Ath sr9, Ath m50x, Shure SRH840A, Sennheiser HD300PRO, Yamaha HPH MT5 WH or Rode NTH-100?

Do be wary of excessive reliance on EQ, if you're doing too much to "correct" the sound to an arbitary reference then you do sort of run the risk of compromising on resolution, at least IME.

Also, the full chain will matter when it comes to the performance that makes it to your ears-- these are great times nowadays when you don't have to spend a great deal to get something awesome wrt a DAC/amp, but not sure of what you have at the moment. Something like a USB mic interface (I have an Arturia Minifuse) will certainly get even a relatively difficult load like an HD600 to painfully loud levels, but there's just a bit of smearing and lack of expression than I'm used to.

The 250R DT770 should be fine out of a decent modern mixer or interface-- while I've never tried one while EQed lots of folks on the forum attest to them being rather easy to mod. Also, the way they are voiced lends them very well to tracking and accenting problem areas in a mix; I personally wouldn't use them for recreational listening, but you can do far worse I think, plus you'll have room to "grow" if you ever decide to get discrete amps and DACs.

 

I currently have a Steinberg ur12 which I think is quite adequate. I bought to be able to connect my stereo to the TV a SMSL C100 which I obviously tested on my PC to listen to music in high quality and although I experienced a change, I did not perceive it as big enough to buy another one (it cost me USD 180).
It may be that with other headphones that change is much greater.

 

Just a separate thought on importing... if you're buying on the secondary market you could always ask the seller to mark the value down so you don't get hit with import taxes/duties/etc. Of course, shipping to your country might be too expensive in the first place (I just tried a quick shipping calculator, all the tracked options were crazy expensive, while the cheap options were affordable but no tracking makes me nervous)

 

The issue is that beyond taxes there are certain fixed costs, such as the managers that by law you have to hire to bring the products into the country, and then there is the issue of warranties that in Uruguay are nonexistent unless you buy here.

Anyway I will be able to get a good price because just where I was going to buy the m50x they are going to make a 25% discount on all products.
And I say I was going to buy because just appeared another option, the AKG K553 MKII.
I know I said I wasn't going to look at more options but I went to the store's website and saw them hahaha.

 

https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/akg-k553-pro-measurements-and-review.2185/

https://www.superbestaudiofriends.o...-regarding-tonal-signature-of-headphones.547/

I've not gotten ears on the newer toys but I used to own an original K550 that was a gift from relatives, and that was what I'd initially "ridden off into the sunset" with when I was a kid, hah. The nice thing about them is that they're a slightly fun-tuned voicing and from memory take EQ pretty well. Also, they're remarkably easy to drive and seemed more than good enough out of a cheapo FiiO E10 I had at the time, or just a regular smartphone headphone jack.

*I don't trust my own impressions from then very much because I was much less experienced with gear then so take the above with caution, it could just be nostalgia haha. I could just as easily have had a "good" K550 sample as a bad one from how much context I had at the time!

Having said that the M50X seem like they're going to be more generally durable, and are better-known than the K550 family so *might* serve as a better reference point for you, EQ or no.

 

I thought about going directly with the m50x but reading about the AKG K553 MKII I only saw positive things, the only negative thing I read is that they have little bass enhancement, which doesn't bother me. As for midrange and treble I only read wonders so now I'm very unsure about which one to buy

I think this post got too mixed up with so many models of headphones hahahaha.

I'm going to make another new post about the m50x and the AKG K553 MKII to give a more “orderly” closure to everything, and maybe more users will join me to give their opinion, which would be good since I didn't find anywhere a direct comparison between these headphones even though they are in a similar price range.

I want to thank everyone who commented as they helped me a lot to purge my list of options <3

 

https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/akg-k553-mkii-or-audio-technica-m50x.15031/

 

Heya, you don't need to make more than one thread, people here know how to read and follow a conversation.

Honestly most folks would have just told you to post in the all purpose advice thread here but I guess it was just a slow enough day that no one minded too much, but please don't spam the forum with new threads because that makes things very messy.

https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/the-all-purpose-advice-thread-part-2.12149/

Anyway, I don't think you can go wrong with either the ATH-M50x or the K553 Mk II if AKG as since managed to iron out their production process. Both are going to be well-suited to the Steinberg with some room to grow if you ever want to try a discrete headphone setup out, and are "normal" sounding enough to track/mix with once you get used to them.

At the end of the day, you don't NEED to EQ anything unless you personally find issues with the sound of a device. What matters by far is getting used to the gear that you have by listening to a lot of things via the same headphone/amp/DAC (in your case, the Steinberg is going to be both your amp and DAC) so that you have a reference for what sounds "right" on that playback system.

Since you're coming from the M40 the A-T M50x may work better. It's also more easily transportable, because while the K550/K553 folds flat it takes up a LOT of surface area which has caused me problems in the past.