Review on Shure SRH440 Professional Studio Headphones by Ashley Roberts

Pros:* Outstanding frequency balance. All ranges from low to high are well and adequately represented, not overwhelming.* Very sensitive to soft sounds, so high volume is almost never necessary, especially in a quiet room*. You adjust the volume so that the loudest 2kHz square wave no longer causes pain, you can use the same volume setting and stand at the entrance to the factory on Kings Row and still hear the reaper coming up the stairs. On the back deck. In short, "ripped headphone users" shouldn't make any sense to you since you can't hurt anything and you can hear everything. * Insulation is good enough for moderate fan noise. Cons: * The headband lasts about 2 years. I broke the thin plastic sliding joint* The headphones are so heavy that the neck muscles probably need some training to get used to them.* The headphones are so heavy that I got a bald spot on the top of my head after prolonged use. After switching to KRK studio headphones, which are much lighter (but not as bright as these), the bald head grew back within a month. In short, you know you're going to have an interesting but inherently transitory experience with these headphones. Don't expect to pass them on to your grandchildren or anyone else.