Les,
I have Sennheiser headphones (over the ear), specifically the HD 205, and find them excellent, sound quality wise. They are STEREO headphones, of course. I have
two sets of these, and have
three things I use them for ... my Tyros 4 keyboard; my AR 80 organ; and my laptop. So I have to unplug them from one device when using them on another. My Tyros 4 keyboard and my AR 80 organ both have the larger 6.35 mm (1⁄4 inch) sockets; and my laptop has the smaller 3.5mm socket. So I have to adapt my headphones when using them in my laptop.
Now these Sennheiser phones come ready to plug into the larger 6.35mm socket.
But all is not as it seems, as the headphones have a brass adaptor which you can 'unscrew' to turn it into the 3.5mm smaller plug.
The adaptor being
brass, and with a
screw thread means the plug has a very 'solid' feel to it and I am quite happy when constantly changing from one type of plug to the other .. so long as I don't lose the 'screw' adaptor! A standard adaptor without the screw thread won't do the job.
I would also mention two other headphones I have which, when I bought them seemed a good idea at the time.
1. Some 'walkabout' stereo 'radio' headphones. I still have these, and use them a lot when listening to eg. CDs as I can listen to the music whilst doing the washing up; or I sit outside in the garden with them on. But they have a volume control attached so are no use when playing my keyboard as the last thing I want is for the recording levels to be wrong because I am judging my volumes from what I hear in the headphones.
2. I like to hear 'bass', so when I saw some headphones that had an 'enhanced' bass I thought that would be great. Again I can't use these when playing my keyboard as I would turn the bass down too far on the keyboard when trying to 'balance' the recording. But they are great for when listening to YouTube videos where the audio quality is very poor.
Hugh