Phil's Superpower of Enthusiasm

[ MSRP $180 , purchased on sale (which they regularly are on) and renewed for $109. These are the open-backed version of the DT 770 Pro (MSRP $160). Available in 80 and 250 Ohm versions.] [ Tl;dr: I really like these headphones. They’re not headphone I’ll carry around with me, but I’m pretty sure they’ve dethroned the Massdrop x. Sennheiser 6XX as my go-to/daily driver at my desk in my home office. They greatly benefit from external amplification, but they’re even pretty acceptable sounding with a cheap iPhone dongle. Color me impressed, especially at the price.] Scores: Cost-agnostic: 8 out of 10 Denalis Cost-sensitive: 10 out of 10 Denalis Intro. I picked up the DT770 Pro (the closed back version of these) when I started a new job that required me to be in the office a lot (mid-pandemic). I particularly wanted them to be able to block out a lot of office noise, and they worked pretty well and I mostly liked the sound. However, unless I’m in a super noisy environment or a comple...

[MSRP $350, $150 on Amazon as of 11/13/22, paid $180 in August 2022] [ Tl;dr:  These headphones are weak in their MSRP range, but if you get them on a substantial sale, they’re great for use cases where you want some noise cancelation and a more durable headset that won’t break your heart if you lose or break them.] Scores: Cost-agnostic: 5 out of 10 Denalis Cost-sensitive: 6 out of 10 Denalis Beats Studio3 Wireless Beats Studio3 Wireless on a new ME-themed puck Intro. I bought my first pair of Beats headphones back in … 2014? I think? I was going on a train trip to Montana, and it was supposed to take something like eleven hours. I had a pair of Bose QC25s with really good active noise cancelation (ANC), but I didn’t want to deal with a cord while I was trying to sleep on a moving train. I’d been coveting the Beats Studio Wireless for a while (my car at the time had a 10-speaker Beats by Dre sound system that I’d absolutely fallen in love with), so the train trek was all the justi...