The Sony MDR-MA900 would be a great pick for a good inexpensive audiiophile grade headphone that would excel at both music and games (assuming you like gaming).<br /><br />The soundstage and imaging is superb because of the massive 70mm drivers. According to many people at head-fi.org, second only to the $1,500 Sennheiser HD800.<br /><br />It helps with games where you need to determine which direction something is coming from.<br /><br />They're also extremely light for having earpads this large, which makes them comfortable for many hours of extended wear.<br /><br />Also, because of that large driver they're able to be open backed headphones that still have good bass; a rare thing. There's usually a tradeoff between headphones having compressed closed-in sound but good bass or having a good open airy sound but having little bass,. These headphones have the best of both worlds.<br /><br />Of course, this is assuming Sony is willing to work with massdrop; being a giant mega-corp they could be stubborn.<br /><br />Does anyone know if a Sony product has ever had a successful massdrop?
They were 230, you can still see the expired massdrop on the group buys.
cole
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@John Henry the ones in this poll are the 990 Pro's not premiums, slightly more expensive and we'd probably be able to save a bit more considering they're more expensive.
K
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Thanks for the info... sad that I missed out on that massdrop for the 990s! Do you know what price they were offering for those?
@cole they already ran the 990 Premiums to great success. and @K, for the 990 Premium massdrop beyerdynamic offered all different resistances as options.
cole
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Too bad the 990's got added later. I hear that they're much better