So I've seen a WILD variety of opinion around various sennheiser's in the midrange, and wanted to get my own ears on it.

My taste in music is probably what most audiophiles would call "trash", being focused around techno, trance, hardstyle, phonk, DnB, witch house, metal, industrial, and a variety of other genres few people respect.

So my taste in headphones has always leaned "warm" and deep bassy. Starting with Senn HD590's powered off a META42 back in the day, moving to ATH-A900, Then DT770Pro 80ohm, then ATH-A900LTD.

Since I sold the HD590 a long time ago, the HD560S is my first foray back into open-back in some time (my living situations never were optimal for it until lately, as well)

I'll keep this short and summarize that, given all i've read about the HD560S's here, I think they're wildly misunderstood, or looked down upon due to their price alone. On my E10K with the bass boost on, the bass is deeper and slammier than the DT770's, while still having mids that actually bring vocals out, and the highs are less painful than the DT770.

The A900LTD is a weird comparison, as they sound almost exactly the same, except the highs are somehow less painful and more detailed, with some edge to the A900LTD for the SPL it can give bass (a certain song with a buzzsaw bassline for example tickles my eardrum in ways no other can i've tried has).

The HD560S definitely has a superpower in how flat it is, and how well it can EQ into almost any desired sound profile. Kind of a jack of all trades, master of none, situation. I love that I can go from Frenchcore, to classic rock, and they don't miss a beat on either end. Fire up a game, and they're still great. And unlike my DT770 daily drivers, my eardrums don't bleed from the highs.

Next up, maybe a budget Planar, or HD58X and HD6XX. I'd pay real money if Sennheiser produced a Planar tuned like the HD560S with a larger driver.

Hardware reference:

DT770 Pro 80ohm + Apple Dongle

ATH A900LTD + E10K

HD560S + E10K + bass boost

Music reference used to test bass:

【Nightcore】→Simon Curtis- Flesh

Nightcore - Llama In My Living Room

Sefa - Lost In Thoughts (Frenchcore)

Billx & Neika - Chichovite (Frenchcore to Hardtek)[Official video]☯️

Anyma & Grimes - Welcome To The Opera

Jaëss - Voyage

Becoming Insane · Infected Mushroom

ascendant vierge - Petit Soldat

Frenchcore Worldwide feat. Da Mouth of Madness (Official Video)

± FLESH - I Come From Salem ±

NIGHTMARE · NXGHTSHXDE

CLYPPZ - FEAR ME (Phonk x Hardstyle)

Ancilla Domini - ctrfcn

PSYCHOGENESIS · KoruSe

Vortek's - Machinacore (inspiré de "la recette" de Dr.Looney) 8000 abonnés