Have you considered the Form 2? They don't sound as good apparently, but still lovely headphones

Depending on how much you are looking to spend you may find the Sennheiser HD600 or HD650 to be a better option than B&O headphones, as they are arguably the best headphones on the market. Sennheiser also have numerous other alternatives lower down the range starting with the HD201 for about £15 (UK) and working up from there.

Simon

HD600's or 650's are significantly better than the Form 1's but are quite expensive (I have seen then as low as £139 in the past but a quick search at the moment shows them to be considerably more).

I don't think Form 2's are a serious option for "real" listening, I agree with Simon - look at Sennheiser or Grado.

A mid-price alternative would be these:

Dave wrote:

Have you considered the Form 2? They don't sound as good apparently, but still lovely headphones

Form 2 sound better IMO, better bass. Form 1's are more comfortable to wear though.

Craig🙂

I am very happy with my grado sr80 headphones and they are very well priced.

Hope that helps

Cheers Nick

Thanks for the Sennheiser link.  Still undecided will look at some Grado(never heard of these). H

Jammy61 wrote:

Thanks for the Sennheiser link.  Still undecided will look at some Grado(never heard of these). H

Push the boat out and get the HD600's - he'll love you forever😕

The Grado's are good but (arguably no better and) he'll spend the rest of his life looking like "Phones" from Stingray!😁

If you want to make the ultimate style statement it can only be these