Beyerdynamic MMX 330 Pro review

pcgamer.com:

Wired headsets can feel a little old-fashioned these days. After all, with so many great wireless headset options available, tying yourself to your machine with a cable seems like quite the restriction. Plus, it limits your options as to what role in your life it can provide—plenty of great wireless headsets support Bluetooth as well as RF 2.4 GHz connections, making them perfect for travel, whereas many modern phones don't have 3.5 mm audio out ports anymore.

Still, when it comes to ultimate sound quality, many point to wired headsets as delivering the goods better than their wireless counterparts. That means any wired gaming headset is going to have one main purpose—delivering great audio while you're sitting in front of your PC. And if you're asking $330/€300 for one, like the Beyerdynamic MMX 330 Pro I'm wearing right now, it'd better be something special. I wouldn't normally frontload a review with an overall opinion, but in this case I'll make an exception: This one is special.

So what do you get for your moolah? Well, this particular version of the MMX 330 Pro is described as an open-backed headset, meaning there are vents in the ear cups that expose the rear of the drivers to the open air. Proper open-backs expose the rear of the drivers almost entirely and are the sort of cans that will cause audio nerds to writhe in ecstasy at their mere mention, thanks to a perceived «airier» soundstage and superior audio positioning.

However, that design will leak a significant amount of audio into the space around you, and have less than ideal passive noise isolation—whereas closed-backs provide both, but usually have a more limited, narrower soundstage.

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