G pro x (wired)

Fiio E10k dac/amp combo with Hifiman HE400se.

I use wired headphones when I need to use headphones.

Sony MDR-7506: I use them because they’re affordable, repairable, high quality sound professional studio-grade headphones.

That said, most of the time I stream to my TV using a mini PC and Moonlight/Sunshine, so I just use my speaker system

G535 (Wireless)

Grados sr60x

I don’t like headphones designed for the gaming market. I use a Sennheiser HD 599 which is a few years old now. Sounds excellent both for music and other activities. Open backs are great for when wearing headphones for long periods; my ears don’t get sweaty nor fatigued even when wearing good open-backs for hours on end.

Try to avoid gaming-specific headsets. I use Beyerdynamic DT880

Well, I don’t really like headphones, so mostly I’m using my living room stereo like it’s 1987 and I just got my first Amiga.

I do have a Sennheiser DT 990 Pro (3.5 mm TRS) because they’re supposed to sound “neutral” and their main purpose is to aid in audio …“work”… and voice chat. But they’re just fine for gaming, I guess, and have been trouble-free and fairly pleasant to wear (as big headphones go).

Just a regular Sennheiser HD 569. I don't like gaming headphones.

I have a pair of Senheiser HD6xx from Drop.com. It’s basically a pair of HD600s with slightly cheaper plastic and bare bones packaging. They have the exact same drivers as the 600s. These cans have been famous for decades with good reason, as they give the perfect balance of low, mid, and high end.

They’re a bit pricey at around $230, and you’ll also need a great amplifier to power it. You can always go with a decent $99 desktop amp or you can shell out $300 on a high quality DAC+AMP. I have the Audient ID14, and everything sounds FANTASTIC. I can turn up the music super loud and still have head room.

TLDR; Drop.com Senheiser HD6xx with an Audient i14 to power them. Overkill for casual listening, perfect value for audiophiles.

hyperx cloud silver

Sennheiser HD598SE

I use Audio Technica ATH-m50x through a Topping DAC. Honestly really like the Koss Studio headphones as well and that's what I'm looking to pick up. Obviously not better than DT880 or some Sennheiser, but I like to buy cheaper headphones.

Wh1000xm4’s

Gaming: Sennheiser PC38x on an Apple USB-C dongle.

Music: Drop x Sennheiser HD 6xx on JDS Atom DAC+ and amp+.

Hyper X Cloud Flight

@DaisyLee Areopex aftershokz not the best choice for sure, but I'm a fan.

Sennheiser 373D

The company I work for bought them for me for work, then turned around and told me to get a Jabra set because those were the new standard...so I took them home. Their loss.

Sennheiser Momentum 3 wireless (can be used with a normal jack audio connector too). The active noise cancellation helps a lot in terms of immersion in the game.

Sennheiser HD58x

My wife got them for me for my birthday years ago off of mass drop. They've been solid. No complaints.

I got a pair of Skullcandy Sesh and a pair of Indy that I bounce between. Not a big fan of the can(s). Bonus: I've never tripped over the cord.

AKG K240 Studio (the black/gold ones, not the silver MK II) with a Schiit Fulla DAC/amp.

Chances are most of the stuff will at least connect to Linux.

I personally have a sennheiser hd598 cs but for Linux, pretty much anything 3.5mm will work for audio. Stuff like rgb may not work but the headphones will be headphonss

People always say to avoid gaming headphones, but gaming headphones are often the only ones made with built-in external mics. If I'm gaming, I need at least a decent mic. Internal headphone mics aint going to cut it, they are omnidirectional and have terrible quality.

Sure you can get the perfect set up with some high quality headphones and a separate recording setup but there are issues with this. Boom mics are the highest quality of course but they take up a ton of space and are unsightly. You need to get the perfect length of boom and hold it close to your face at all times... it's necessary for content creation but not practical for everyday playing. There are "mod mics" you can attach to the side of your headphones, but there is only one company that makes them (Antlion) and both of their products in this line are terrible. I've had nothing but issues and they are not cheap.

So in the end I settled for the Sony Inzone headphones and they are fine. They are ugly as sin and the sound quality is obviously lacking, but it's way better than most in the category. You can connect via Bluetooth but the dongle works OOTB on Linux. The headphones are poor without a firmware update, and that needs a Windows VM and it's a bit tricky. The update will disable the USB device at points, so you will need to re-enable the USB passthrough when this happens. Pretty easy to do with GNOME-Boxes.

I'm using the Massdrop HD6XXs. They sound phenomenal, IMO.

AKG K712's with a Blue Snowball for a mic

Currently: HyperX Cloud Alpha

Before: HyperX Cloud

Steel Series Wireless Pros. There's an external DAC via USB and then a 2.4ghz wireless connection to the headset. The DAC also charges the spare battery that comes with the headset so I never have to worry about charging the thing.

The mic is okay. Good enough for work and discord. The sound is great.

Plug and play compatibility with Linux. I haven't tried the Steel Series app yet but I barely used it on Windows anyways.

ATH-M50x with a Scarlett 2i2. Works like charm.

Sennheiser x Massdrop PC37X

Had these things for years now, love them

I used Sennheiser HD598 headphones via 1/8 inch jack. For microphone I used some Insignia desktop microphone. Kept some thin acoustic foam under it for vibrations / desk noise.

Gaming headphones are pretty bad, generally. I use Beyerdynamic DT-880s.

I have the astro A40s. the mixamp doesn’t seem to work on arch with both outputs, but you can always get just the headphones without the mixamp.

the A50s are wireless, which implies there’s no mix amp

I’m using the Moondrop Aria Snow. Not to expensive, and they sound pretty good if you ask me.

Logitech G Pro X

Sennheiser HD 599

AKG K371 + Qudelix 5k (for when I want BT support) with PEQ using pipewire built in eq (although this model doesn’t require it).

I may get a pair of Audeze Maxwell down the line, although I’m not sure if the 2.4Ghz wireless is supported on Linux.

Good old Sony MDR-7506 I found in e-waste, replaced the pads and they are golden (light and comfy over ear)! Before that I was using a modified David Clark H10 headset (heavy but naturally isolated with loads of insulation) with MDR-CD999 drivers (can’t believe these were a perfect fit) a Shure boom but it’s only for when the environmental noise is particularly hostile.