I'm pretty sure I almost bought those years ago. Instead I bought the Seinheiser PXC 550. This was 2018. I've had to replace the ear padding once. Which was super easy. They just unclip, and the new ones clip right in.
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Ack! Sennheisers..
I still want to kill myself over getting rid of my Sennheiser HD 414's. Vintage, from the early 80's, sounded phenomenal. Dumbest thing I've ever done. Gave them to a younger cousin who lost them within a year. He thought they were cheap because of how they looked and left them in a pile of junk when he got kicked out of his apartment...
(from the departmnt of No Good Deed.... Oyy!)
So now i'm using some vintage Denon AH-D210's from the early 90's ad they are fantastic.
Denon AH-D210
I had a pair of Denon AH-D2000 that were flat out amazing. They ended up getting fried in a power surge from a bad storm which also took out my receiver.
NGL, Denons have been the consistently best sounding headphones I've used and owned.
I have a pair of PXC 550 as well from 2017 and they're still going strong too though I don't use them every day.
I have a set of Soundcore Q20i that I use anything rough (travel and such) and they’ve held up like champs.
I gave my old WH1000XM2's away to family because it was sitting in a drawer after I bought the xm4, both still work like a charm and the xm2 only has a slightly reduced battery even after being used for 6+ hours daily for years. I don't know what the quality of the newer ones are, but the older ones are build to keep working. The noise-cancelling is the best one on the market for over ear headphones, the Bose ones put pressure on your ears which is really uncomfortable even after a few minutes (at least for me).
I don't know if heads have gotten bigger over the years, I have a mutant oversized melon for a head, maybe they just design the phones for small heads?
Took me a long time to find decent headphones that last long.
I've tried several times with beyerdynamic, my DT 880 lasted for quite a while, but then got issues. I sent the DT 990 and the DT 1990 PRO back, they both lost audio on one side after a few weeks. I totally gave up on headsets (with a microphone), they are always shoddy quality wise and either the mute button breaks or one side gives out.. or the headband snaps.
I've had the Sennheiser HD 660 S for 5 years now and the best thing about it: The cable goes to both sides. So when the cable finally broke on one side I could simply replace it for 15€. It's also much easier to switch out the earpads, they just click in. Compared to the DT 880 where it feels like you're going to tear something and you have to stretch the thing onto the plastic.
If you're in the market for open back, fiio jt7. Quite cheap and the sound quality is great. Build is also insane for the price
I may get the ire of some for this but don't buy Sony headphones. Sony has a lot of good products, but their headphones are overpriced garbage. It may be very subjective, but never once have I listened to Sony and thought I like the music out of them. In the cheap range they're outclassed by Philips, in a bit pricier by Sennheiser and JBL. I've had my JBL Live 770 for over 2 years now, and I only need to get replacement pads, same with my 6 year old pair of Sennheiser 4.40HD. Also metal hinges.
Sony used to make some really awesome high end headphones (like the Qualia 010 MDR-1 or MDR-R10), while were definitely overpriced (IMO), they were definitely not garbage. They do still make at least one actual high end non-garbage headphone (MDR-Z1R) it is for sure overpriced. I don't think it's garbage.
Also, few sane people are buying them, so I doubt they'll last.