Note that Monsoon speakers were strangely more available in 2022 into 2023, and less damaged, than in years past. But never get a set without a working puck (volume controller wire). At this exact moment, all I see on eBay are scraps, either just the planars (missing subwoofer), or with-sub but missing the puck. If you look at the sold listing, you'll see some nice sets that sold, and even pucks. I'd have bought that $20 puck, had I seen it.
Be careful with Sennheiser. The build quality now is very cheap. We got screwed with some cheap Sennheiser headphones, multiple models, and will no longer buy anything from that brand. Sennheiser as a company is now gone, and Sonova now owns the brand name. Prior to the acquisition, Sennheiser was rebadging and licensing out the brand name. We bought 3 headphones during the pandemic (expensive, mid-grade, "cheap"), and all have since broken. All crap, not anything at all like Sennheiser of past decades. Audio quality was noticeably inferior to prior models.
You'll find a lot of posts like this now:
https://www.reddit.com/r/headphones/..._and_it_shows/
All the audiophile forums went bonkers over it in recent years. Some deserved, some conspiracy lunacy (aka typical audiophile drivel).
And again, you miss the acoustics when using headphones. So be aware of that.
If latrache34 likes the Sony, I'd investigate those first. But model # needed. I'd buy new headphones local or
Amazon only.
FYI, Sennheiser camera mics are overrated crap. Rode is better, Deity is far better. And yet, Sennheiser is still touted as best, riding coattails of a now-defunct reputation. I tend to wonder if anybody writing those reviews has actually used any of them, because head-to-head reviews are never favorable.
