actually i just thought, by 'closed ear' they just mean they cover your ear rather than anything to do with being closed in the more usual sense. id still say they arent fully open though.

if you search for "behringer hps3000 open" you get... The HPS3000 open backed headphones sound great and are an affordable solution. but a search for "behringer hps3000 closed" gives.... Behringer Headphones HPS5000 - Closed Type High Performance Studio Headphones im guessing the...

it was actually quite hard to do a google search and get any more info than "super transparent highs", but judging from the picture id say you were right

open back means they have some holes in them, so you can hear a bit of background noise (sometimes a good thing) and you can wear them for longer periods without fatigue. closed back feel tighter to your head and the foam almost feels like its making a tiny vacuum when you wear them because of thela...

are the behringers closed back?

those sennheiser arent exactly studio quality or anything, id just guess they were a tiny bit better than the behringher. though saying that, the higher range sennheiser headphones are well worth the money if you want pro quality. these ones are cool and cost about ?80 http://www.sennheiser.co.uk/uk...

http://www.musiciansbuy.com/mmMBCOM/Images/sennheiser_hd201_dw.jpg sennheiser hd201 = ?15 tho to be fair, ive never tried the behringer ones so i cant compare, but i like the sennheiser a lot for the price, im only saying it cos you said to say how you couldve better spent it not cos i think you wa...