isn't philips just a nameplate nowadays?

As of a few years ago, Sennheiser’s consumer line is owned by Sonova, a hearing aid manufacturer (who I think may be American)

Philips isnt European anymore.

i was wondering why marshall is not present, do they only have good amps and speakers?

I've been using Sennheiser for a while, a bit lower-grade models though (Accentum Plus). Works great, the only pet peeve is that they changed buttons for a touch-screen on the right headphone, I don't like tapping it that much. But the sound is great and the equipment robust (my previous ones had lasted for 5 years with no battery or sound quality issues before someone stole them on a train...).

I know Sennheisers are german but those are also made in Romania these days. Nice to see Meze here as well

Anecdotally, while I love my sennies because nothing sounds like them, I'm still nursing a pair of older 559s and hoping they last forever because absolutely every single one of the newer ones I bought had or developed issues.

I wish Meze would bring back the copper finnish of the original Empyrians

They are absolutely stunning

Isn't Cambridge european?

I've never tried Focal headphones but can confirm the speakers are the real deal 👌

Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro are my professional studio reference hp's for over 30 years.

I've had my Sennheiser HD650 for 8 years and I bought them used. The best part is you can buy pretty much any part (except the frame itself I think) and are easy to replace. Great sound and very comfortable.

Best gaming headset I had hands down was from EPOS, Seinheisers gaming branch. Alas ended up having a design flaw that broke it. Still works fine, just doenst stay on my head. Anyway, I digress, I'm here for team Seinheisers, badass audio quality.

Did Grado Labs stop making headphones?

No love for Stax?

didn't sennheiser sell some years ago?

Is rtings a good, reliable review site nowadays? I used to trust them, but it's a lot harder to trust any reviews/recommendations nowadays

I decided to give the Fairphone XL a go since my old Bose are getting really old.