10 Best Open Back Headphones For Mixing of December 2025

• Open over-ear headphones, ideal for professional mixing, mastering and editing
• Perfect for studio applications thanks to their transparent, spacious, strong bass and treble sound
• The soft, circumaural and replaceable velour ear pads ensure high wearing comfort
• Hard-wearing, durable and robust workmanship - Made in Germany
• Practical single-sided cable (3.0m coiled cable)

beyerdynamic

• Lightweight aluminum voice coils ensure excellent transient response
• Neodymium ferrous magnets maintain optimum sensitivity and excellent dynamics
• Sophisticated design, elegantly finished in black and gray
• High quality open metal mesh earpiece covers
• Detachable, Kevlar reinforced oxygen free copper cable with very low handling noise
• Connectivity technology : Wired
• Note: The unit ships with 1 ¼” (6.3 mm) headphone adapter plug

Sennheiser Pro Audio

• Dynamic, closed ear headphones.Weight w/o cable: 285 gram Ear coupling is circumaural
• Lightweight and comfortable, ergonomic design, Cord Length 3.3 9.8 feet Coiled
• Extended frequency response and warm, natural sound reproduction. Nominal impedance 64 ohm. Sound pressure level (SPL) 113 dB
• Around the ear design with padded ear cups Dynamic, closed ear headphones with up to 32 dB attenuation of outside sound. Frequency response (Headphones) 8 25000 Hz
• Ear pads, headband padding, and audio cord are easily replaceable, ensuring long life

Sennheiser Pro Audio

• The Cult Object - Tested and Lauded by Music Lovers: The DT 990 Edition over-ear headphones have been winning the hearts of countless Hi-Fi and music enthusiasts since the 1980s
• The DT 990 Edition comes in an open back design. This means that background noise outside the headphones remains clearly discernible even at higher volumes. This design lends the music a feeling of a wide soundstage, an appreciation of space that gives almost the same sense of enjoyment as listening to music with loudspeakers. The sound is spectacular. Distinctive highs and intense bass combine to produce a perfect richness of sound that delights rock and pop enthusiasts in particular.
• The DT 990 stands for quality "Made in Germany". We only use the best quality parts for these over-ears, which we hand craft in Germany with great care and attention to detail. Many of the parts can also be exchanged and replaced, so you are guaranteed a product that will endure into the future.
• Ideal Use: The 250-ohm headphones were developed primarily for use at home on a stereo system.
• In the Box: DT 990 Premium 250 Ohm Headphone, Hardshell Carrying Case, and 1/4" Gold-Plated Screw-on Adapter

beyerdynamic

• Specially designed acoustic silk ensures precision damping over the entire frequency range and helps to reduce THD to an incredible 0.05 percent
• Improved frequency response is 10 39,500 Hertz ( 10 dB)
• Hand selected matched driver elements; Highly optimized magnet systems for minimum harmonic and inter modulation distortion
• High power neodymium magnets deliver maximum efficiency ; 3.5 millimeter jack plug.Frequency response (Headphones):10 41000 Hz
• Lightweight aluminum voice coils for very fast transient response
• Cable length 118 inches
• Specially designed acoustic silk ensures precision damping over the entire frequency range and helps to reduce THD to an incredible 0.05percent
• Improved frequency response of 10 39,500 Hertz ( 10 dB) for rich sound
• Hand selected matched driver elements
• High power neodymium magnets deliver maximum efficiency
• Lightweight aluminum voice coils for very fast transient response

Sennheiser Pro Audio

• Grado's award winning headphone - open back design offer a larger sound stage with greater detail and clarity
• "The Grado SR80e's are special, buy them and love them" - What HiFi
• Mini plug termination, incudes a 1/4 inch adapter
• Lightweight, comfortable design
• 4OurEars is the only Grado Authorized Amazon Reseller - 1 Year US Warranty

GRADO

• 53 mm drivers reproduce clear treble and midrange. Connectivity Technology: Wired
• Bobbin-wound CCAW voice coils for superior power handling. Impedance: 38 ohms
• Sensitivity: 100 dB/mW . Full open-air type headphones produce no sense of pressure on the ears, resulting in a completely natural sensation
• Lightweight aluminum honeycomb casing with excellent acoustic properties
• Self-adjusting 3D Wing Support provides a comfortable listening experience; total ear-fit design minimizes pressure. Maximum Input Power: 700 mW
• Frequency Response - 20 – 20, 000 Hz and Impedance - 45 ohms
• Connector Type: 3.5mm

Audio-Technica

• Professional studio headphones
• Semi-open
• 3 m replaceable cable
• Audio Interface type: Stereo plug – 3.5mm (1/8-inch) with 6.3 mm (1/4”) screw-on adapter

AKG

• Professional studio Reference semi-open headphones designed for tracking, mixing, mastering and playback.
• Proprietary large 50mm drivers with rare earth magnets deliver an extended frequency response and great dynamic range
• Circumaural, over-ear, design with velour cushioning provides outstanding comfort for long listening sessions
• Self-adjusting headband for optimal fit
• 1/4" Stereo Adapter included

Samson Technologies

• Advanced build quality and engineering
• 40 millimeter drivers with rare earth magnets and copper clad aluminum wire voice coils
• Tuned for enhanced detail, with excellent mid range definition
• Circumaural design contours around the ears for excellent sound isolation in loud environments
• Convenient single side cable exit
• Collapsible for space saving portability

Audio-Technica