this is a follow up the post about Over Ear Headphones. I was set on two contender the repeat audio prince and the fairphone fairbuds xl from the Netherlands.

Both have their pros and cons and are of high value, but in the end I returned them. The repeat audio has a clear audio, but the tuning did not meet my expectations (at least for my style of music). The fairbuds come with an App and equalizer and performed as good/or even better as Teufel entry-level headphones (Real Blue NC). I returned them as the enry-level headphones were priced 100€ below.

You already mentioned some good brands in the comments of the old post, and I'm once again asking for your support to make a small list of manufacturers. Just like we did with the Fountain Pens and Jeans.

I'll update the list based on comments.

Austria
- https://austrian.audio/product-category/headphones/
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Republic of Cyprus
Czech Republic
- https://lamax-electronics.com/en/collections/audio
Denmark
- https://www.bang-olufsen.com/
- https://argonaudio.com/
- https://aiaiai.audio/
Estonia
Finland
- https://valco.fi/products/vmk25-2-vastamelukuulokkeet
- https://www.kaikuacoustics.fi/product-page/kaiku-wave
France
- https://www.focal.com/
Germany
- https://teufel.de/
- https://www.beyerdynamic.de/
- https://www.sennheiser.com/
- https://www.shift.eco/shiftsound-bno/
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
- https://avvenice.com/en/117_pryma
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
- https://repeat.audio/
- https://shop.fairphone.com/fairbuds-xl
Poland
Portugal
Romania
- https://mezeaudio.com/
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Honorable Mentions
- https://www.bowerswilkins.com/

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[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There's Meze from Romania if you want to spend some serious cash. Fantastic quality from all I've heard, but never personally tried them.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Italy has Avvenice with his Pryma line in collaboration with Sonus faber: https://avvenice.com/en/117_pryma

Never bought their products because i'm poor so i can't say anything about their quality

[–] SrMono@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Holy f***. They look special 🫠

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

They also cost 500€ 😭
Those things are for rich people

[–] SrMono@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Any good organs you’re willing to trade 😂?

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Is a kidney okay?

[–] Damage@feddit.it 1 points 1 month ago

They look pretentious as fuck tbh

[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

There are at least two manufacturers in Finland, that make over ear headphones.

[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

I changed the links to English versions. You might want to update the OP.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I had great experiences with Sennheiser (Momentum, ancient make. They looked cooler back in the day).

From Denmark there's B&O, but while all other over-ear headphones seem to last forever the pair I had from B&O broke within a month. That was a few years ago, but I'm a bit hesitant to recommend them since.

[–] BenchpressMuyDebil@szmer.info 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

sorta offtopic, but just leaving a breadcrumb that I did a list for wool socks in the other community: https://feddit.uk/post/41547901

[–] SrMono@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

I saw that one, too, when it popped up. Never stopped by and appreciated you finding my beloved Varusteleka ☺️

[–] MXC48@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 1 points 2 weeks ago

Actually I use everyday the nothing headphones 1, from england and made by nothing. This isn't legally EU but-

[–] ArfArfWoof@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

LAMAX is a Czech company. They're somewhat budget oriented. https://lamax-electronics.com/en/collections/audio

[–] Stzyxh@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Shift also has an Over Ear Headphone https://www.shift.eco/shiftsound-bno/

[–] SrMono@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Added them here. They weren’t on my personal list as the page says: produced “fairly” (whatever that means) in China.

[–] ikirin@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In that case you can cross of (part) of Austrians lineup as well. While their more expensive headphones are made in Austria (or at least were) I'm fairly certain that the Bluetooth ones are made in China.

[–] SrMono@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

Yes. That is why I initial tested the two from the Netherlands.