r/headphones is a subreddit with 1.5M members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses headphones, review, struggling, hifiman, and hate, and they frequently recommend/review headphones, music albums, and anc headphones.
A place for discussion, news, reviews and DIY projects related to portable audio, headphones, headphone amplifiers and DACs.
Popular Themes in r/headphones
#1
Pain & Anger
: "I hate the Sennheiser HD 650"
1 post
#2
Advice Requests
: "How much can headphone tuning be changed by EQ? If you took two headphones of similar "quality" but with vastly different tunings, could you theoretically EQ them to be really similar?"
1 post
#3
Ideas
: "What now?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/headphones
#1
Headphones
: "Why are there more open-backed than closed-back Headphones?"
120 posts
#2
Review
: "Meze Audio 105 AER Impressions and Review - A Metalhead's Perspective - YouTube"
26 posts
#3
Struggling
22 posts
#4
Hifiman
: "Hifiman Ananda BT, 100 days stress tested"
20 posts
#5
Hate
19 posts
#6
Looking For A
17 posts
#7
Sony
14 posts
#8
Worst
13 posts
#9
Eq
: "How much can headphone tuning be changed by Eq? If you took two headphones of similar "quality" but with vastly different tunings, could you theoretically Eq them to be really similar?"
12 posts
#10
Tired
11 posts
Products Discussed in r/headphones
Headphones
137 reviews
#1
Sennheiser
4.7★ from 19 reviews
#2
Beyerdynamic
4.6★ from 14 reviews
#3
Focal
4.6★ from 10 reviews
Music Albums
91 reviews
#1
Gorillaz
5.0★ from 6 reviews
#2
Pink Floyd
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#3
Spotify
3.3★ from 3 reviews
Anc Headphones
21 reviews
#1
Sony
3.5★ from 6 reviews
#2
Apple
4.7★ from 3 reviews
#3
Anker Soundcore
5.0★ from 2 reviews
Flair Used in r/headphones
#1
Show & Tell
: "[ Removed by moderator ]"
69 posts
#2
Discussion
: "What models are these?"
62 posts
#3
Review
: "My Sony 1000X "The Collexion" Review"
23 posts
#4
Impressions
: "I know nothing about audio, picked up the HD 490 Pros and I am so happy"
19 posts
#5
News
: "AirPods will now have custom EQ in the latest release of iOS and iPadOS!!!"
10 posts
#6
DIY/Mod
: "When some dude with a $20 sheet of Dynamat thinks they know more than the professional and perfectionist audio engineers out of Japan"
9 posts
#7
Deal Alert
: "it's happening!"
3 posts
#8
Meme Monday
: "My audiophile friend hate me for this."
2 posts
#9
Science & Tech
: "[ Removed by moderator ]"
2 posts
#10
Drama
: "Chinese fake 1266 driver and an American authentic driver. I wonder which one is which."
1 post
Member Growth in r/headphones
Yearly
+32k members(2.1%)
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Last updated: June 16, 2026