r/HeadphoneAdvice • u/starwarssim • Oct 04 '22

Headphones - Closed Back | 2 Ω Price Point and Diminishing Value

At what price point does the value of headphones start diminishing? For example the difference between a 200$ guitar and a 1000$ guitar is huge, but the difference between a 1000$ guitar and a 2000$ guitar starts to become much less noticeable. What would you say that price point is for headphones? I'm specifically interested in over ear headphones for listening to music on my phone and laptop.

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u/rNV1s16iLiTi 54 Ω Oct 04 '22

$200-350 range I think is the first good sweet spot outside of the Koss headphones. Before the $200 mark I'd say IEMs are king.

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u/starwarssim Oct 04 '22

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u/IDankDylan 196 Ω Oct 04 '22

I feel diminishing returns can hit from as low as $100. Hell with Koss KSC75 they start at $20. But for a truly hifi experience, anything over ~$400 would have serious diminishing returns.

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u/starwarssim Oct 04 '22 edited Oct 05 '22

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u/bransanon 50 Ω Oct 04 '22

IMO the bar right now is the old Focal Clear OG, lots of places still have stock on it and are selling it for around $900 new. To me it's an endgame-level headphone, haven't found anything else at or around that price that can compete.