I do think that the headband could have been more like the HD579/HD599/HD598C The older style headband padding solution is objectively worse IMO. Even though I'm a freelancer now, PCMag has been my home for well over a decade, and audio gear reviews are still my primary focus.

While not offensive at all due to lack of high-frequency response, the sound was dull and especially impacted female vocals. Proprietary Drivers from Sennheiser provide clear, powerful sound reproduction with thrilling bass response, and the closed-back ear cups reduce ambient noise to a minimum for undisturbed listening pleasure.

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I’m a serial apartment drummer, having lived in apartments for the last 15 years or so and trying to keep up my drumming chops at the same time.While they work decently with mobile kit, when faced with the hulking great transformer in the HP8, an honest-to-goodness ‘proper’ headphone amp, the HD569s sprang to life and were transformed in terms of their tonal balance and the bass performance which bounced and stretched and impacted upon the soundstage with great vigour. This is because they deliver exceptional sound quality thanks to Sennheiser's proprietary driver technology and Ergonomic Acoustic Refinement design.

I was out looking around in Microcenter, like one does, and found they have an isle with gaming headsets, and studio/audiophile closed-back headphones available to try.Measured my ears with Mimi app and it showed that I have less hearing loss in the 4K-8K region than in the regions below! The closed-back over-ear design of the HD 569 promises to enhance bass response but also gives you a measure of acoustic isolation to keep the surrounding noise out…or in, depending where you are and who you are.