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With the Focal Lensys Professional, the French premium manufacturer is placing a closed-back, wired, dynamic headphone in the price range of between 500 and 1,000 euros.

The versatility of the Adam Audio H200 is hard to beat, making these studio headphones very attractive in terms of price and performance.

The second generation of Beyerdynamic's DT 1990 Pro studio headphones is now available in a 30-ohm version. Do the open, circumaural studio headphones have anything new to offer?

Can the second generation of the Beyerdynamic DT 1770 Pro MKII still impress? Improved sound quality and reduced impedance suggest that it can.

The Austrian Audio Hi-X20 is a closed-back, foldable studio headphone with a wide audio bandwidth and pronounced midrange.

The closed, circumaural Fostex TH1000RP is the Japanese manufacturer's new top-of-the-range hi-fi headphone.

Fostex T50RPmk4 semi-open studio headphones feature improved cable routing and revised magnetostatic drivers.

The Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro X Limited closed-back over-ear headphones combine the best elements of the standard DT 770 Pro and DT 700 Pro X models.

With the YH-WL500, Yamaha has developed wireless headphones that are explicitly aimed at musicians.

The Sennheiser HD 490 Pro (and Plus) turn out to be sonically appealing, pleasantly transparent and linearly tuned open headphones.