Sennheiser HD 490 Pro Open Back headphones

Sennheiser HD 490 PRO Open-Back Studio Headphones

Experience Uncompromising Clarity and Precision for Modern Music Production

Step into a new era of audio accuracy with the Sennheiser HD 490 PRO, the ultimate open-back reference headphones designed for today´s most demanding mixing, mastering, and music production challenges. Engineered to eliminate audio blind spots, the HD 490 PRO provides a completely transparent and exceptionally wide, dimensional soundstage, allowing you to make critical mixing decisions with absolute confidence. Hear every detail, place every instrument with precision, and ensure your creations translate perfectly to any listening system.

Key Benefits:

* Full-Spectrum Audio Accuracy: Powered by decades of Sennheiser engineering, the HD 490 PRO delivers an uncolored, honest, and neutral frequency response across the entire audible spectrum. Its innovative low-frequency cylinder system reveals the truest, most defined low end, enabling you to accurately sculpt the foundation of your mix without the muddiness or overemphasis common in other headphones.

* Expansive and Immersive Soundstage: The open-back design, combined with Sennheiser´s Open-frame Architecture and angled transducers, emulates the spatial experience of a high-end monitor setup. This creates a panoramic, three-dimensional sound field where you can precisely identify the placement and separation of each element in your mix, from the subtlest reverb tails to the most complex stereo arrangements.

* All-Day Comfort for Peak Creativity: Long studio sessions demand exceptional comfort. The HD 490 PRO features a meticulously crafted, lightweight, and ergonomic design that eliminates pressure points on your head. This ensures you remain focused on the music, not on the headphones, allowing for hours of fatigue-free listening and creative flow.

* Versatility for Production and Mixing: Uniquely, the HD 490 PRO includes two distinct sets of ear pads, each engineered for a specific task. Use the producing pads (velour) for a slightly warmer, more comfortable response that inspires creativity during tracking and writing. Switch to the mixing pads (fabric) for a completely flat, analytical sound signature, providing the ultimate reference for technical adjustments and final mastering.

Main Features:

* Professional open-back, circumaural (over-ear) design for natural, transparent sound.
* Sennheiser Open-frame Architecture to minimize distortion and resonance.
* Advanced Neodymium magnets for superior driver performance and clarity.
* Angled earcup placement for an optimized and immersive listening experience.
* With Cable: Includes a detachable 1.8-meter headphone cable that can be conveniently plugged into either the left or right earcup to suit your studio layout.
* Comes with two sets of carefully designed, washable, and replaceable ear pads (mixing and producing).
* Includes a license for the dearVR MIX-SE plugin from Dear Reality, placing you in a virtual, acoustically ideal mixing environment.
* Durable, German-engineered construction built to withstand rigorous daily studio use.

Technical Specifications:

* Acoustic Principle: Open-back, dynamic
* Ear Coupling: Circumaural
* Transducer Diameter: 38 mm
* Frequency Response: 5 Hz to 36.000 Hz (-10 dB)
* Impedance: 130 Ω (1 kHz)
* Sound Pressure Level (SPL): 105 dBSPL (1 V/1 kHz)
* Total Harmonic Distortion (THD): <0.2% (1 kHz, 100 dBSPL)
* Weight (without cable): 260 g
* Cable Length: 1.8 m
* Connector: 3.5mm stereo jack with a 6.3mm adapter