The rest all seem meh. Muddy.
r/headphonesneutral23
Sennheiser is still manufacturing the 6X0s, aren't they? I thought they kept the manufacturing capacity for the "consumer" line headphones on behalf of Sonova.
r/headphonesnegative21
I find the 490 Pro a noticeable downgrade in sound quality for my preferences.
r/headphonespositive11
they're by far the most comfortable headphones I've ever worn. I personally like the sound signature, and it's incredible for gaming.
r/headphonespositive19
The 490 Pro is a stupid good headphone.
r/headphonespositive1
they are better at some things. "Better" bass (more), better sound stage, no veil. The 490 have great mids. For EDM, the 490's are better. For mixing, 490's are better.
r/headphonespositive1
These cans with the second pads they come with sound absolutely incredibly with a good headphone amp.
r/headphonespositive1
Love my 490 Pro, super comfortable!
r/headphonespositive1
I like mine a lot as well. It still sounds unmistakably Sennheiser, but the presentation, staging and overall ease make it feel like something genuinely new.
r/headphonespositive1
HD-490 certainly is an impressive offering for its price point. Loved it from first listen.
r/headphonesneutral1
I’d like one thing on the HD 490, fenestrated pads
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